Job Description

Posted 1 week ago

Red Hat OpenShift Engineer

Rate: £675/day
Contract: Inside IR35
Location: Remote, UK-based only
Sector: NHS or Central Government is ESSENTIAL

Overview

We are supporting a programme in the NHS that is seeking an experienced Red Hat OpenShift Engineer to support the build, operation, and optimisation of container platforms underpinning critical digital and data services.

The role focuses on designing and running secure, resilient OpenShift platforms, working closely with platform, cloud, security, and application teams.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate Red Hat OpenShift clusters in production environments

Support OpenShift deployments across cloud and hybrid infrastructure

Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for containerised workloads

Ensure platform security, resilience, and performance in line with public sector standards

Work closely with security architects to embed security-by-design and compliance controls

Support application teams with containerisation, deployment, and troubleshooting

Contribute to platform documentation, operational runbooks, and best practices

Required Experience

Strong hands-on experience as an OpenShift Engineer or Platform Engineer

Proven experience building and operating Red Hat OpenShift in enterprise environments

Solid Kubernetes expertise, including networking, storage, and ingress

Experience running OpenShift on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and on-prem

Strong Linux and Red Hat ecosystem experience

Experience working within the NHS or UK central government is essential

Understanding of public sector security and compliance requirements (for example NCSC guidance, DSPT)

Nice to Have

Experience supporting data platforms, analytics, or AI/ML workloads on OpenShift

Exposure to GitOps tooling (for example Argo CD) and Infrastructure as Code

Experience working in highly regulated or mission-critical environments

Strong stakeholder and communication skills

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