Platform Engineer

Avance Consulting; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Avance Consulting is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer in the United Kingdom to design, deploy, and manage OpenShift and Hyper-V environments on site in Glasgow. You will automate provisioning, support VM and container workloads, and drive CI/CD pipelines while ensuring robust security and high availability.

The role requires 8+ years with Hyper-V, Windows Server, OpenShift/Kubernetes, and strong scripting skills. Expect a challenging, on-site position with opportunities for growth.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with Hyper-V, Windows Server, Failover Clustering, and SCVMM.
• 8+ years with OpenShift/Kubernetes, Docker/Podman, and Helm.
• Scripting experience in PowerShell, Bash, or Python.
• Experience with Ansible, Git, and CI/CD tooling.
• Strong networking (DNS, VLANs) and storage (CSI/ODF Ceph).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Hyper-V clusters with live migration, replication, and capacity planning.
• Deploy, upgrade and operate OpenShift (OCP 4.x) clusters.
• Support VM and container workloads, including OpenShift Virtualization.
• Automate provisioning and config with Ansible, Terraform and PowerShell.
• Build CI/CD and GitOps pipelines (Jenkins, Tekton, ArgoCD).
• Monitor platform health and troubleshoot performance, networking, storage issues.
• Apply security and access controls (RBAC, SCC, patching).
• Plan and execute VMware-to-OpenShift migrations.
• Document processes and support on-call rotations.

Skills

Hyper-V

Windows Server

Failover Clustering

SCVMM

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Docker/Podman

Helm

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Ansible

Git

CI/CD tools

Networking

Storage (CSI/ODF Ceph)

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Job description

• Build and maintain Hyper-V clusters, including live migration, replication, and capacity planning
• Deploy, upgrade, and operate OpenShift (OCP 4.x) clusters
• Support VM and container workloads, including OpenShift Virtualization
• Automate provisioning and configuration with Ansible, Terraform, and PowerShell
• Build CI/CD and GitOps pipelines (Jenkins, Tekton, ArgoCD)
• Monitor platform health and troubleshoot performance, networking, and storage issues
• Apply security and access controls (RBAC, SCC, patching)
• Plan and execute VMware-to-OpenShift migrations
• Document processes and support on-call rotations

Required Skills

• 8+ years with Hyper-V, Windows Server, Failover Clustering, and SCVMM
• 8+ years with OpenShift/Kubernetes, Docker/Podman, and Helm
• Scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Experience with Ansible, Git, and CI/CD tools
• Solid grasp of networking (DNS, VLANs, load balancing) and storage (CSI, ODF/Ceph)

Nice to Have

• Java/Spring Boot, Go, or Python application experience
• Red Hat certifications (EX280, EX180) or CKA