OpenShift Engineer

Delan Associates, Inc

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This engineer will support daily platform operations, including onboarding new applications to the OpenShift platform, performing platform upgrades and patching activities, managing and patching OpenShift operators, supporting storage and deployment automation technologies, participating in project and operational meetings, and providing platform support during scheduled maintenance windows when necessary. The ideal candidate will have strong experience administering and supporting Red Hat OpenShift 4.x environments in an enterprise setting. Candidates should be comfortable working within a containerized platform ecosystem and have hands-on experience with both deployment automation and storage management solutions. Target candidates who have recently supported enterprise OpenShift environments and can demonstrate hands-on expertise with platform operations, automation, storage management, and application onboarding. Candidates coming from Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Engineering, or Kubernetes Administration backgrounds will likely be strong fits.

Requirements

Redhat
Openshift 4.x
ArgoCD
GitOps
Portworx
Red Hat OpenShift 4.x administration and engineering
ArgoCD for GitOps-based deployments and application lifecycle management
Portworx storage administration and support
On-prem experience
Recent hands-on OpenShift 4.x experience
Direct experience with ArgoCD and Portworx
Enterprise Kubernetes/container platform support experience
Examples of OpenShift upgrades, migrations, or large-scale application onboarding efforts
Relevant Red Hat certifications and cloud/platform engineering experience
Troubleshooting and operational support experience within Kubernetes/OpenShift environments
Onboarding and supporting enterprise applications

Nice To Haves

Red Hat certifications will be strongly preferred, including: Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)

Responsibilities

Onboarding new applications to the OpenShift platform
Performing platform upgrades and patching activities
Managing and patching OpenShift operators
Supporting storage and deployment automation technologies
Participating in project and operational meetings
Providing platform support during scheduled maintenance windows when necessary
Experience with OpenShift upgrades, patching, and operator maintenance
Strong troubleshooting and operational support experience within Kubernetes/OpenShift environments
Experience onboarding and supporting enterprise applications
Ability to support occasional after-hours maintenance activities, including planned upgrades and patching events