Build Engineer (OpenShift, Kubernetes etc) at WWT EMEA UK LIMITED, City of London/Remote, 6 Months, £Contract Rate (Outside IR35)

World Wide Technology (WWT) is a global technology integrator and supply chain solutions provider. 

Through our culture of innovation, we inspire, build, and deliver business results from idea to outcome.

World Wide Technology (WWT) is looking for an experienced Build Engineer to deploy and scale on-premises Red Hat OpenShift and Wind River platforms. The role involves building and automating bare-metal Kubernetes clusters, supporting customer testing and acceptance, maintaining deployment documentation, and enabling operational handover

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, automation, Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP), and datacenter infrastructure.

This is a contract Role & Outside IR35

Build Engineer

Contract Duration: 6 months!

Location: Remote, London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities

• Deploy and scale on-prem infrastructure for Red Hat OpenShift and Wind River platforms.
• Build Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters following established designs and deployment procedures.
• Work with architects and OEM partners to transition reference designs into production deployments.
• Support testing, validation, and customer acceptance activities.
• Maintain build documentation and ensure infrastructure meets workload requirements.
• Leverage automation and Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) for large-scale deployments.
• Provide knowledge transfer and operational support during early-life phases.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience deploying and managing on-prem Kubernetes environments, ideally Red Hat OpenShift.
• Hands-on experience with bare-metal deployments, automation, and ZTP.
• Ability to develop low-level implementation designs from high-level architectures and CMDB/IPAM data.
• Strong understanding of datacenter infrastructure and physical deployment considerations.
• Excellent communication, planning, and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable Skills

• Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), OpenStack, and Wind River platforms.
• OpenShift, KubeVirt, and Telco Network Cloud (TNC) architectures.
• Kubernetes networking and storage technologies (Calico, MetalLB, Istio, Pure, Portworx).
• Experience with Arista or Cisco datacenter network fabrics.
• CI/CD, GitLab, and DevOps practices.
• Exposure to telecom environments and related security standards.

Candidates will be required to go through background checks before commencing contract.

Must be eligible to live and work in the specified work location. Some occasional travel may be required. Only successful candidates will be contacted

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

World Wide Technology is committed to equal opportunities and actively seeks applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of sex, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, having responsibility for dependents, age, religion/beliefs, or any other reason which cannot be shown to be justified.