Openshift cloud engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy, configure, and maintain

  Red Hat OpenShift clusters

  in on-premises and/or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Automate provisioning and scaling of OpenShift infrastructure and applications using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and container registries to support DevOps workflows.
• Monitor performance, availability, and security of container workloads and underlying systems.
• Troubleshoot issues related to OpenShift components (pods, services, nodes, networking, ingress/egress).
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Splunk.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and application teams to define container best practices.
• Maintain cluster security, including RBAC policies, TLS, secrets management, and vulnerability scans.
• Participate in incident response, capacity planning, and performance tuning.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 36 years of experience in Linux/Cloud/DevOps engineering, with

  2+ years in OpenShift

  or Kubernetes platform management.
• Proficiency in

  OpenShift 4.x

  , including Operators, Helm, Templates, and Routes.
• Solid understanding of

  containers and orchestration tools

  (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with

  CI/CD tools

  such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton, or ArgoCD.
• Familiarity with

  Terraform, Ansible

  , or other IaC tools.
• Hands-on experience with

  cloud platforms

  (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong scripting skills in

  Bash, Python

  , or similar languages.
• Knowledge of networking, firewalls, load balancing, and DNS in cloud environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280)

  or equivalent certification.
• Experience with

  hybrid cloud

  OpenShift deployments (on-prem + public cloud).
• Understanding of

  DevSecOps

  , image scanning tools (e.g., Trivy, Aqua, Prisma Cloud).
• Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) and API gateways (Kong, Ambassador).
• Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools.