Principal Network Engineer

SRG; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SRG in Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid) seeks a Principal OpenShift GitOps & Virtualisation Architect to lead enterprise OpenShift transformation. You will design the future-state operating model and own governance, automation, and lifecycle management of a large-scale OpenShift estate.

You will oversee OpenShift Virtualisation (KubeVirt), GitOps with Argo CD, and multi-cluster platforms, defining standards, DR frameworks, and reference architectures while mentoring delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Red Hat OpenShift and multi-cluster governance.
• Hands-on with OpenShift GitOps, Argo CD, ACM.
• Experience designing and operating enterprise OpenShift environments.
• Strong OpenShift Virtualisation (KubeVirt) experience and virtualisation platforms.
• Experience defining platform governance and lifecycle management processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and architecture of enterprise OpenShift platforms.
• Review and mature existing GitOps, ACM, and platform automation implementations.
• Define target-state operating models for OpenShift and GitOps environments.
• Design and govern OpenShift Virtualisation platforms and standards.
• Establish VMware-to-OpenShift Virtualisation migration patterns and operating models.
• Define containerisation strategies and application modernisation paths.
• Design multi-cluster governance solutions using ACM.
• Create and maintain HLDs, LLDs, standards, and reference architectures.
• Define platform lifecycle, governance, DR, and resilience standards.
• Collaborate with platform engineering, infrastructure, security, and apps teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to teams.

Skills

Red Hat OpenShift

OpenShift GitOps

Argo CD

ACM

KubeVirt

GitOps

Platform governance

Terraform

Ansible

OpenShift Virtualisation

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

OpenShift Virtualisation

Job description

Dublin, Ireland (Hybrid)

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Principal OpenShift GitOps & Virtualisation Architect to join a major enterprise OpenShift transformation programme.

This role will focus on the design, governance, automation, and lifecycle management of a large-scale OpenShift estate. You will play a key role in defining the future-state operating model across OpenShift Container Platform, OpenShift Virtualisation, GitOps, and multi-cluster platform governance.

You will help shape how container and virtual machine workloads are deployed, governed, upgraded, and operated at scale, while driving VMware modernisation and platform automation initiatives.

This position combines strategic architecture responsibility with hands-on technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and architecture of enterprise OpenShift platforms.
• Review and mature existing GitOps, ACM, and platform automation implementations.
• Define target-state operating models for OpenShift and GitOps environments.
• Design and govern OpenShift Virtualisation (KubeVirt) platforms and standards.
• Establish VMware-to-OpenShift Virtualisation migration patterns and operating models.
• Define application modernisation and containerisation strategies.
• Design multi-cluster governance solutions using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM).
• Create and maintain High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), standards, and reference architectures.
• Define platform lifecycle, governance, disaster recovery, and resilience standards.
• Collaborate with platform engineering, infrastructure, security, and application teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineering and delivery teams.

Required Experience

• Strong experience with Red Hat OpenShift.
• Hands-on experience with OpenShift GitOps and Argo CD.
• Strong experience with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM).
• Experience designing and operating multi-cluster OpenShift environments.
• Strong OpenShift Virtualisation and KubeVirt experience.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise virtualisation platforms.
• Strong understanding of GitOps methodologies and Policy-as-Code.
• Experience defining platform governance and lifecycle management processes.
• Experience designing disaster recovery and operational resilience frameworks.
• Strong experience producing technical architecture documentation including HLDs and LLDs.
• Strong stakeholder management and technical leadership experience.
• Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM)
• OpenShift GitOps
• VMware Migration Programmes
• Application Containerisation & Modernisation
• Platform Automation
• Disaster Recovery & Recovery Orchestration
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Red Hat OpenShift, ACM, GitOps, or OpenShift Virtualisation certifications