Cloud Platform Architect (Red Hat OpenShift | Telecom Cloud | CaaS)

Job Description – Senior Cloud Platform Architect (CaaS – OpenShift & Telecom Cloud)

Work Location: Client Office – India (Work From Office)

Experience: 8–14 Years

Shift / Working Hours: Australian Time Zone (AEST/AEDT) with flexibility to support critical deployments, maintenance windows, and project milestones.

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Technical Project Manager / Cloud Platform Architect to lead the delivery of a large-scale Container as a Service (CaaS) transformation program for a leading telecom customer.

The ideal candidate should possess strong expertise in Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Telecom Cloud (NFVI/CNIS), Cloud-Native Network Functions (CNFs), VMware migration, and telecom infrastructure transformation. This role requires ownership of end-to-end project delivery, technical governance, stakeholder management, and cross-functional coordination while working closely with customer teams, HPE, Red Hat, and internal engineering teams.

The candidate will be based at the client office in Chennai and work according to the Australian time zone to closely collaborate with the customer's engineering and project teams.

Key Responsibilities Program & Technical Project Management

• Lead end-to-end delivery of the Container as a Service (CaaS) program.
• Manage project planning, scheduling, budgeting, execution, and delivery.
• Drive program governance, steering committee meetings, and executive reporting.
• Ensure timely delivery of milestones, risks, dependencies, and project deliverables.
• Manage multiple cross-functional workstreams simultaneously.
• Coordinate global technical teams, vendors, and customer stakeholders.
  
  

Cloud Platform Architecture

Lead Architecture, Implementation, And Transformation Of

• Red Hat OpenShift
• Kubernetes
• Bare Metal OpenShift
• OpenShift Virtualization
• Telecom Cloud Platforms
• Container Platforms
• Cloud Infrastructure
  
  

Drive Consolidation Of

• Rancher
• VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)
• OpenShift
  
  

into a single enterprise OpenShift platform.

Telecom Cloud Delivery

Lead Onboarding Of Telecom Applications Including

• Cloud Native Network Functions (CNFs)
• Telecom workloads
• 5G applications
• Core Network applications
  
  

Support Integration Of Platforms Such As

• DNA
• ASIMOV
• Voicemail
• ISE
• Other telecom network applications
  
  

Infrastructure Transformation

Lead Migration Programs Involving

• VMware to OpenShift Virtualization
• Legacy workloads to Container Platforms
• Telecom application modernization
• Bare Metal infrastructure deployment
  
  

Coordinate Infrastructure Deployment With

• HPE
• Red Hat
• Internal Infrastructure Teams
  
  

Technical Leadership

Provide Technical Guidance For

• OpenShift Architecture
• Kubernetes Clusters
• Networking
• Storage
• Security
• Platform Integration
• Capacity Planning
• High Availability
• Disaster Recovery
  
  

Review

• HLD
• LLD
• Architecture documents
• Deployment plans
• Validation reports
  
  

Cloud-Native Platform Management

Manage

• OpenShift Cluster Deployment
• Container Lifecycle
• CNF Onboarding
• Cluster Expansion
• Capacity Planning
• Infrastructure Optimization
  
  

Security & Compliance

Drive Cyber Security Assurance Including

• Security Risk Assessment (SRA)
• Vulnerability Management
• Compliance Validation
• IAM
• RBAC
• Platform Hardening
• Security Reviews
  
  

Automation & DevOps

Lead Implementation Of

• Terraform
• Ansible
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code
• Automation Frameworks
  
  

Improve deployment efficiency through automation.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

Coordinate With

• Customer Teams
• HPE
• Red Hat
• Infrastructure Teams
• Application Teams
• Network Teams
• Security Teams
• Operations Teams
  
  

Manage vendor deliverables and ensure successful project execution.

Documentation

Prepare And Maintain

• Architecture Documents
• Migration Plans
• HLD
• LLD
• Project Reports
• Risk Registers
• SOPs
• Runbooks
• Knowledge Transfer Documents
  
  

Required Technical Skills Cloud Platforms

• Red Hat OpenShift
• Kubernetes
• OpenShift Virtualization
• Container Platforms
• Cloud Native Computing
  
  

Telecom Technologies

• Telecom Cloud
• NFVI
• CNIS
• CNF
• 5G Core
• Telco Infrastructure
  
  

Infrastructure

• VMware
• OpenStack
• Bare Metal Servers
• Linux
• CEPH Storage
  
  

Automation

• Terraform
• Ansible
• Git
• Jenkins
• CI/CD Pipelines
  
  

Networking

• TCP/IP
• VLAN
• DNS
• Load Balancing
• Firewall
• Routing
• Switching
  
  

Security

• IAM
• RBAC
• Cyber Security
• Compliance
• Vulnerability Management
  
  

Required Experience

• 12–18 years of overall IT Infrastructure / Cloud experience.
• Minimum 8+ years in Cloud Platform Architecture.
• Minimum 5+ years in OpenShift & Kubernetes.
• Strong Telecom Cloud experience.
• Experience delivering large transformation programs.
• Experience managing global stakeholders.
• Experience with Telecom Operators is mandatory.
• Proven experience managing large enterprise infrastructure projects.
  
  

Preferred Certifications

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• PMP / PRINCE2
• ITIL Foundation
• VMware VCP
• AWS / Azure Cloud Certifications (Preferred)
  
  

Soft Skills

• Excellent Leadership Skills
• Strong Customer Management
• Executive Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Vendor Coordination
• Project Governance
• Risk Management
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Presentation Skills
• Team Leadership
  
  

Work Location

Client Office – India (Work From Office)

Working Hours

• Australian Time Zone (AEST/AEDT)
• Flexibility to support customer meetings, production deployments, and critical project activities during Australian business hours.
• Willingness to work extended hours during major migration, cutover, and Go-Live activities.
  
  

Skills: red hat,cloud,kubernetes,vmware,red,caas,migration,management,openshift,project,infrastructure,telecom