Senior OpenShift / Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Company: Jobtailor
Apply for the Senior OpenShift / Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Location: London
Job Description:

  • Operate, maintain, and continuously improve the Bank’s enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platform.
  • Ensure platform stability, scalability, security, and performance across hybrid cloud environments.
  • Perform complete platform lifecycle management including installation, upgrades, patching, maintenance, and decommissioning.
  • Participate in a rotating on-call support schedule within a four-person team.
  • Design, implement, and operate enterprise-grade Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
  • Manage networking, storage, security, and cluster services.
  • Develop reusable container platform standards, templates, and base images.
  • Support business application teams in adopting cloud-native technologies and containerized workloads.
  • Provide architectural guidance for high availability, disaster recovery, and workload resilience.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
  • Build reusable automation frameworks using Ansible, Terraform, and GitOps methodologies.
  • Improve operational efficiency through scripting and automation.
  • Standardize platform configuration management and orchestration.
  • Design and maintain GitOps workflows using Argo CD.
  • Integrate CI/CD pipelines into infrastructure deployment processes.
  • Promote DevOps best practices across infrastructure and application delivery teams.
  • Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to enable automated application deployment.
  • Integrate security scanning, compliance controls, and observability into the platform.
  • Ensure alignment with Bank security standards, governance, and change management processes.
  • Design resilient platform architectures supporting disaster recovery and business continuity.
  • Contribute to the Bank’s hybrid cloud strategy and platform roadmap.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements.
  • Drive automation initiatives across the infrastructure landscape.
  • Promote engineering best practices and continuous improvement.
  • Work closely with Infrastructure, Security, Networking, Storage, Cloud, and Application Development teams.
  • Support development teams building cloud-native, serverless, and containerized applications.
  • Communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Minimum **5 years of experience** in OpenShift/Kubernetes platform engineering within enterprise environments.
  • Strong expertise in **OpenShift, Kubernetes, Linux administration, container technologies, and hybrid cloud platforms**.
  • Hands‑on experience with **OVN‑K, Ceph/CSI, Quay, Argo CD/GitOps, Velero, Ansible, and Terraform**.
  • Proficiency in **Bash, Python, and Go** scripting.
  • Solid experience with **Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, CI/CD, Git, and DevOps practices**.
  • Strong understanding of automation, platform lifecycle management, and cloud‑native technologies.
  • Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • ****Preferred**
  • – Experience with **data centre infrastructure, networking, virtualization, and public cloud integration**.
  • – Knowledge of **OAuth, token‑based authentication, and REST API integrations**.
  • – Experience working in **Agile environments** and contributing to technology strategy and platform modernization.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in OpenShift and Kubernetes platform engineering, focusing on lifecycle management, automation, and cloud-native technologies. Proficient in developing and maintaining infrastructure automation and promoting DevOps best practices across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

  • OpenShift Platform Engineering
  • Kubernetes Management
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Ansible Automation
  • CI/CD Integration

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

  • OpenShift
  • Kubernetes
  • Linux Administration
  • Container Technologies
  • Bash Scripting
  • Python Scripting
  • Go Scripting
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Configuration Management
  • DevOps Practices

Soft Skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Communication Skills
  • Stakeholder Management

Industry Keywords

  • Hybrid Cloud Platforms
  • Cloud-Native Technologies
  • Platform Lifecycle Management
  • Agile Environments
  • Data Centre Infrastructure

Tools & Technologies

  • OVN-K
  • Ceph/CSI
  • Quay
  • Argo CD
  • GitOps
  • Velero
  • Ansible
  • Terraform

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Posted: July 31st, 2026