Overview

Senior OpenShift Engineer VMware & Storage Integration

Job Title: OpenShift Architect - VMware & Storage Integration

Location: Sheffield (Hybrid - 3 days/week onsite)

Duration: 6 months + Extension

THIS PROJECT IS INSIDE IR35

Responsibilities

• Design and implement OpenShift platforms integrated with VMware and enterprise storage solutions
• Ensure compatibility and performance between OpenShift, VMware tools (vSphere, vCenter, NSX), and storage (eg FlashArray/FlashBlade)
• Architect scalable, secure OpenShift environments that support CI/CD and DevOps workflows
• Lead migrations to OpenShift and define strategies for secure, resilient deployments
• Collaborate with DevOps, Development, and Operations teams to ensure alignment with business needs
• Document architecture decisions, configurations, and migration playbooks
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship across teams

Required Skills

• Strong background designing and implementing OpenShift platforms
• Strong experience in Openshift
• Kubernetes and containerisation expertise
• Hands-on experience with VMware tools (vSphere, vCenter, NSX)
• Experience with enterprise storage platforms (eg Pure Storage FlashArray, FlashBlade)
• Deep understanding of networking (load balancing, ingress, DNS)
• CI/CD tooling experience (eg Jenkins, GitHub, ArgoCD)
• Application and workload migration to OpenShift
• Scripting and automation (Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform)

Bonus Skills

• OpenShift certifications (eg Red Hat Certified Specialist)
• Experience with multi-cluster or hybrid cloud OpenShift
• Familiarity with Helm, OpenShift Operators
• Monitoring/logging tools (Grafana, oTel, Splunk, ELK stack)
• Large-scale migration project experience