OpenShift Technical Lead

Quick Facts

• Role: OpenShift Technical Lead
• Work mode: 100% remote

Description

Lead the design and continuous evolution of cloud, hybrid-cloud, and edge platform architectures. Provide technical leadership across Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, containers, Linux, networking, storage, software architecture, and security—turning business requirements into resilient, scalable, secure, and supportable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and evolution of cloud, hybrid-cloud, and edge architectures aligned with business, operational, and technical requirements.
• Define platform principles, reference architectures, engineering standards, and technology roadmaps for enterprise and distributed environments.
• Own container platform architecture, implementation, lifecycle management, and optimization using Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.
• Establish standards for Linux operating systems, automation, configuration, patching, hardening, and operational support.
• Design software-defined networking, connectivity, ingress, load-balancing, and network-security solutions.
• Define storage architectures and integration patterns to meet availability, performance, scalability, backup, and recovery needs.
• Review software and infrastructure designs to improve scalability, maintainability, reliability, observability, and supportability.
• Embed security, compliance, and risk-management requirements throughout the platform lifecycle.
• Partner with engineering, security, operations, and application teams to accelerate platform adoption and continuous improvement.
• Diagnose and resolve complex platform issues, including root-cause analysis and preventive actions.
• Mentor engineers and promote consistent engineering practices across teams.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering cloud, hybrid-cloud, or edge platform architectures.
• Deep knowledge of Linux administration, troubleshooting, performance, and security hardening.
• Hands-on expertise with containers, Kubernetes, and Red Hat OpenShift in production environments.
• Strong understanding of software-defined networking, network segmentation, traffic management, and platform connectivity.
• Experience designing and integrating enterprise storage solutions for containerized workloads.
• Proven capability in software architecture, infrastructure design, automation, and platform engineering.
• Strong knowledge of security standards, compliance controls, identity and access management, and secure engineering practices.
• Ability to lead technical discussions, evaluate trade-offs, document decisions, and influence stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Benefits

• Ongoing support from a dedicated agent for project continuity and work formalities.
• Consultant Development Program for growth planning and mentorship.
• Access to 7N Learning & Development (webinars, articles, industry reports, and development events).
• Professional development support, including knowledge transfer opportunities.
• Access to experienced IT experts (average consultant tenure in Poland over 10 years).
• Complete benefits package: medical care funding, life insurance, sports cards, and store discounts in Poland and abroad.