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Senior Solutions Designer | OpenShift & Kubernetes Enterprise Platform Architect
Den Haag, Netherlands
Worldwide
Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Telecommunications EngineeringAbout me
Senior Solution Designer / Platform Architect with extensive experience designing highly available, business-critical infrastructure and cloud-native platforms in large enterprise and telecom environments.
Red Hat OpenShift & Kubernetes
Expertise in designing enterprise multi-cluster, multi-tenant OpenShift platform architectures supporting mission-critical telecommunications workloads, including multi-cluster management with RHACM and platform security with RHACS.
Enterprise Platform Architecture
Over 20 years of experience translating business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise platform architectures, producing High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs) for infrastructure and OpenShift platform initiatives.
Software-Defined Storage
Extensive experience designing software-defined storage architectures using Gluster, Ceph, and OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF), including defining storage capacity and performance requirements based on application and infrastructure needs.
Bare Metal Infrastructure
Definition of bare-metal infrastructure specifications including server selection, compute sizing, storage architecture, networking, and hardware configuration for mission-critical telecommunications platforms.
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
Design of enterprise Red Hat Virtualization platform architectures supporting mission-critical telecommunications services, including high availability and storage architecture requirements.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery
Definition of architecture standards covering high availability, disaster recovery, platform security, lifecycle management, and automation for enterprise infrastructure environments.
PKI & Certificate Management
Knowledge and application of PKI and certificate management practices within enterprise platform security architectures.
Automation with Ansible
Application of Ansible automation within enterprise platform environments, supported by Red Hat Certified Specialist certification in Ansible Automation.
Enterprise Networking
Participation in infrastructure architecture and design covering enterprise networking as part of mission-critical telecommunications platform solutions.
Proof of Concept Leadership
Leadership of multiple Proof of Concepts (PoCs) evaluating enterprise platform technologies including OpenShift Lightspeed, OpenShift Virtualization, and OpenStack, producing architecture recommendations for enterprise adoption.
Expertise in designing enterprise multi-cluster, multi-tenant OpenShift platform architectures supporting mission-critical telecommunications workloads, including multi-cluster management with RHACM and platform security with RHACS.
Enterprise Platform Architecture
Over 20 years of experience translating business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise platform architectures, producing High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs) for infrastructure and OpenShift platform initiatives.
Software-Defined Storage
Extensive experience designing software-defined storage architectures using Gluster, Ceph, and OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF), including defining storage capacity and performance requirements based on application and infrastructure needs.
Bare Metal Infrastructure
Definition of bare-metal infrastructure specifications including server selection, compute sizing, storage architecture, networking, and hardware configuration for mission-critical telecommunications platforms.
Red Hat Virtualization (RHV)
Design of enterprise Red Hat Virtualization platform architectures supporting mission-critical telecommunications services, including high availability and storage architecture requirements.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery
Definition of architecture standards covering high availability, disaster recovery, platform security, lifecycle management, and automation for enterprise infrastructure environments.
PKI & Certificate Management
Knowledge and application of PKI and certificate management practices within enterprise platform security architectures.
Automation with Ansible
Application of Ansible automation within enterprise platform environments, supported by Red Hat Certified Specialist certification in Ansible Automation.
Enterprise Networking
Participation in infrastructure architecture and design covering enterprise networking as part of mission-critical telecommunications platform solutions.
Proof of Concept Leadership
Leadership of multiple Proof of Concepts (PoCs) evaluating enterprise platform technologies including OpenShift Lightspeed, OpenShift Virtualization, and OpenStack, producing architecture recommendations for enterprise adoption.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2026
Languages
EnglishFluentFrenchBasic knowledgeDutchGood
Project history
Lead solution architecture and design of mission-critical infrastructure supporting telecommunications platforms. Since 2022, expanded the architecture scope to include enterprise OpenShift platform design, helping drive the organization's transition towards cloud-native infrastructure. Collaborating with infrastructure, networking, security, operations, and project teams to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient platform solutions. Key initiatives include Enterprise Virtualization Platform Architecture, Enterprise OpenShift Platform Architecture, OpenShift Lightspeed Evaluation, OpenShift Virtualization Evaluation, and OpenStack Evaluation.
Designed and implemented enterprise Linux and virtualization platforms supporting mission-critical telecommunications services. Produced Low-Level Design (LLD) documentation for enterprise infrastructure solutions. Participated in infrastructure architecture, implementation, and operational support. Worked closely with solution architects to translate High-Level Designs (HLDs) into detailed implementation designs. Supported enterprise platform lifecycle including deployment, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and operational readiness. Performed Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and technical evaluations for new platform technologies before production adoption.
Supported mission-critical messaging platforms within a large-scale GSM network. Led performance analysis, capacity planning, and platform optimization activities. Participated in infrastructure expansion and modernization initiatives. Developed automation scripts and operational tools. Provided technical leadership for messaging platform deployments and upgrades.