Storage Senior SAN SME / Architect

Storage Senior SAN SME / Architect

Posted 3 days ago by PURVIEW

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Hybrid
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
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Summary: The role of Storage Senior SAN SME / Architect involves leading the design, planning, and execution of OpenShift environments and migration strategies. The position requires expertise in building scalable and secure OpenShift platforms, as well as managing workload and application migrations, particularly with VMware and Pure Storage integration. The candidate will also be responsible for ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery capabilities within the architecture. Collaboration with development and operations teams is essential to align with business requirements and maintain documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design OpenShift target architecture, including cluster topology, networking, and storage.
  • Establish best practices for cluster setup, including multi-zone and multi-region deployments.
  • Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery capabilities.
  • Assess current infrastructure, applications, and workloads for migration readiness.
  • Develop detailed migration strategies covering containerization, workload movement, and data migration.
  • Execute migration plans with minimal disruption and downtime.
  • Identify and manage risks throughout the migration lifecycle.
  • Design OpenShift solutions integrated with VMware environments.
  • Utilize VMware tools such as vSphere, vCenter, and NSX to support deployments.
  • Configure and manage Pure Storage platforms (FlashArray, FlashBlade) for scalable and high-performance workloads.
  • Ensure performance and compatibility across OpenShift, VMware, and storage systems.
  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines aligned with OpenShift environments.
  • Integrate DevOps workflows using native and third-party tools.
  • Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring processes.
  • Ensure solutions are scalable to support future growth and workload demands.
  • Implement security practices including RBAC, network policies, and encryption.
  • Conduct regular security reviews and ensure compliance with standards.
  • Work closely with development, DevOps, and operations teams to align with business requirements.
  • Maintain detailed documentation for architecture, migration strategies, workflows, and configurations.
  • Provide guidance and training on OpenShift architecture and best practices.

Key Skills:

  • Strong experience in OpenShift architecture design and migration planning.
  • Deep understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and orchestration.
  • Expertise in VMware technologies such as vSphere, vCenter, and NSX.
  • Hands-on experience with Pure Storage solutions including FlashArray and FlashBlade.
  • Strong knowledge of networking (ingress, load balancing, DNS) and storage concepts (persistent volumes, dynamic provisioning).
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, and ArgoCD.
  • Solid understanding of scalability, high availability, and security in cloud-native environments.
  • Proven experience in migrating workloads and applications to OpenShift or similar platforms.
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation tools such as Bash, Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Sheffield

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Role : Storage Senior SAN SME / Arch

Location : Sheffield (3 days hybrid).

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced OpenShift Architecture and Migration Specialist to lead the design, planning, and execution of OpenShift environments and migration strategies. This role requires strong expertise in building scalable, secure OpenShift platforms and managing workload and application migrations. Experience with VMware and Pure Storage is important to ensure smooth integration with existing infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architecture Design
  • Design OpenShift target architecture, including cluster topology, networking, and storage
  • Establish best practices for cluster setup, including multi-zone and multi-region deployments
  • Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery capabilities
  • Migration Design & Execution
  • Assess current infrastructure, applications, and workloads for migration readiness
  • Develop detailed migration strategies covering containerization, workload movement, and data migration
  • Execute migration plans with minimal disruption and downtime
  • Identify and manage risks throughout the migration lifecycle
  • VMware & Storage Integration
  • Design OpenShift solutions integrated with VMware environments
  • Utilize VMware tools such as vSphere, vCenter, and NSX to support deployments
  • Configure and manage Pure Storage platforms (FlashArray, FlashBlade) for scalable and high-performance workloads
  • Ensure performance and compatibility across OpenShift, VMware, and storage systems
  • CI/CD & DevOps Enablement
  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines aligned with OpenShift environments
  • Integrate DevOps workflows using native and third-party tools
  • Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring processes
  • Scalability & Security
  • Ensure solutions are scalable to support future growth and workload demands
  • Implement security practices including RBAC, network policies, and encryption
  • Conduct regular security reviews and ensure compliance with standards
  • Collaboration & Documentation
  • Work closely with development, DevOps, and operations teams to align with business requirements
  • Maintain detailed documentation for architecture, migration strategies, workflows, and configurations
  • Provide guidance and training on OpenShift architecture and best practices

Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong experience in OpenShift architecture design and migration planning
  • Deep understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, and orchestration
  • Expertise in VMware technologies such as vSphere, vCenter, and NSX
  • Hands-on experience with Pure Storage solutions including FlashArray and FlashBlade
  • Strong knowledge of networking (ingress, load balancing, DNS) and storage concepts (persistent volumes, dynamic provisioning)
  • Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, and ArgoCD
  • Solid understanding of scalability, high availability, and security in cloud-native environments
  • Proven experience in migrating workloads and applications to OpenShift or similar platforms
  • Proficiency in scripting and automation tools such as Bash, Python, Ansible, and Terraform
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Preferred Skills

  • OpenShift certifications (e.g., Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration)
  • Experience with multi-cluster and hybrid cloud OpenShift environments
  • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as oTel, Grafana, and Splunk
  • Knowledge of OpenShift Operators and Helm charts
  • Experience handling large-scale migration projects
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