OpenShift Platform Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies • Schaumburg, IL

4d • $86,000 - $103,000 • Remote

About The Position

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking an experienced OpenShift Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and operate enterprise-grade Red Hat OpenShift container platforms that run mission-critical workloads across on-premises and cloud environments. The engineer will own the end-to-end platform lifecycle, from cluster provisioning and hardening through workload onboarding, developer enablement, ongoing operations, and continuous improvement. The role partners with application teams, security engineers, and infrastructure stakeholders to deliver a stable, secure, and developer-friendly container platform.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Five or more years of experience operating container platforms in production, including at least three years on Red Hat OpenShift.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes and OpenShift internals, including operators, CRDs, RBAC, and networking.
• Strong Linux administration skills, including networking, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Helm.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines on OpenShift or Kubernetes using Tekton, Jenkins, or Argo CD.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Working knowledge of cluster monitoring, logging, and tracing tools.
• Familiarity with container image security and supply chain hardening.
• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration or an architect-level Red Hat certification.
• Experience operating OpenShift on at least one major public cloud: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Exposure to service mesh implementations such as OpenShift Service Mesh, Istio, or Linkerd.
• Familiarity with regulated environments such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, or SOC 2.
• Experience with GitOps workflows using Argo CD or Flux.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate enterprise-grade Red Hat OpenShift container platforms.
• Manage the platform lifecycle, including cluster provisioning and hardening, workload onboarding, developer enablement, operations, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with application teams, security engineers, and infrastructure stakeholders to deliver a stable, secure, developer-friendly platform.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior