£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:
  • ACM (Advanced Cluster Management)
  • ACS (Advanced Cluster Security)
  • GitOps
  • OpenShift Pipelines
  • ODF (OpenShift Data Foundation)
  • Service Mesh 3.0
  • AMQ operators
• Strong communication and stakeholder leadership skills.
• Ability to drive strategy while being hands-on when required.