OpenShift Platform Engineer / Administrator

Venstar, LLC

Chicago, IL, United States

21 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

3 years minimum

Compensation

$87,000.0 - $107,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerjet.com

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Configuration Management Computer Networks Domain Name System (DNS) Python (Programming Language) Network Troubleshooting Linux System Administration OpenShift Role-Based Access Control Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Job description

Design, deploy, and administer Red Hat OpenShift clusters across multiple environments (production and non-production).

Manage full lifecycle of OpenShift clusters: installation, upgrades, patching, scaling, and certificate management.
Develop and maintain automation solutions using Ansible, Terraform, and Python/Bash for provisioning, configuration management, and day-2 operations.
Build and integrate CI/CD pipelines and implement GitOps workflows (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux).
Support development teams in migrating and deploying containerized applications.
Implement and maintain platform security (RBAC, SCCs, network policies, secrets, certificates, security compliance).
Monitor platform health, performance, and capacity using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK/EFK stack.
Manage persistent storage integrations (CSI, Ceph, ODF) and troubleshoot networking issues (OVN-Kubernetes, Ingress, Routes, DNS).
Lead incident response, perform root cause analysis, and create operational runbooks.

Requirements

3+ years of hands-on Linux system administration experience, with strong expertise in Red Hat OpenShift.

Proven experience managing enterprise Kubernetes platforms in production.
Deep understanding of Kubernetes primitives (Pods, Deployments, Services, CRDs).
Proficiency in Red Hat OpenShift administration (installation, upgrades).
Strong scripting and automation skills (Ansible, Python, Bash).
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
Solid knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices.
Excellent communication, problem-solving, documentation, and knowledge sharing skills. Desired Qualifications:
Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
Experience with OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt), Advanced Cluster Management and Security.
Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).