OpenShift Virtualization Principal Architect

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC seeks a highly experienced Subject Matter Expert to lead VMware to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization migrations. You will own the migration strategy, develop procedures, and perform hands-on migrations while guiding operations teams.

This role emphasizes automation, production cutovers, operational readiness, and knowledge transfer to engineering groups. Requires 5+ years as a Solutions Architect and travel across the U.S. and to Canada.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as Solutions Architect.
• Active passport and ability to travel across the U.S. and to Canada.

Responsibilities

• Lead virtualization platform migration activities from VMware to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.
• Own the technical migration strategy, develop migration procedures, and execute migrations.
• Provide operational readiness guidance and transfer knowledge to engineering and operations teams.

Skills

VMware

OpenShift Virtualization

Migration

KubeVirt administration

Migration automation

Production cutovers

Operational readiness

ArgoCD

GitOps

OpenShift Platform Plus

ACM

MTV/Forklift

RHCA/RHCE

RH OpenShift Certification

Job description

Seeking a highly experienced Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead virtualization platform migration activities from VMware to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. The consultant will own the technical migration strategy, develop migration procedures, execute migrations, provide operational readiness guidance, and transfer knowledge to engineering and operations teams. This is a hands-on technical role requiring direct experience performing VMware to OpenShift Virtualization migrations.

MUST HAVE

• 5+ years of experience as Solutions Architect
• Active passport and ability to travel as needed throughout the U.S. and occasionally to Canada.
• VMware ? OpenShift Virtualization migrations
• MTV/Forklift
• KubeVirt administration
• OpenShift Virtualization certification preferred
• OpenShift Platform Plus
• ACM
• ArgoCD
• GitOps
• Multi-site migration programs
• Migration automation
• Production cutovers
• Operational readiness
• Knowledge transfer

STRONGLY PREFERRED

• Migrated 500+ VMs
• Migrated multiple clusters/sites
• OCP Virtualization Specialist certification
• Red Hat Consulting background
• Active RHCA/RHCE