RedHat OpenShift Architect

CompanyFocus on SAP

LocationLondon Area, United Kingdom

Posted At1/26/2026

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Description

Position: RedHat OpenShift Architect
Employment Type: Contract
Start: ASAP (February/March 2026)
Duration: 6 Months
Location: London, UK (Hybrid)
Language(s): English

Focus on SAP is a specialist SAP and ERP Recruitment organisation offering both permanent and contract staffing solutions on a global scale.

Client – Partnered with a global leader in digital transformation and IT services, working with some of the world’s biggest brands. Their mission is not only to deliver cutting-edge technology but also to empower organisations to create meaningful impact for the people and communities they serve. For you, this means working on challenging projects that demand innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership.

Role – We are seeking experienced OpenShift Architects to lead the design and delivery of scalable OpenShift platforms and execute workload migrations from legacy environments. This role involves defining future-state architecture, designing migration strategies, integrating with enterprise infrastructure, and enabling DevOps workflows for containerised applications.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Architecture
- Design target-state OpenShift clusters including topology, networking and storage.
- Enable multi-region / multi-zone deployments with high availability and DR patterns.
- Apply OpenShift and Kubernetes best practices for scalability, resiliency and governance.
Migration Strategy & Execution
- Assess current workloads and infrastructure for migration readiness.
- Develop migration plans including containerisation, data movement and cutover.
- Minimise downtime and business disruption during migration windows.
- Identify and mitigate technical, integration and operational risks.
Infrastructure Integration (VMware + Pure Storage)
- Integrate OpenShift clusters into VMware environments (vSphere, vCenter, NSX).
- Design and configure storage using Pure Storage (FlashArray, FlashBlade).
- Optimise compute & storage performance across the stack.
- Ensure compatibility between OpenShift, VMware and storage platforms.
CI/CD & DevOps Enablement

Design CI/CD pipelines for container-based workloads.
Integrate OpenShift-native and ecosystem DevOps tools (e.g., GitHub, ArgoCD, Jenkins).
Automate deployments, scaling, updates and monitoring paths.

Security & Scalability

Implement governance covering RBAC, network policy, and encryption.
Define security benchmarks and run security assessments/audits.
Ensure designs scale to meet future workloads and operational demands.

Collaboration & Enablement

Partner with development, platform, DevOps and operations teams.
Produce detailed design artefacts, migration runbooks and platform documentation.
Train and upskill engineering teams on architecture and migration best practices.

Key Skills

Strong expertise architecting and migrating workloads to OpenShift.
Deep Kubernetes and container orchestration knowledge.
Hands-on VMware expertise (vSphere, vCenter, NSX).
Hands-on Pure Storage experience (FlashArray / FlashBlade).
Strong networking & storage fundamentals (PV, dynamic provisioning, ingress, LB, DNS).

Experience building CI/CD + GitOps workflows in OpenShift environments.

Strong automation skills (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform).

Experience with large-scale migration and transformation programmes.

Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

If you are interested or would like to know more, please email jonathan.la@focusonsap.org with your CV and availability to speak.

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