Senior OpenShift Kubernetes Administrator- Remote

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Job Role : Senior OpenShift Kubernetes Administrator

Location : Remote
Duration : 6+ Months

Senior OpenShift Kubernetes Administrator to help lead our cloud-native platform transformation. This is an opportunity to engineer, automate, and operate enterprise-scale OpenShift environments that power mission-critical applications. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies, solve complex platform challenges, and influence the future direction of our Kubernetes strategy.

What You'll Do

As a senior member of our Kubernetes Platform Engineering team, you will be responsible for the reliability, scalability, security, and automation of our OpenShift ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and optimize enterprise OpenShift Kubernetes platforms deployed to our High-Performance Compute infrastructure.
• Manage large-scale OpenShift clusters using:

o OpenShift Console

o OpenShift CLI (oc)

o Advanced Cluster Manager (ACM)

o Infrastructure automation tools

• Design and implement automated deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management solutions.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks using Ansible and scripting.
• Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes, container, networking, and platform issues.
• Collaborate with developers to improve application reliability, observability, scalability, and performance.
• Implement enterprise security controls and platform hardening standards.
• Support high availability, disaster recovery, and multi-cluster architectures.
• Drive platform modernization initiatives and operational excellence through automation.
• Participate in architecture reviews and help define the future state of enterprise container platforms.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years administering Kubernetes platforms in production environments.
• Deep expertise with Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals including:

o Scheduling

o Networking

o Storage

o Ingress and load balancing

o Operators

o Cluster lifecycle management

• Experience with Ansible and automation frameworks.
• Experience with container technologies and image creation.
• Proficiency in shell scripting and at least one programming language such as Python or Go.
• Strong Linux administration skills, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Experience troubleshooting enterprise-scale platform issues.
• Excellent communication and technical documentation skills.

Regards
Gulshan