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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # OpenShift Enterprise Architect - **Company:** Leidos, Inc. - **Location:** Hampton, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $107,900.0 - $195,050.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Computing Platforms, Software Suite, JIRA, Command-Line Interface, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Computer Networks, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), Failover, IBM Storage, Issue Tracking Systems, Python (Programming Language), Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), OpenShift, Performance Tuning, Public Key Infrastructure, Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, Prometheus, Zero Trust Network Access, Reverse Proxy, Software Deployment, Software Vulnerability Management, Backup and Restore, SSL Certificate Management, Data Logging, Scripting, Enterprise Software Applications, Load Balancing, Istio, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Firewalls (Computer Science), Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Bare Metal, Patch Management, Integration Frameworks, Terraform, Splunk, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9085766/openshift-enterprise-architect ## About the Role The AEGIS program at Leidos is seeking a highly experienced OpenShift Enterprise Architect with 8+ years of senior-level experience designing, implementing, and governing enterprise container-platform architectures. This position supports NASA's Office of Strategic Infrastructure (OSI) Facilities and Real Estate Division (FRED) IT within a complex on-premises Red Hat OpenShift environment used to host enterprise applications such as the Maximo Application Suite (MAS), IBM Storage Fusion, and other mission-critical workloads., * Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. * Minimum 8+ years of combined OpenShift, Kubernetes, and/or Linux experience. * Must have a current RedHat OpenShift Administration certification or able to obtain certification within 6 months of employment. * Proficient in OpenShift administration, including cluster management, application deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and patching. * Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts and principles. * Solid experience with Linux operating systems, including command-line skills and system administration tasks. * Experience with container technologies and container orchestration platforms. * Knowledge of networking concepts such as DNS, load balancing, and security. * Ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues within the OpenShift environment. * Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python) for automation and system management. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across business and technical teams. * Ability to learn quickly and work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Preferred Qualifications: * Experience supporting NASA or other federal enterprise OpenShift environments. * Experience designing and maintaining Enterprise-level integration architectures. * Familiarity with user synchronization methods or large-scale environment deployments. * Experience using Jira Service Management or similar platforms for issue tracking. Clearance requirements: * U.S. Citizenship is required. * Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. ## Description The architect will provide high-level technical strategy, platform governance, integration design, security architecture, and cross-organizational leadership to ensure OpenShift remains secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned with enterprise IT standards., Enterprise Architecture & Platform Strategy * Define the end-to-end architecture for the enterprise OpenShift platform, including cluster topology, node architecture, compute/storage strategy, and high-availability patterns. * Develop and maintain lifecycle plans, deployment workflows, and CM baselines. * Establish architectural standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns for containerized workloads. * Lead platform capacity planning, scalability modeling, and performance optimization initiatives. OpenShift Platform Design, Governance & Lifecycle Management * Design and architect on-prem and hybrid OpenShift environments including installation, upgrades, cluster expansion, multi-cluster governance, and infrastructure dependencies. * Oversee the design and governance of cluster objects (namespaces, operators, ingress, storage classes, policies, RBAC, quotas, pod security standards). * Ensure proper architectural controls for backup and restore, DR/Failover strategy, cluster federation, and platform observability. * Provide architectural oversight for application onboarding, integration patterns, and workload migrations into OpenShift. Security Architecture, Compliance, & Zero-Trust Controls * Implement enterprise security policies and zero-trust requirements across clusters. * Architect platform-wide certificate management, PKI integration, TLS enforcement, secrets-management policies, encrypted storage strategies, and data-protection baselines. * Direct vulnerability remediation strategy, patch management standards, and secure configuration hardening. Networking & Infrastructure Architecture * Architect routing, ingress, load balancing, reverse proxy, DNS, and firewall rule structures supporting resilient application connectivity. * Define infrastructure integration patterns with hypervisors, bare-metal, storage subsystems, and enterprise identity platforms. * Provide architectural guidance for cross-cluster networking, service mesh, egress controls, multitenancy boundaries, and traffic-engineering strategies. Monitoring and Automation * Architect end-to-end observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and enterprise logging platforms (e.g., Splunk). * Define alerting strategy, SLO/SLI metrics, cluster health dashboards, capacity analytics, and anomaly-detection baselines. * Ensure data pipelines for logs, metrics, and events meet enterprise governance, retention, and compliance requirements. * Establish automation standards using GitOps (ArgoCD), Ansible, Terraform, and OpenShift APIs. 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