Openshift Platform Architect

Purview Services; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Purview Services seeks an senior IT architect to lead end-to-end OpenShift platform design across on‑prem and cloud environments, driving a VMware-to-OpenShift migration and establishing robust IaC/CI/CD practices. You will shape security, governance, and capacity planning while collaborating with infra, security, DevOps, and application teams.

You will guide platform roadmaps, ensure high availability, and optimize costs, delivering scalable, resilient containerization across hybrid setups with

Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT experience with 8+ years in OpenShift/Kubernetes architecture.
• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x preferred).
• Proven experience leading VMware to OpenShift or virtualization-to-container migrations.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and container orchestration; Infrastructure design (compute, storage, networking); Enterprise networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancers, firewalls); Platform security and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with VMware vSphere and virtualization platforms.
• Strong understanding of hybrid cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP preferred).
• Expertise in automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar.
• Experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps, GitOps practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of OpenShift platform across on-prem and/or cloud environments.
• Define and implement migration strategy from VMware-based infrastructure to OpenShift container platform.
• Architect and oversee infrastructure components including compute, storage, virtualization, and OS layers.
• Design and implement networking architecture including SDN, ingress/egress, load balancing, DNS, and service mesh.
• Define and enforce platform security architecture including RBAC, IAM, network policies, secrets management, image security, and compliance controls.
• Establish platform standards, governance, and best practices for containerization and Kubernetes workloads.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, DevOps, and application teams to ensure seamless adoption.
• Act as the primary technical authority and escalation point for OpenShift-related initiatives.
• Provide advisory support to senior leadership and stakeholders on platform roadmap, scalability, resilience, and cost optimization.
• Lead capacity planning, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization strategies.
• Support automation initiatives using IaC and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

OpenShift architecture

Kubernetes architecture

VMware to OpenShift migrations

Infrastructure design

Networking (SDN, DNS, LB)

Platform security & compliance

IaC automation (Terraform/Ansible)

CI/CD / GitOps

Cloud/hybrid architectures

Stakeholder management

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of Red Hat OpenShift platform across on-prem and/or cloud environments.
  
• Define and implement the migration strategy from VMware-based infrastructure to OpenShift container platform.
  
• Architect and oversee infrastructure components including compute, storage, virtualization, and OS layers.
  
• Design and implement networking architecture including SDN, ingress/egress, load balancing, DNS, and service mesh.
  
• Define and enforce platform security architecture including RBAC, IAM, network policies, secrets management, image security, and compliance controls.
  
• Establish platform standards, governance, and best practices for containerization and Kubernetes workloads.
  
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, DevOps, and application teams to ensure seamless adoption.
  
• Act as the primary technical authority and escalation point for OpenShift-related initiatives.
  
• Provide advisory support to senior leadership and stakeholders on platform roadmap, scalability, resilience, and cost optimization.
  
• Lead capacity planning, high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization strategies.
  
• Support automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines.
  

Required Skills & Experience

• 15+ years of IT experience with 8+ years in OpenShift/Kubernetes architecture.
  
• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x preferred).
  
• Proven experience leading VMware to OpenShift or virtualization-to-container migrations.
  
• Deep knowledge of:
  
• Kubernetes architecture and container orchestration
  
• Infrastructure design (compute, storage, networking)
  
• Enterprise networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancers, firewalls)
  
• Platform security and compliance frameworks
  
• Experience with VMware vSphere and virtualization platforms.
  
• Strong understanding of hybrid cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP preferred).
  
• Expertise in automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar.
  
• Experience with CI/CD, DevSecOps, GitOps practices.
  
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.