Openshift Architect

Openshift Architect this is an architect engineer hybrid I need someone with good product knowledge of openshift top to bottom with hands on engineering expertise

Primary role at this stage is to develop our solutions and business processes on our new openshift platform

The role is part of Virtualization Engineering Team within Distributed Compute in CTO

A VMware Engineering POD Lead is responsible for guiding the development and delivery of VMware products ensuring they meet business needs and customer expectations

Responsible for VMware Products Vision and Strategy with a focus on automation availability reliability performance and scale Managing complex environmental issues collaborating with wider teams such as Operations Applications Engineering Connectivity and vendors Establish and enforce engineering standards and SRE best practices through platform constraints and high fidelity system modelling

The successful applicant will be in undertaking all processes and procedures that underpin an effective and efficient engineering solutions to support business critical services hosted on VMware shared platform Jobholder will also be responsible for driving the Service Sustainability Transformation and SRE initiatives within team drive automation of routine tasks and ensure improved service reliability through engineering solutions

In this role you will

Lead and mentor a team of VMware engineers within the POD structure

Responsible for people and performance management of the team

Design deploy and manage VMware vSphere vRO vRLI and related technologies

Oversee daytoday operations troubleshooting and performance tuning of the virtual environment

Collaborate with cross functional teams to deliver infrastructure solutions for business needs

Drive automation initiatives using tools such as PowerCLI Ansible or vRealize Suite

Develop and maintain technical documentation standards and best practices

Participate in capacity planning disaster recovery and business continuity activities

Stay updated with the latest VMware technologies and industry trends

Engage key stakeholders to ensure product success and value communicate issues progress and resolutions for critical incidents liaise between operations and engineering teams

Continuously monitor compliance and mitigate risks using tools like vRealize Operations ensure adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies

Manage and improve product offerings throughout their lifecycle using Agile methodologies assess resource needs for critical services

Share regular product updates with stakeholders ensure products are updated and compliant with supported versions communicate CVEs promptly

Provide technical direction and leadership ensuring best practices in VMware products distributed systems servers and storage

Handle crisis situations efficiently representing the team in major incident calls and providing technical expertise

Implement robust monitoring and ingest systems to proactively manage platform health

Ensure system availability and performance meeting defined SLAs and SLOs

Plan for future capacity needs and optimize system performance through tuning and scaling

15 Years of total IT experience with large scale IT Infrastructure and 12 year of experience with Distributed Systems Ex Linux Windows High Availability Solutions Server Hardware and VMware products

DiplomaBEBTechMTechMSc in Computer ScienceIT preferred or any engineering field considered or equivalent

Proven leadership and team management skills

Experienced in managing and maintaining VMware products vSphere vCenter vROPS vRO vRLI vRLCM within banking finance domain

Proven ability to lead and drive engineering deliveries through automation using PowerCLI Python Ansible vRO workflows in large scale virtualization infrastructure

Strong understanding of network and storage technologies in relation to distributed systems especially VMware platform

Ability to work collaboratively in team environment and communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Excellent communication interpersonal leadership and problem solving skills

Proficient in managing the entire lifecycle of hardware and software from planning and deployment to maintenance and decommissioning

Mandatory Skills : CI/CD Architecture, Kubernetes, Openshift, Oracle Linux Administration, VMWare Tanzu