(SC cleared) Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer

Methods Business and Digital Technology; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Development programme

Wellness programme

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Job summary

Methods is seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer to support and modernise enterprise container platforms hosting business-critical applications within a secure defence environment. The role is hybrid with 2 days/week onsite in Bristol or Milton Keynes and a salary range of £70k-£80k.

You will assess OpenShift environments, automate deployments, manage vulnerabilities and contribute to platform evolution, working closely with client and supplier teams in secure settings.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with OpenShift in enterprise environments.
• Strong Kubernetes knowledge and Linux administration (RHEL).
• Experience with container images, registries and Docker.
• Ability to work in secure, regulated environments.
• Experience with monitoring, logging and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Assess OpenShift environments, images, deployments, and dependencies.
• Diagnose and fix platform, container, and runtime issues.
• Improve deployment automation and build pipelines.
• Remediate security vulnerabilities and technical debt.
• Support monitoring, logging and operational capabilities.
• Improve platform resilience and recoverability.
• Transfer knowledge to client teams and help roadmaps.

Skills

OpenShift administration

Kubernetes operations

Linux administration

Docker & container images

Java/Tomcat runtime

Troubleshooting

Tools

Red Hat OpenShift

Docker

Jenkins

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer to support and modernise enterprise container platforms hosting business-critical applications within a secure defence environment.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on OpenShift platform support, container management, deployment automation, runtime engineering, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, operational resilience and technical troubleshooting.

The successful candidate will work closely with client and supplier teams to assess existing environments, resolve technical issues, improve operational stability and support future platform evolution. The role is expected to involve a mixture of on-premise, hosted and secure infrastructure environments rather than purely public cloud platforms.

• Salary range of £70k-£80k

• Hybrid; 2days/week onsite in Bristol or Milton Keynes

What you will do

You will:

• Assess existing OpenShift environments, container images, deployment processes and technical dependencies.
• Diagnose and resolve platform, container, build and runtime issues.
• Improve deployment automation and build processes.
• Manage remediation of security vulnerabilities and technical debt.
• Support monitoring, logging and operational support capabilities.
• Improve platform resilience, recoverability and operational readiness.
• Support Java and Tomcat-based application runtimes from a platform perspective.
• Investigate technical incidents and provide specialist engineering support.
• Produce operational documentation, runbooks and technical guidance.
• Transfer knowledge to client technical teams and contribute to future roadmaps.
• Strong hands‑on experience administering and supporting Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts and operations.
• Experience with container technologies including Docker, container images and container registries.
• Experience supporting production application platforms and resolving complex technical issues.
• Experience with build pipelines, deployment tooling and release processes.
• Strong Linux administration experience, preferably RHEL‑based environments.
• Experience with monitoring, logging and operational support tooling.
• Experience identifying and remediating platform and container vulnerabilities.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience producing operational and technical documentation.
• Ability to work effectively within secure and regulated environments.

Desirable Experience:

• Java application hosting environments.
• Apache Tomcat.
• Red Hat JBoss Web Server (JWS).
• Container platform modernisation programmes.
• Runtime upgrades and dependency remediation.
• Infrastructure automation and configuration management.
• Defence, aerospace, government or other highly regulated sectors.
• Experience operating within Security Cleared environments.

Personal Attributes

• Self‑sufficient and capable of working with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Comfortable working across operational support and engineering improvement activities.
• Focused on quality, resilience and continuous improvement.
• Able to operate effectively within complex technical and security‑constrained environments.

Methods is passionate about its people; we want our colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy.

By joining us you can expect

• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience.
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society.
• Strong, inspiring and thought‑provoking leadership.
• A supportive and collaborative environment.

Development– access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme, and training

Wellness– 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme

Flexible Working– including home working and part time

Social– office parties, breakfast Tuesdays, monthly pizza Thursdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and commitment to charitable causes

Time Off– 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year

Volunteering– 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation

Pension– Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution

Life Assurance– of 4 times base salary

Private Medical Insurance– which is non‑contributory (spouse and dependants included)

Worldwide Travel Insurance– which is non‑contributory (spouse and dependants included)

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay

Travel– season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme