£555 per day (Inside IR35)
6-month contract
1 day per week on-site in Wokingham
1-stage interview
Im looking for an experienced Lead Platform & Resilience Architect to define, lead, and deliver resilience strategies across a complex, multi-cluster OpenShift environment. This role blends strategic ownership with hands-on technical depth, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, regulatory alignment, and platform performance at scale.
What Youll Be Doing
* Define and maintain end-to-end platform resilience strategies aligned with regulatory and industry standards.
* Provide architectural leadership across multiple OpenShift clusters.
* Work closely with internal teams, customers, and suppliers to align design decisions and delivery.
* Lead workshops, design reviews, and technical and business stakeholder sessions.
* Guide teams on HA, DR, failover, security hardening, and performance tuning.
* Embed resilience into CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and automated deployments.
* Continuously improve platform resilience as new features and applications are introduced.
Key Skills & Experience
* Proven background as a Senior/Lead Architect in large-scale, mission-critical environments.
* Deep expertise with Red Hat OpenShift and supporting technologies:
o ACM (Advanced Cluster Management)
o ACS (Advanced Cluster Security)
o GitOps
o OpenShift Pipelines
o ODF (OpenShift Data Foundation)
o Service Mesh 3.0
o AMQ operators
* Strong communication and stakeholder leadership skills.
* Ability to drive strategy while being hands-on when required.
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