Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer

Penta Consulting is a leading technology services partner delivering professional and managed solutions across EMEA.

We're hiring a Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer - WebSphere Modernization for one of our major global technology partners. This role will focus on driving large-scale application modernization, migrating legacy WebSphere workloads to OpenShift, and delivering secure, cloud-native platform solutions within a highly regulated enterprise environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, deployment, and operation of Red Hat OpenShift platforms
• Drive WebSphere Application Server modernization and containerization initiatives
• Implement GitOps and CI/CD pipelines using ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and related tools
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform and Ansible
• Support platform reliability through performance tuning, monitoring, and SRE practices
• Collaborate with application, architecture, and stakeholder teams to deliver successful migrations
• Ensure platform security, governance, and compliance standards are met
• Mentor engineers and promote OpenShift best practices across delivery teams

Key Requirements

• Strong experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes administration
• Expertise in GitOps, CI/CD, Terraform, and Ansible
• Hands-on experience modernizing and containerizing enterprise Java/WebSphere applications
• Knowledge of observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos, or Datadog
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or IBM Cloud
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Background working within large-scale enterprise or regulated environments

Nice to Have

• IBM Transformation Advisor or WebSphere Liberty migration experience
• IBM Cloud Paks and OpenShift middleware exposure
• Kafka and event-driven architecture experience
• Python or Java automation skills
• VMware and hybrid cloud experience
• Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes (CKA), Terraform, or cloud certifications

If you're passionate about OpenShift, platform engineering, and helping organisations modernize critical applications, we'd love to hear from you.