OpenShift Cloud Platform and Deployment Engineer

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated OpenShift Cloud Platform and Deployment Engineer with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in infrastructure/platform operations, including 3+ years of hands-on administration of Red Hat OpenShift 4.x in enterprise production environments. The engineer will be responsible for managing Day 2 operations of OpenShift clusters, including core services like ACS (Advanced Cluster Security), ACM (Advanced Cluster Management), Quay, and OpenShift Service Mesh, while actively supporting application deployment workflows and CI/CD practices.

Key Responsibilities:

. Operate and maintain Red Hat OpenShift 4.x clusters with a focus on operations:

o Cluster health monitoring, node scaling, patching, and upgrades

o Certificate management, storage troubleshooting, and network policy enforcement

. Manage and support platform services:

o ACS - Vulnerability management, runtime security, and compliance policy enforcement

o ACM - Multi-cluster governance, policy management, and cluster lifecycle automation

o Quay - Secure and manage container image registries with vulnerability scanning

o Service Mesh (Istio) - Service-to-service communication, observability (Kiali, Jaeger), and mTLS enforcement

. Provide application deployment support:

o Troubleshoot CI/CD issues with Tekton, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or GitHub Actions

o Assist development teams with onboarding and deployment best practices

. Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents, participate in root cause analysis (RCA), and create documentation

. Implement platform backup, disaster recovery (e.g., Velero), and availability strategies

. Collaborate with Red Hat and vendor support to resolve complex platform issues

. Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation (SOPs, runbooks, RCA reports, etc.)

Required Skills & Experience:

. 6+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure/platform operations, including:

o 3+ years of hands-on experience administering Red Hat OpenShift 4.x

. Strong understanding of Kubernetes core concepts, Operators, Helm, CRDs, and container orchestration

. Experience in:

o ACS for container security and runtime policies

o ACM for multi-cluster operations and policy governance

o Quay registry for secure image lifecycle management

o OpenShift Service Mesh (Istio) for service communication and tracing

. Linux administration (RHEL preferred) and strong familiarity with CLI tools

. Experience with GitOps and CI/CD tools: Tekton, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions

. Scripting/automation: Bash, Python, or Ansible

. Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, EFK, Loki

Soft Skills:

. Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

. Effective communicator with technical and non-technical teams

. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment

. Proactive in knowledge sharing and documentation