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OpenShift Infrastructure Engineer (Data Protection)


Company : Essential Consulting


Location : City of London, England


Created : 2026-02-23


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Overview We are supporting a Tier 1 banking client within their Chief Technology Office, specifically within Enterprise Infrastructure around Storage & Data Protection. We are looking to onboard aSenior OpenShift Infrastructure Engineer with strong experience protecting workloads within Red Hat OpenShift environments, including containerised applications and OpenShift Virtualization. This is not a generic storage or backup administrator role. The focus is on integrating enterprise data protection tooling into OpenShift platforms within a regulated banking environment. This will be an initial 6 month contract with good potential for extension and the role is inside IR35. The role can be based at the bank's offices in London, Birmingham or Sheffield and the expectation is 3 days per week on-site. Key Responsibilities Deploying and managing NetBackup within OpenShift environments Working with the NetBackup Kubernetes Operator (Helm-based deployments) Implementing and troubleshooting OADP / snapshot-based backup and restore workflows Protecting workloads including PVC-backed applications and OpenShift Virtualization VMs Supporting OpenShift cluster lifecycle management (install, upgrade, patching, troubleshooting) Working in regulated production environments with strong RBAC and security controls Contributing to platform migrations including OpenShift Virtualization (MTV) Required Experience Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x) Experience integrating enterprise backup tooling (NetBackup preferred) within Kubernetes/OpenShift Understanding of: Namespaces Operators StorageClasses PVC/PV CSI OADP Experience with OpenShift Virtualization / MTV is highly desirable Background in banking or other regulated enterprise environments preferred TPBN1_UKTJ