Openshift Support Engineer

VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value for customers by delivering intelligent solutions through Talent, Technology & Transformation.
As the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry with 30,000 FTE, our portfolio of next-generation solutions and services are designed in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets, and partner markets to simplify and drive growth. With our strategic partner Accenture, we work alongside our Vodafone customers, other Telco and tech companies to drive transformation, meet the challenges of our industry and ensure we stay relevant and resilient. This partnership is a unique, industry-first model which brings together the best of in-house and 3rd party capability.
We work with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, UK, Germany, Ireland, and with a network of teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, and Portugal.
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We are seeking an experienced Red Hat OpenShift Architect with deep expertise across Azure Cloud, Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO), Advanced Cluster Management (ACM), and Advanced Cluster Security (ACS). The individual will design, implement, and optimise scalable, highly secure, cloud‑native OpenShift environments while guiding cross‑functional teams and ensuring operational resilience across business‑critical platforms.

Lead Red Hat OpenShift solution design and delivery across data centre and Azure environments.Architect scalable, secure and resilient solutions using ARO and integrate OpenShift with Azure services.Develop reference architectures and best practices for OpenShift deployment and lifecycle management.Implement and manage ACM for multi-cluster and multi-cloud environments.Prepare roadmaps, change plans and blueprints for cluster provisioning, automation, and upgrades.Manage certificates, licences and associated governance requirements.Conduct security assessments, apply ACS, implement RBAC, network policies, and strengthen cluster security.Manage logging, monitoring, alerting, performance tuning and capacity planning.Analyse, design and review technical documents, SOPs and change plans.Mentor engineers, conduct workshops, and collaborate with development, operations, security and compliance teams.Evaluate emerging cloud-native tools and technologies in partnership with vendors.Ensure high availability, disaster recovery readiness, and effective response to incidents.

A seasoned professional with 10+ years of experience in cloud and container technologies.An expert in OpenShift, Azure Cloud and ARO, ACM and ACS.Proficient in DevOps practices, CI/CD, and automation tooling.Skilled in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible) and scripting languages (Bash, Python, PowerShell).Knowledgeable in ITIL, SOX frameworks and security regulations.Experienced in large-scale, business‑critical environments.Preferably certified in OpenShift, with experience in the telecommunications domain.Equipped with strong hardware, networking knowledge and a solution‑oriented, collaborative mindset.

Concerned you may not meet every requirement? Vodafone is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align exactly with every aspect of the job description, you are encouraged to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or another opportunity, and the recruitment team will support you in exploring where your skills fit best.

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud-native and container orchestration technologies.Exposure to large-scale, mission‑critical environments with global impact.Collaboration with diverse technical teams, gaining cross‑functional and cross‑market experience.Continuous professional development through hands‑on architecture, security and automation work.Ability to influence cloud strategy and shape best practices across the organisation.

Advanced design and optimisation of OpenShift and ARO architectures.Implementation of ACM and ACS for multi-cluster, multi-cloud environments.Enhancing automation with IaC, CI/CD, and cloud-native toolsets.Strengthening security capabilities in Kubernetes ecosystems.Leadership through mentoring, architectural governance and stakeholder communication.

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