Openshift Engineer

Must Have: Bare Metal Experience We are seeking an experienced Open Shift Technical Consultant to lead the deployment, lifecycle management, and security of enterprise-grade Red Hat Open Shift and Kubernetes clusters in a fully remote environment. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional development, security, and cloud infrastructure teams to automate cluster provisioning, maintain high availability, and enforce strict security compliance across complex platforms.

Key Responsibilities: Cluster Architecture & Deployment: Design, deploy, and configure enterprise-grade Kubernetes and Red Hat Open Shift clusters across cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), VMware, and bare-metal platforms. Tune and optimize cluster components for high availability, multi-tenant isolation, and peak performance. Provision and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using Ansible, Terraform, and Helm. Git Ops & Automation: Build complex Ansible playbooks and Terraform scripts to streamline operations. Implement declarative application delivery and synchronization workflows using ArgoCD.Author, package, and standardize platform services using Helm charts and Kustomize. Cluster Lifecycle & Storage Management: Manage end-to-end cluster lifecycle operations, including zero-downtime upgrades, security patching, and node scaling. Configure and maintain persistent storage solutions (CSI, Ceph, NFS) for enterprise workloads. Participate in support rotations and root-cause analysis for production incidents. Observability & Telemetry: Implement centralized monitoring, logging, and tracing using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, and Loki. Build automated alerting mechanisms and dashboards-as-code to monitor cluster capacity and health. Security & Service Mesh: Enforce RBAC, CNI network policies (Calico/Cilium), and regulatory security baselines. Configure and maintain Istio service mesh for secure traffic management, ingress/egress, and mutual TLS (mTLS).

Experience: 3–6+ years of hands-on experience deploying, administering, and troubleshooting Red Hat Open Shift and Kubernetes in enterprise production environments.

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience. Scripting & IaC: High proficiency in Bash and Python, along with extensive experience using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm. Networking & Storage: Deep understanding of container networking interfaces (CNI), CSI plugins, and software-defined storage.

Certifications: (Preferred): Red Hat Certified Specialist in Open Shift Administration (EX280), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or CKAD.Remote Collaboration: Strong asynchronous communication skills with proven ability to operate independently across distributed teams.