Openshift Cloud Architect

Anson McCade; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Anson McCade Pty in London is seeking a Cloud Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of large-scale cloud transformations. You will set technical direction for client platforms across public, private and hybrid cloud, and mentor a team of architects and engineers.

You will partner with clients to translate business goals into technical requirements, define modernization roadmaps using OpenShift, Kubernetes, and related tools, and establish platform standards and governance.

Qualifications

• Cloud and platform architecture experience tied to business outcomes.
• Advisory skills for senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on design and operation of OpenShift and Kubernetes in large environments.
• Experience with OpenShift ACM, Argo CD and OpenShift GitOps.
• Knowledge of Zero Trust, security, and multi-tenant patterns.

Responsibilities

• Translate business goals into technical requirements and roadmaps.
• Design scalable, secure enterprise cloud platforms.
• Define OpenShift platform standards and governance.
• Mentor architects and engineers across delivery teams.
• Address scalability, DR, observability, and SRE challenges.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Advisory skills

Hands-on engineering

Multi-cloud strategy

Zero Trust security

Technical leadership

Large-scale cloud transformations

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Argo CD

OpenShift GitOps

Open Policy Agent

Kyverno

VMware migration

Job description

Salary: Competitive salary and package, depending on experience

Location: London

Type: Permanent, full-time

About the role

Our client, a leading global technology consultancy, is looking for a Cloud Solution Architect to lead the design and delivery of large-scale cloud and OpenShift transformations. You’ll set technical direction for client platforms across public, private and hybrid cloud, while leading and mentoring a team of architects and engineers.

What you’ll be doing

• Partner with clients to translate business goals into technical requirements, defining modernisation roadmaps across cloud, containers, virtual machines and legacy estates using Red Hat OpenShift
• Design highly available, fault‑tolerant and secure enterprise platforms, applying Zero Trust principles across identity, networking, workloads and multi‑tenant environments
• Define OpenShift platform standards covering GitOps, multi‑cluster management, Policy-as-Code, lifecycle management, networking, segmentation and OpenShift Virtualization
• Address scalability, consumption and operational challenges, including disaster recovery models, observability, SRE and AIOps
• Lead and mentor architects and engineers, providing technical coaching, performance management and architectural governance

What you’ll bring

• Strong cloud and platform architecture experience, with the ability to link technical decisions to business outcomes such as cost, resilience and speed to market
• Excellent advisory skills, explaining complex concepts and trade‑offs to senior, non‑technical stakeholders
• Hands‑on experience designing and operating Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms in large enterprise or regulated environments
• Deep experience with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, Argo CD and OpenShift GitOps
• OpenShift Virtualization and KubeVirt experience, including VMware‑to‑OpenShift migration strategies
• Strong Kubernetes networking knowledge, including OVN‑Kubernetes, Network Policies, Multus and CNIs such as Cilium or Calico
• Experience defining multi‑tenancy, micro‑segmentation and Zero Trust patterns, including translating VMware NSX firewall policies into OpenShift‑native controls
• A track record of producing HLDs, LLDs, ADRs, reference architectures and governance artefacts
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• Red Hat certifications (e.g. EX280) or equivalent Kubernetes and cloud certifications
• Experience in financial services, government or other regulated industries
• Policy-as‑Code tools such as Open Policy Agent or Kyverno
• Hands‑on engineering background working closely with delivery teams
• Personal or open‑source repositories, prototypes or reference architectures to discuss at interview