Sr. OpenShift Platform Engineer

job summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Staff OpenShift Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. This is a fully remote position open to candidates based anywhere within the United States.

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience administering and supporting Red Hat OpenShift 4.x environments in an enterprise setting. You will be comfortable working within a containerized platform ecosystem, with hands-on experience in deployment automation and enterprise storage management.

location: Telecommute

job type: Contract

salary: $95 - 100 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors



responsibilities:

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
• Providing platform support during scheduled maintenance windows when necessary

qualifications:

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.

Key Technical Requirements:

- Red Hat OpenShift 4.x administration and engineering

- ArgoCD for GitOps-based deployments and application lifecycle management

- Portworx storage administration and support

Preferred Qualifications:

- 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

Typical Responsibilities

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

- Providing platform support during scheduled maintenance windows when necessary

Certifications

While not required, candidates with 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)

Resume Must-Haves

We would like to see:

- 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

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.


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