Motion Recruitment
OpenShift Virtualization Principal Architect
Motion Recruitment is hiring an OpenShift Virtualization Principal Architect in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Posted August 17, 2026.
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Job at a glance
- Company
- Motion Recruitment
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Pay
- $80 – $92
- Workplace
- On-site
- Sector
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- August 17, 2026
- Apply by
- October 30, 2026
About the job
Seeking a highly experienced Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead virtualization platform migration activities from VMware to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. The consultant will own the technical migration strategy, develop migration procedures, execute migrations, provide operational readiness guidance, and transfer knowledge to engineering and operations teams. This is a hands-on technical role requiring direct experience performing VMware to OpenShift Virtualization migrations.
MUST HAVE
- 5+ years of experience as Solutions Architect
- Active passport and ability to travel as needed throughout the U.S. and occasionally to Canada.
- VMware ? OpenShift Virtualization migrations
- MTV/Forklift
- KubeVirt administration
- OpenShift Virtualization certification preferred
- OpenShift Platform Plus
- ACM
- ArgoCD
- GitOps
- Multi-site migration programs
- Migration automation
- Production cutovers
- Operational readiness
- Knowledge transfer
STRONGLY PREFERRED
- Migrated 500+ VMs
- Migrated multiple clusters/sites
- OCP Virtualization Specialist certification
- Red Hat Consulting background
- Active RHCA/RHCE