OpenShift SME

Decskill; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 70 000 - 120 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Decskill is seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift Platform Architect / SME to lead governance, evolution, and technical direction of our OpenShift platform in a critical enterprise environment. You will act as the technical SME, define architecture standards, and drive platform modernization.

Key responsibilities include governance, operational standards, and collaboration with Infrastructure, Security, and Architecture teams to align platform strategy with business objectives.

Qualificações

• Strong enterprise-level experience with OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio).
• Observability platforms and practices; Kubernetes security.

Responsabilidades

• Act as the technical SME for the OpenShift platform.
• Define architecture standards and best practices for Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
• Drive the evolution and modernization of the OpenShift platform architecture.
• Establish governance models and operational standards for platform adoption and usage.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, and Architecture teams to align platform strategy with organizational objectives.

Conhecimentos

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Istio

Observability

GitOps

ArgoCD

High Availability

Disaster Recovery

Root Cause Analysis

Mentoring

Ferramentas

ArgoCD

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people.

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long-term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

OpenShift SME!

Mission

We are looking for an experienced Senior OpenShift Platform Architect / Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the evolution, governance, and technical direction of our OpenShift platform in a critical enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical SME for the OpenShift platform.
• Define architecture standards and best practices for Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
• Drive the evolution and continuous improvement of the OpenShift platform architecture.
• Establish governance models and operational standards for platform adoption and usage.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, and Architecture teams to align platform strategy with organizational objectives.

Reliability, Availability & Resilience

• Define and implement strategies for:
• High Availability (HA)
• Disaster Recovery (DR)
• Business Continuity
• Observability
• Support lifecycle management, upgrades, and platform modernization initiatives.
• Ensure platform resilience, scalability, and operational excellence.

Security & Compliance

• Define and enforce best practices for:
• Security hardening
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Security Context Constraints (SCC)
• Secrets Management
• Review critical workloads and deployments to ensure compliance with security and operational standards.

Operations & Technical Leadership

• Support advanced troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for critical incidents.
• Assist operational teams in resolving complex performance, security, and availability issues.
• Define governance and best practices for GitOps and CI/CD processes.
• Support the adoption of Kubernetes workload standards and operational best practices.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to SRE and OpenShift engineering teams.

Requirements

Technical Skills

• Strong enterprise-level experience with OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms.
• Proven experience designing, implementing, and evolving Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Advanced knowledge of:
• Service Mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)
• Observability platforms and practices
• Kubernetes and platform security
• Hands-on experience with GitOps methodologies and ArgoCD.
• Strong understanding of:
• High Availability (HA)
• Disaster Recovery (DR)
• Business Continuity
• Platform Resilience
• Extensive experience in advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Experience working in critical, highly regulated, or mission-critical environments.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Proven technical leadership skills.
• Experience mentoring and coaching technical teams.
• Strong focus on standards, governance, and operational excellence.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive architectural decisions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in banking, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.
• Relevant certifications in Kubernetes, OpenShift, cloud platforms, or related technologies are highly valued.

Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

What you can expect from us

• Long-term projects with national and international context.
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally
• A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability.

Thank you! :)

Decskill is committed to equality and non-discrimination with all our talents. We recruit and promote talent, based on diversity and inclusion, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality or any other form of discrimination incompatible with the dignity of the human being