RHEL Virtualization Architect - Consultancy

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,500 - 104,500; Full time

Job summary

Hamilton Barnes Associates Limited is seeking a RHEL Virtualization Architect to design and deliver vendor-neutral architecture for Red Hat OpenShift within a Telco Cloud environment.

You will define platform components, infrastructure topology, and integration patterns to support secure, scalable, and resilient deployments while shaping migration strategies, enabling automation, and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and operational standards.

Qualifications

• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Proven migration from Tanzu to OpenShift.
• Platform lifecycle management experience (patching, upgrades, monitoring).
• Ability to design scalable, resilient Telco Cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Provide architecture and design consultancy for OpenShift integrations.
• Lead migration planning from Tanzu to OpenShift with downtime and rollback strategies.
• Migrate non-production clusters to OpenShift environments.
• Design OpenShift lifecycle management, including patches, upgrades, monitoring, and alerts.
• Drive load balancer migration from AVI to MetalLB in Telco Cloud.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Tanzu

Migration planning

Platform architecture

Job description

Looking for a role with plenty of growth opportunities?

Join one of the world's leading IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization. Backed by decades of experience, the company consistently ranks among the top global IT service providers. With an international presence across multiple countries, the company has built a reputation for delivering high-quality technology services across industries including banking, healthcare, telecommunications, and retail.

This consulting firm is seeking a RHEL Virtualization Architect to design and deliver vendor-neutral architecture for Red Hat OpenShift within a Telco Cloud environment. This role will define platform components, infrastructure topology, and integration patterns to support secure, scalable, and resilient deployments while shaping migration strategies, enabling automation, and ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and operational standards.

Responsibilities:

• Provide architecture and design consultancy to ensure seamless integration with external systems and automation frameworks.
• Lead migration planning from Tanzu to OpenShift, including dependency mapping, downtime planning, and rollback strategies.
• Support migration of non-production clusters to OpenShift environments.
• Design and implement OpenShift lifecycle management processes, including patching, upgrades, monitoring, and alerting.
• Drive load balancer migration from AVI to MetalLB, including design, planning, and execution

Skills/Must Have:

• Strong experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Tanzu platforms.
• Proven experience planning and executing platform migrations, particularly from Tanzu to OpenShift
• Knowledge of platform lifecycle management, including upgrades, patching, and monitoring
• Ability to design scalable, resilient architectures within Telco Cloud or similar environments

Salary:

• £95,000 Basic Salary Per Annum