OpenShift Platform Lead
Listed on 2026-10-09
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, IT Infrastructure, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, SRE/Site Reliability
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United Kingdom
Hybrid
Full Time
Infrastructure
We are seeking an experienced Open Shift Platform Lead to own and manage our Open Shift-based virtualization platform that delivers enterprise VM hosting services. This role is responsible for the complete lifecycle management of the platform, including design, architecture, BAU operations, patching, upgrades, incident response, and driving platform stability.
You will lead the implementation, work closely with SRE and operations teams, and enable seamless VM migration from legacy infrastructure. This is a hands‑on technical leadership role requiring deep Open Shift expertise and the ability to balance operational excellence with strategic platform evolution.
This is a full-time hybrid-based role.
To be successful in the role, you will need to be a good team player with excellent communication skills, have the ability to manage your own workload, and work well on your own initiative and under direction.
Key Responsibilities Platform Leadership & Strategy- Own the technical strategy and roadmap for the Open Shift Virtualization platform
- Define platform architecture, design patterns, and technical standards
- Lead platform lifecycle management including major/minor upgrades and Red Hat CoreOS updates
- Drive platform stability improvements and performance optimization initiatives
- Establish platform governance, compliance, and security policies
- Build relationships with Red Hat support and leverage Technical Account Management (TAM)
- Manage complete platform lifecycle from installation through upgrades to decommissioning
- Plan and execute Open Shift platform upgrades (4.x releases) with zero/minimal downtime
- Coordinate quarterly/monthly Red Hat CoreOS (RHCOS) patching cycles
- Oversee Open Shift Virtualization operator upgrades and feature enablement
- Maintain platform health through proactive monitoring and capacity planning
- Ensure platform meets defined SLAs and availability targets (99.9%+)
- Lead Major Incident response for platform-level issues (Sev 1/2)
- Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive measures
- Collaborate with SRE team on incident postmortems and improvement plans
- Manage platform-related events including maintenance windows
- Coordinate emergency changes and rollback procedures
- Participate in on-call rotation for critical platform escalations
- Review and approve platform changes through Change Advisory Board (CAB)
- Plan and execute complex platform changes with risk assessment
- Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices using Ansible and Terraform
- Drive Git Ops adoption for platform configuration management
- Coordinate release windows for platform updates with business stakeholders
- Ensure change documentation and runbook accuracy
- Lead VM migration strategy from VMware/legacy platforms to Open Shift Virtualization
- Design VM migration runbooks and automation workflows
- Create and maintain VM templates, golden images, and standardized configurations
- Enable application teams for self-service VM provisioning
- Troubleshoot VM performance, networking, and storage issues
- Optimize VM placement, resource allocation, and cluster balancing
- Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for platform health
- Tune Open Shift control plane and worker node performance
- Optimize storage performance (ODF/Ceph) for VM workloads
- Configure network policies and OVN-Kubernetes for optimal VM networking
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives based on operational metrics
- 8-12 years of…
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