Internal Cloud Architect

MBDA

United Kingdom
Up to £74,000; bonus of up to 21% of base salary; ...
Hybrid (1-2 days per week on-site)
Openstack private cloud solutions
Red hat openshift clusters
Cloud-native architecture patterns
MBDA is seeking an experienced Internal Cloud Architect to join their Information Management function in the UK. The role focuses on designing and implementing OpenStack and OpenShift solutions while providing technical leadership within a dynamic and culturally diverse environment

Job Summary

  • Design, implement, and optimise on premises cloud and container platforms using OpenStack and Red Hat OpenShift.
  • Play a key role in defining cloud strategy, leading platform architecture, and guiding engineering teams.
  • MBDA offers a company bonus of up to 21%, a pension contribution of up to 14%, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave.

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MBDA is seeking an experienced Internal Cloud Architect to join their Information Management function in the UK. The role focuses on designing and implementing OpenStack and OpenShift solutions while providing technical leadership within a dynamic and culturally diverse environment.

Salary

Up to £74,000; Bonus of up to 21% of base salary; Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • OpenStack private cloud solutions
  • Red Hat OpenShift clusters
  • cloud-native architecture patterns
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools
  • high availability, scalability, disaster recovery
  • security best practices

Nice-to-have

  • personal development programme
  • rich cultural diversity
  • national and international opportunities

Key Requirements

  • OpenStack (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone)
  • Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x)
  • Kubernetes architecture and components
  • Ansible, Terraform, or similar IaC tools
  • CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD)
  • Python, Bash, or similar scripting skills
  • Ceph or other distributed storage systems

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DV Clearance required

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