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Responsibilities
- Lead client conversations and define cloud, platform, and OpenShift solutions across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Set technical direction for cloud and OpenShift platforms and define modernization roadmaps and target operating models.
- Design highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and efficient enterprise platforms, including disaster recovery and recovery orchestration models.
- Define OpenShift platform standards for GitOps, multi-cluster management, Policy-as-Code, lifecycle management, networking, segmentation, and OpenShift Virtualization.
- Design Kubernetes networking, multi-tenancy, namespace isolation, Zero Trust, micro-segmentation, and workload migration strategies.
- Create HLDs, LLDs, architecture decision records, reference architectures, platform standards, and governance artefacts.
- Lead and mentor architects and engineers through technical coaching, career counselling, performance management, and architectural governance.
Requirements
- Strong command of software and platform architecture and the ability to connect technical decisions to business outcomes.
- Strong client advisory, stakeholder management, communication, and technical leadership skills.
- Hands-on experience designing and operating Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms in large enterprise or regulated environments.
- Deep experience with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management, Argo CD, OpenShift GitOps, multi-cluster operating models, Policy-as-Code, and platform lifecycle management.
- Experience with OpenShift Virtualization, KubeVirt, VM lifecycle management, application containerization assessment, and VMware-to-OpenShift migration strategies.
- Strong knowledge of OVN-Kubernetes, Kubernetes networking constructs, Multus, and secondary network architectures.
- Experience with namespace isolation, multi-tenancy, micro-segmentation, Zero Trust networking, and translating VMware NSX Distributed Firewall policies into OpenShift-native controls.
- Ability to assess networking approaches using OVN-Kubernetes, UDN/CUDN, Cilium, or Calico.
- Red Hat certifications such as DO280 or EX280, or equivalent Kubernetes and cloud platform certifications, are advantageous.
- Experience in financial services, government, or other regulated industries is advantageous.
- Familiarity with Open Policy Agent or Kyverno and CI/CD pipeline integration with GitOps workflows is advantageous.
- Engineering or development experience with delivery teams and personal or open-source repositories, prototypes, accelerators, or reference architectures are advantageous.
- Genuine interest in Agentic AI, with relevant experience from client delivery, prototypes, personal projects, training, or independent research.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and package depending on level of experience.
- London-based role.
- Access to industry-leading training, certifications, structured coaching, and mentoring programmes.
Tech Stack
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services firm providing management consulting, systems integration and technology, cybersecurity, and business process outsourcing for enterprises and governments. It operates a services-driven model delivering projects and managed services, often with major cloud and software partners, across industries worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin and publicly traded on the NYSE (ACN), it originated as Andersen Consulting and adopted the Accenture name in 2001.