Lead-OpenShift Engineer Platform Operations
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Job description
This role focuses on hands-on platform operations, including cluster maintenance, incident response, monitoring, and operational automation. The engineer will ensure platform stability, reliability, and compliance while supporting production workloads running on OpenShift-based infrastructure.
This is strictly a platform operations role - not responsible for application development or migration work., Platform Operations
- Support routine operations across Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters
- Perform cluster builds, maintenance tasks, and node management
- Assist with deployments and operational execution tasks
- Follow standard operating procedures (runbooks)
Incident Management
- Participate in incident response and on-call rotation
- Triage and troubleshoot production issues
- Document incidents, root cause findings, and preventive actions
- Ensure timely acknowledgment of alerts
Monitoring & Observability
- Monitor dashboards, alerts, and system logs
- Use observability tools (Grafana, Splunk, etc.) for issue detection and analysis
- Escalate issues per operational guidelines and runbooks
Automation & Scripting
- Contribute to automation using Python, Bash, or similar tools
- Reduce repetitive operational tasks through scripting improvements
- Support AIOps-driven operational enhancements (as applicable)
Operational Compliance
- Follow security policies, change control processes, and audit requirements
- Ensure adherence to operational standards and platform governance
Collaboration
- Work closely with senior engineers and platform leads
- Support continuous improvement of platform stability and reliability
- Participate in knowledge sharing and documentation efforts
Requirements
We are seeking a detail-oriented Operations Engineer (Infrastructure Engineer 3) to support day-to-day operations of enterprise Kubernetes and OpenShift platforms., * 3+ years experience in Systems Operations, IT Operations, or Platform Support
- 2+ years experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar container platforms
- 2+ years experience with Linux system administration
- 2+ years experience with container technologies (Docker or equivalent)