OpenShift Enterprise Architect — Secure Platform Leader

Leidos; Greenbelt (MD); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Competitive compensation

Paid Leave and Retirement

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an experienced OpenShift Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern enterprise container-platform architectures on an on‑prem OpenShift environment for NASA OSI/FRED IT.

The role emphasizes high‑level strategy, platform governance, integration design, security architecture, and cross‑organizational leadership to ensure OpenShift remains secure, scalable, and aligned with IT standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 8+ years of combined OpenShift, Kubernetes, and/or Linux experience.
• Must have a current RedHat OpenShift Administration certification or able to obtain certification within 6 months of employment.
• Proficient in OpenShift administration, including cluster management, deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, and patching.

Responsibilities

• Define the end‑to‑end architecture for the enterprise OpenShift platform, including cluster topology and HA patterns.
• Develop and maintain lifecycle plans, deployment workflows, and CM baselines.
• Establish architectural standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns for containerized workloads.
• Lead platform capacity planning, scalability modeling, and performance optimization initiatives.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Linux

RedHat OpenShift Admin

Python scripting

GitOps/ArgoCD

Terraform

Ansible

Networking concepts

Cloud/workload migration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems/CS/Engineering

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Ansible

Terraform

ArgoCD

Job description

Leidos is seeking an experienced OpenShift Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern enterprise container-platform architectures on an on‑prem OpenShift environment for NASA OSI/FRED IT.

The role emphasizes high‑level strategy, platform governance, integration design, security architecture, and cross‑organizational leadership to ensure OpenShift remains secure, scalable, and aligned with IT standards.