Remote OpenShift Architect & Cloud-Native Delivery Lead

Outlier; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Hat is seeking an experienced Architect specializing in OpenShift to join our Melbourne/Sydney, Australia office. You will lead delivery projects, run Discovery Sessions, and define technical goals for successful outcomes while mentoring peers and supporting pre-sales activities.

You will combine hands-on delivery with stakeholder management, communicating complex container architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and building scalable cloud-native solutions across the

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (Kubernetes, container security, cloud-native architecture).
• Deep understanding of Red Hat OpenShift, operators, built-in tools and automated management like GitOps, Pipelines, Service Mesh and Observability.
• Experience with Red Hat products within primary domain (e.g., RHEL, Ansible, OpenShift Service Mesh, or ACM).
• Strong security practices and tools to address sophisticated requirements.
• Experience with storage solutions such as OpenShift Data Foundation or Ceph Storage.
• Experience scripting/automation with Ansible, Python, Perl or Shell.
• Client-facing consulting or technical architecture background delivering enterprise container solutions.
• Leading Discovery Sessions and collaborating with pre-sales/sales teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management to bridge technical and business goals.
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration/Development preferred or willingness to attain within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Deliver OpenShift and cloud-native solution implementations.
• Act as technical solution lead for delivery projects with clear goals and tasks.
• Explain project architecture and enterprise Kubernetes designs to stakeholders.
• Lead Discovery Sessions to map container adoption and cloud-native journeys.
• Partner with local account teams to build delivery approaches for opportunities.
• Translate Kubernetes concepts into clear language for non-technical stakeholders.
• Communicate project status and architecture to management and teams.
• Mentor peers up to Architect level and stay updated on industry trends.
• Support internal promotion panels and regional growth.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

GitOps

Pipelines

Service Mesh

Observability

Mentorship

Pre-sales collaboration

Tools

OpenShift Platform Plus

GitOps tooling

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Red Hat is seeking an experienced Architect specializing in OpenShift to join our Melbourne/Sydney, Australia office. You will lead delivery projects, run Discovery Sessions, and define technical goals for successful outcomes while mentoring peers and supporting pre-sales activities.

You will combine hands-on delivery with stakeholder management, communicating complex container architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and building scalable cloud-native solutions across the