Senior OpenShift Platform Architect (On-Prem & Hybrid)

Via Logic LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an OpenShift Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern enterprise OpenShift platforms for NASA OSI/FRED, focusing on secure, scalable, on-premises environments.

This role requires 8+ years in OpenShift/Kubernetes/Linux, hands-on leadership, architecture governance, and cross-team collaboration to drive platform strategy, security, and automation using ArgoCD, Ansible, and Terraform.

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, application deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and patching.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts and principles.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architecture for the enterprise OpenShift platform, including cluster topology, node architecture, compute/storage strategy, and high-availability 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.
• Oversee the design and governance of cluster objects (namespaces, operators, ingress, storage classes, policies, RBAC, quotas, pod security standards).
• Provide architectural oversight for application onboarding, integration patterns, and workload migrations into OpenShift.

Skills

OpenShift Administration

Kubernetes

Linux

Python

Security Architecture

Zero-Trust

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Red Hat OpenShift Administration certification

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Jira Service Management

ArgoCD

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Leidos is seeking an OpenShift Enterprise Architect to design, implement, and govern enterprise OpenShift platforms for NASA OSI/FRED, focusing on secure, scalable, on-premises environments.

This role requires 8+ years in OpenShift/Kubernetes/Linux, hands-on leadership, architecture governance, and cross-team collaboration to drive platform strategy, security, and automation using ArgoCD, Ansible, and Terraform.