Strategic Platform Architect (OpenShift & Cloud-Native)

F5 Consultants; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

F5 Consultants in Reading is seeking a Principal Platform Architect to own the architecture and evolution of large-scale Red Hat OpenShift platforms that support critical services in complex enterprise environments.

This strategic role focuses on setting platform direction, ensuring security, resilience and scalability, and guiding long-term evolution rather than hands-on coding, working closely with engineering teams across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Enterprise Kubernetes platform architecture and platform lifecycle management.
• Designing, evolving and governing production container platforms.
• Platform engineering, microservices and cloud-native technologies.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD and automation.
• Hybrid cloud and/or on-premise platform environments.
• High availability, resilience, disaster recovery and platform security.
• Working within large enterprise, managed services or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and evolution of large-scale OpenShift platforms.
• Define platform strategy and influence technical direction.
• Ensure enterprise OpenShift platforms remain secure, resilient and scalable.
• Set architectural standards and guide long-term platform evolution.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to evolve enterprise platforms.

Skills

Kubernetes architecture

Platform engineering

Cloud-native technologies

Hybrid cloud

Tools

OpenShift

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

F5 Consultants in Reading is seeking a Principal Platform Architect to own the architecture and evolution of large-scale Red Hat OpenShift platforms that support critical services in complex enterprise environments.

This strategic role focuses on setting platform direction, ensuring security, resilience and scalability, and guiding long-term evolution rather than hands-on coding, working closely with engineering teams across the enterprise.