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Openshift SME
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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1, England, UK
Listed on 2026-02-16
Listing for:
Vanloq - Workforce Solutions
Contract
position Listed on 2026-02-16
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing
Job Description & How to Apply Below
We are seeking an experienced Open Shift Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join a leading financial services organisation on an initial 10-month contract. This role is fully remote (UK-based) and sits inside IR35.
The successful candidate will act as the technical lead and product specialist for the Open Shift platform, working closely with the Product Owner to provide technical direction, architectural guidance, and platform oversight within a highly regulated enterprise environment.
Key Responsibilities- Act as the Open Shift technical lead and SME for the platform
- Support the Product Owner from a technical perspective, translating business requirements into technical solutions
- Provide architectural guidance and best practice recommendations for Open Shift platform design and implementation
- Oversee platform stability, scalability, resilience, and performance
- Lead technical decision-making and roadmap planning for the Open Shift estate
- Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, and Dev Ops teams
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security, governance, and regulatory standards (financial services environment)
- Support automation and CI/CD best practices
- Troubleshoot complex platform and infrastructure issues
- Provide documentation, knowledge transfer, and technical leadership to internal teams
- Strong, hands‑on experience with Red Hat Open Shift (design, build, run, and optimisation)
- Experience acting as a technical lead or platform SME within enterprise environments
- Deep understanding of containerisation and Kubernetes
- Experience supporting product owners and contributing to platform strategy
- Strong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure and IT environments
- Generalist infrastructure knowledge including:
- VMware
- Windows Server
- Enterprise hardware environments
- Automation and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Ansible, Terraform)
- CI/CD tooling and Dev Ops practices
- Experience with in financial services or other regulated industries
- Understanding of security best practices in container platforms
- Strong communicator capable of working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Able to operate autonomously in a remote environment
- Comfortable working in structured, regulated enterprise settings
- Strategic thinker with hands‑on technical depth
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