Senior Red Hat Architect

Job Role- Senior Red Hat Architect

Location- Remote

Duration- 6+ Months Contract

C2C/W2 (Either will work)

15+ Years

Job Description:

Senior Red Hat Architect to support advanced multi-cloud and OpenShift initiatives for a high-impact customer engagement. This role requires deep technical expertise and the ability to operate as a true domain expert, providing architectural guidance, solving complex problems independently, and advising on best-practice designs.

This is not a general support role. The selected candidate will work alongside existing Red Hat SMEs and is expected to contribute at a senior, consultative level with minimal oversight.

Scope of Work / Key Responsibilities-

Advanced SDN & Tenant Isolation (UDN / cUDN)

• Design and implement Layer 3 segmentation using OVN-Kubernetes to support overlapping RFC1918 IP spaces across multiple sites.
• Configure User Defined Networks (UDN/cUDN) ensuring strong logical or cryptographic tenant isolation.
• Implement dynamic BGP routing using FRR-K8s Operator, including:
• Advertising UDN-specific routes to physical Leaf/Spine fabrics
• Supporting multi-hop BGP configurations
• Managing advanced prefix-filtering scenarios
• Optimize CNI performance for edge workloads, including hardware offloading (e.g., SR-IOV, DPDK) within UDN environments.

Nested OpenShift (OCP on VMaaS)

• Architect and optimize OpenShift Virtualization / KubeVirt to host nested ( guest ) OpenShift clusters with minimal latency.
• Address complex networking challenges for nested clusters, including:
• Resolving double overlay networking scenarios
• Avoiding triple-encapsulation performance penalties
• Enabling efficient communication with the physical network
• Configure storage pass-through using Dell PowerFlex CSI, ensuring:
• Persistent volume availability to nested Kubernetes nodes
• Support for snapshot and data protection capabilities

Required Skills & Experience (Must Have)

• OpenShift Virtualization (Architect Level)
• Ability to assess customer environments
• Define integration strategies and migration plans
• Software-Defined Networking (SDN) & Tenant Isolation
• OVN-Kubernetes
• BGP Dynamic Routing (FRR-K8s)
• Kubernetes & OpenShift Expertise
• OVN-Kubernetes
• KubeVirt / OpenShift Virtualization
• Strong experience operating in complex, enterprise-scale environments
• Ability to independently troubleshoot and resolve advanced technical issues

Preferred / Additional Skills

• Experience with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud architectures
• Familiarity with high-performance networking and edge workloads
• Strong consulting and stakeholder communication skills

Value Proposition (EVP)

• Hands-on involvement with cutting-edge Multi-Cloud and OpenShift solutions.
• High visibility, high impact engagement with significant demand for these specialized skills.