Senior OpenShift / Kubernetes Platform Engineer (Hybrid Cloud)

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank seeks a Senior OpenShift/Kubernetes Platform Engineer to lead the enterprise container platform across hybrid clouds. The role emphasizes automation, security, resilience, and platform modernization, working with DevOps practices and cross-functional teams.

Candidate will design, implement, and operate OpenShift and Kubernetes environments, and drive IaC-based automation, CI/CD integration, and platform governance to support mission-critical workloads.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in OpenShift/Kubernetes platform engineering in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in OpenShift, Kubernetes, Linux administration, container technologies, hybrid clouds.
• Hands-on with OVN-K, Ceph/CSI, Quay, Argo CD/GitOps, Velero, Ansible, Terraform.
• Scripting in Bash, Python, and Go; strong IaC, configuration management, CI/CD, Git, DevOps.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and improve the enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platform.
• Ensure platform stability, security, and performance across hybrid clouds.
• Lifecycle management: installation, upgrades, patching, maintenance, decommissioning.
• Design, implement and operate container platforms and templates.
• Develop automation via IaC; build reusable automation frameworks.
• Design and maintain GitOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to enable cloud-native workloads and DR capabilities.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Linux

Container tech

Hybrid cloud

Argo CD

GitOps

Ansible

Terraform

Bash

Python

Go

IaC

CI/CD

DevOps

Tools

Quay

Velero

Ceph/CSI

OVN-K

Argo CD

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift / Kubernetes Platform Engineer to join our Infrastructure & Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for the engineering, operation, automation, and continuous improvement of the Bank’s enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platform supporting mission-critical workloads across hybrid cloud environments.

You will combine platform operations with project delivery, helping to modernize infrastructure through automation, DevOps practices, and cloud-native technologies while ensuring the highest standards of security, resilience, compliance, and operational excellence.

This position requires a highly skilled infrastructure engineer with deep expertise in container platforms, Linux, infrastructure automation, and enterprise platform engineering.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering & Operations

Operate, maintain, and continuously improve the Bank’s enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platform.

• Ensure platform stability, scalability, security, and performance across hybrid cloud environments.
• Perform complete platform lifecycle management including installation, upgrades, patching, maintenance, and decommissioning.
• Participate in a rotating on-call support schedule within a four-person team.

Kubernetes & Container Platform

Design, implement, and operate enterprise-grade Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.

• Manage networking, storage, security, and cluster services.
• Develop reusable container platform standards, templates, and base images.
• Support business application teams in adopting cloud-native technologies and containerized workloads.
• Provide architectural guidance for high availability, disaster recovery, and workload resilience.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.

• Build reusable automation frameworks using Ansible, Terraform, and GitOps methodologies.
• Improve operational efficiency through scripting and automation.
• Standardize platform configuration management and orchestration.

DevOps & CI/CD

Design and maintain GitOps workflows using Argo CD.

• Integrate CI/CD pipelines into infrastructure deployment processes.
• Promote DevOps best practices across infrastructure and application delivery teams.
• Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to enable automated application deployment.

Platform Security & Resilience

Integrate security scanning, compliance controls, and observability into the platform.

• Ensure alignment with Bank security standards, governance, and change management processes.
• Design resilient platform architectures supporting disaster recovery and business continuity.

Technology Strategy & Innovation

Contribute to the Bank’s hybrid cloud strategy and platform roadmap.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements.
• Drive automation initiatives across the infrastructure landscape.
• Promote engineering best practices and continuous improvement.

Collaboration

Work closely with Infrastructure, Security, Networking, Storage, Cloud, and Application Development teams.

• Support development teams building cloud-native, serverless, and containerized applications.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

Required

• Minimum 5 years of experience in OpenShift/Kubernetes platform engineering within enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in OpenShift, Kubernetes, Linux administration, container technologies, and hybrid cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with OVN-K, Ceph/CSI, Quay, Argo CD/GitOps, Velero, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, and Go scripting.
• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, CI/CD, Git, and DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of automation, platform lifecycle management, and cloud-native technologies.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred

• Experience with data centre infrastructure, networking, virtualization, and public cloud integration.
• Knowledge of OAuth, token-based authentication, and REST API integrations.
• Experience working in Agile environments and contributing to technology strategy and platform modernization.