Solution Architect - OpenStack

6-Month Initial Contract | Inside IR35
Hybrid - 1-2 Days Per Week On Site (flexibility depending on your location)

We're looking for an experienced Solution Architect with deep OpenStack expertise to lead the design and delivery of a greenfield private cloud platform.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in building an enterprise-scale OpenStack environment from the ground up. You'll combine architecture leadership with hands-on engineering expertise, working closely with technical teams to deliver a highly available, secure-by-design, self-service cloud platform.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect a production-ready OpenStack environment from scratch.

• Define the target architecture and technical roadmap.

• Challenge existing technical approaches and introduce industry best practice.

• Work alongside engineering teams through design, build, deployment and support.

• Deliver a highly available, resilient and scalable private cloud platform.

• Embed Secure by Design principles throughout the solution.

• Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• Produce architecture documentation, standards and technical designs.

• Provide technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise OpenStack environments.

• Strong infrastructure engineering background.

• Experience building OpenStack platforms from greenfield.

• Linux systems engineering.

• High Availability (HA) and resilient infrastructure design.

• Networking, storage and virtualisation expertise.

• Infrastructure as Code using Ansible and/or Terraform.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Desirable Experience

• Ceph

• Kubernetes

• KVM

• Open vSwitch (OVS) / OVN

• Neutron, Nova, Keystone, Glance, Cinder and Heat

• Secure by Design

• Automation and CI/CD

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-profile programme where you'll have the autonomy to shape the architecture, influence technical direction and deliver a modern enterprise private cloud platform.

If you're interested in finding out more, please apply with your latest CV or get in touch for a confidential discussion.