OpenShift SME

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people.

At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent.

We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives.

As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long-term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams.

We are looking for

OpenShift SME!

Mission

We are looking for an experienced

Senior OpenShift Platform Architect / Subject Matter Expert (SME)

to lead the evolution, governance, and technical direction of our OpenShift platform in a critical enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

Act as the technical SME for the OpenShift platform.

Define architecture standards and best practices for Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.

Drive the evolution and continuous improvement of the OpenShift platform architecture.

Establish governance models and operational standards for platform adoption and usage.

Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, and Architecture teams to align platform strategy with organizational objectives.

Reliability, Availability & Resilience

Define and implement strategies for:

High Availability (HA)

Disaster Recovery (DR)

Business Continuity

Observability

Support lifecycle management, upgrades, and platform modernization initiatives.

Ensure platform resilience, scalability, and operational excellence.

Security & Compliance

Define and enforce best practices for:

Security hardening

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

Security Context Constraints (SCC)

Secrets Management

Review critical workloads and deployments to ensure compliance with security and operational standards.

Operations & Technical Leadership

Support advanced troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for critical incidents.

Assist operational teams in resolving complex performance, security, and availability issues.

Define governance and best practices for GitOps and CI/CD processes.

Support the adoption of Kubernetes workload standards and operational best practices.

Provide technical mentorship and guidance to SRE and OpenShift engineering teams.

Requirements

Technical Skills

Strong enterprise-level experience with OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms.

Proven experience designing, implementing, and evolving Kubernetes-based platforms.

Advanced knowledge of:

Service Mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)

Observability platforms and practices

Kubernetes and platform security

Hands-on experience with GitOps methodologies and ArgoCD.

Strong understanding of:

High Availability (HA)

Disaster Recovery (DR)

Business Continuity

Platform Resilience

Extensive experience in advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

Experience working in critical, highly regulated, or mission-critical environments.

Soft Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Proven technical leadership skills.

Experience mentoring and coaching technical teams.

Strong focus on standards, governance, and operational excellence.

Ability to influence stakeholders and drive architectural decisions.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in banking, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.

Relevant certifications in Kubernetes, OpenShift, cloud platforms, or related technologies are highly valued.

Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously.

What you can expect from us

Long-term projects with national and international context.

Opportunities to grow technically and professionally

A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust

Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability.

Find with us the right opportunity to grow!

Decskill is committed to equality and non-discrimination with all our talents. We recruit and promote talent, based on diversity and inclusion, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality or any other form of discrimination incompatible with the dignity of the human being

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