OpenShift Migration Lead

OneAPPS Consulting; Genf; Vor Ort; CHF 140.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

OneAPPS Consulting in Switzerland is seeking an experienced OpenShift Migration Lead to drive the migration of enterprise workloads from VMware to OpenShift. You will assess, design architecture, plan migrations, and lead automation and governance initiatives.

The role requires VMware virtualization, Kubernetes/OpenShift, infrastructure modernization, DevOps, and stakeholder management, with emphasis on security and compliance.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in Infrastructure Engineering or Platform Engineering.
• Experience implementing or supporting OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience migrating enterprise workloads to container platforms.
• Experience working in regulated environments such as Banking/Financial Services.

Aufgaben

• Assess VMware-hosted workloads for OpenShift suitability and define migration approaches.
• Lead migration of workloads from VMware to OpenShift and containerize applications.
• Develop CI/CD and GitOps frameworks and automate deployment and operations.
• Ensure security, RBAC, network policies, and compliance per standards.
• Define operations models, SLAs, runbooks, and governance reporting.

Kenntnisse

OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms

Infrastructure/Platform Engineering

Automation & DevOps mindset

Tools

Red Hat OpenShift

Docker/Podman

Terraform

Ansible Automation Platform

GitHub

GitLab

Jenkins

Jobbeschreibung

OneAPPS Consulting (www.oneapps.com) is a Technology consulting firm based out of London and offices across Europe. We are working on various projects involving diverse, multicultural teams with clients across the Europe. We are an invaluable partner and our teams have collaborated to support the growth of our clients. With more than 7 locations worldwide we help our clients to deliver their projects smoothly. We look forward to getting to know you and working with you.

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced OpenShift Migration Lead to drive the migration of enterprise applications and infrastructure from VMware-based environments to Red Hat OpenShift platforms. The candidate will be responsible for assessment, architecture design, migration planning, execution, automation, and operational transition of workloads to containerized platforms.

The role requires strong expertise in VMware virtualization, Kubernetes/OpenShift, infrastructure modernization, DevOps, automation, and stakeholder management.

Key Responsibilities

Assessment & Strategy

• Assess VMware-hosted applications, infrastructure, and dependencies for OpenShift suitability.
• Define migration approaches including Rehost, Refactor, Replatform, or Containerization.
• Conduct workload discovery and application rationalization.
• Define cluster sizing, networking, security, storage, and HA/DR requirements.
• Design CI/CD integration and GitOps frameworks.
• Establish container platform governance and standards.

Migration Execution

• Lead migration of workloads from VMware vSphere environments to OpenShift.
• Containerize legacy and modern applications.
• Coordinate infrastructure, application, database, security, and network teams.

Automation & DevOps

• Develop Infrastructure as Code using:
• Ansible
• Terraform
• OpenShift Operators
• Automate deployment, patching, and operational processes.
• Integrate OpenShift with enterprise monitoring and logging platforms.

Security & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards.
• Implement RBAC, SCCs, Network Policies, Secrets Management, and image security scanning.
• Support regulatory requirements and audit activities.

Operations & Governance

• Establish OpenShift operational support model.
• Define SLAs, KPIs, operational runbooks, and SOPs.
• Provide governance reporting and executive-level updates.
• Mentor operations and platform engineering teams.

Required Technical Skills

VMware

• VMware vSphere
• ESXi
• vCenter
• NSX
• vSAN
• VMware Automation

Container Platforms

• Red Hat OpenShift
• Docker / Podman
• RHEL
• Linux administration and troubleshooting

Automation

• Ansible Automation Platform (AAP)
• Terraform
• GitOps
• Shell/Python scripting

DevOps

• Jenkins
• GitHub
• GitLab

Required Experience

• Experience in Infrastructure Engineering or Platform Engineering.
• Experience in implementing or supporting OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience migrating enterprise workloads to container platforms.
• Experience working in highly regulated environments such as Banking, Financial Services

Preferred Certifications

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift
• Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
• VMware VCP
• HashiCorp Terraform Certification