Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer

📋 Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer to support and modernise enterprise container platforms hosting business-critical applications within a secure defence environment.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on OpenShift platform support, container management, deployment automation, runtime engineering, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, operational resilience and technical troubleshooting.

The successful candidate will work closely with client and supplier teams to assess existing environments, resolve technical issues, improve operational stability and support future platform evolution. The role is expected to involve a mixture of on-premise, hosted and secure infrastructure environments rather than purely public cloud platforms.

🏢 About Methods

Methods is passionate about its people; we want our colleagues to develop the things they are good at and enjoy.

🎯 The Role

You will:

• Assess existing OpenShift environments, container images, deployment processes and technical dependencies.
• Diagnose and resolve platform, container, build and runtime issues.
• Improve deployment automation and build processes.
• Manage remediation of security vulnerabilities and technical debt.
• Support monitoring, logging and operational support capabilities.
• Improve platform resilience, recoverability and operational readiness.
• Support Java and Tomcat-based application runtimes from a platform perspective.
• Investigate technical incidents and provide specialist engineering support.
• Produce operational documentation, runbooks and technical guidance.
• Transfer knowledge to client technical teams and contribute to future roadmaps.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Strong hands-on experience administering and supporting Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts and operations.
• Experience with container technologies including Docker, container images and container registries.
• Experience supporting production application platforms and resolving complex technical issues.
• Experience with build pipelines, deployment tooling and release processes.
• Strong Linux administration experience, preferably RHEL-based environments.
• Experience with monitoring, logging and operational support tooling.
• Experience identifying and remediating platform and container vulnerabilities.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience producing operational and technical documentation.
• Ability to work effectively within secure and regulated environments.

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Java application hosting environments.
• Apache Tomcat.
• Red Hat JBoss Web Server (JWS).
• Container platform modernisation programmes.
• Runtime upgrades and dependency remediation.
• Infrastructure automation and configuration management.
• Defence, aerospace, government or other highly regulated sectors.
• Experience operating within Security Cleared environments.

🎁 Benefits

• Salary range of £70k-£80k
• Hybrid; 2days/week onsite in Bristol or Milton Keynes
• Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience
• Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
• Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership
• A supportive and collaborative environment
• Development – access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme, and training
• Wellness – 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme
• Flexible Working – including home working and part time
• Social – office parties, breakfast Tuesdays, monthly pizza Thursdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and commitment to charitable causes
• Time Off – 25 days of annual leave a year, plus bank holidays, with the option to buy 5 extra days each year
• Volunteering – 2 paid days per year to volunteer in our local communities or within a charity organisation
• Pension – Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
• Life Assurance – of 4 times base salary
• Private Medical Insurance – which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
• Worldwide Travel Insurance – which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
• Travel – season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Experience operating within Security Cleared environments.