NetApp Openshift Engineer - London/Sheffield/Edinburgh/Remote - £500 per day Umbrella CONTRACT

We are recruiting for a NetApp Openshift Engineer on contract to work for a leading Banking Group. The role will be based 3 days per week in either London, Sheffield, Birmingham or Edinburgh offices and 2 days remotely.

Key responsibilities and required skills focus on using NetApp Trident for dynamic storage provisioning within OpenShift and managing NetApp ONTAP (on-premises or in the cloud).

Job Responsibilities

• NetApp Trident Management: Installing, configuring, and managing the NetApp Trident storage orchestrator (CSI driver) to enable dynamic provisioning of persistent volumes (PVs) for stateful applications.
• OpenShift Administration: Managing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) clusters (installing, updating, scaling).
• Storage Configuration: Configuring NetApp storage backends (NFS/SAN) to support container applications.
• OpenShift Virtualization: Supporting the migration of virtual machines (VMs) to OpenShift using NetApp storage, including cold/warm migrations and live migration support.
• Data Protection: Implementing data protection and disaster recovery strategies using NetApp Trident Protect (formerly Astra Control) and NetApp SnapMirror technologies.
• Automation: Utilizing Ansible Automation Platform to automate deployment and management tasks.
• Cloud Integration: Supporting hybrid cloud setups involving NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Azure NetApp Files, Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, or FSx for NetApp ONTAP in AWS.

Key Skills and Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes & OpenShift: Understanding of OCP architecture, node management, and operator-based services (OperatorHub).
• NetApp Portfolio Expertise: Proficiency in NetApp ONTAP, FlexPod, and/or Trident CSI.
• Container Storage Interface (CSI): Practical experience with CSI-compliant storage provisioning.
• Linux System Administration: Experience with RHEL or RHEL CoreOS.
• Virtualization Experience: Familiarity with VMware vSphere, Red Hat Virtualization, or KubeVirt.
• Automation Tools: Experience with Ansible or Terraform.