RedHat Openshift Virtualization/KVM Platform Engineer

Job Title: Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization / KVM Platform Engineer

Experience:

5–6 Years

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization / KVM Platform Engineer to manage, maintain, and support enterprise virtualization and container platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in OpenShift Virtualization, KVM, RHEL Linux, VM administration, patching, troubleshooting, security hardening, and automation using Ansible.

Key Technologies:

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)
• Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
• Red Hat KVM
• RHEL / Linux
• Windows
• HPE ProLiant DL Servers
• CIS Security Hardening
• Ansible Automation

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer and support Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and KVM platforms in enterprise environments.
• Perform proactive platform health checks, monitoring, and capacity management.
• Manage VM lifecycle activities including provisioning, migration, patching, upgrades, and performance tuning.
• Perform RHEL Linux patching, system administration, and performance troubleshooting.
• Manage platform-level incidents, service requests, changes, and root cause analysis (RCA).
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and security hardening in line with CIS benchmarks and organizational security standards.
• Implement remediation activities for identified security vulnerabilities and configuration gaps.
• Manage OpenShift backup and restore activities and support platform recovery procedures.
• Monitor and manage workloads across the virtualization and OpenShift environment.
• Develop and implement Ansible automation to improve operational efficiency and standardize platform management.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network, storage, security, and application teams to resolve complex technical issues.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and platform configuration records.

Primary Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience in Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and KVM platform administration.
• Experience with proactive platform health checks and monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of VM provisioning, migration, patching, upgrading, and performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with RHEL Linux patching and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience handling platform-level incidents, changes, and RCA.
• Knowledge of vulnerability assessment, security hardening, and remediation.
• Experience with OpenShift backup and restore.
• Knowledge of workload management in OpenShift/virtualized environments.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible automation.

Secondary Skills:

• Windows Server administration and Active Directory (AD).
• Basic knowledge of networking concepts and troubleshooting.
• Basic understanding of enterprise storage technologies.

Preferred Candidate Profile:

• 5–6 years of relevant experience in infrastructure, virtualization, Linux, or platform engineering.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Ability to independently manage platform incidents and operational activities.
• Good understanding of enterprise infrastructure, security, and automation practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.