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# OpenShift Engineer/Consultant (Architecture & Cluster Engineering)

- **Company:** Vsdl Technologies Inc
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Foundry, Continuous Integration, Data Infrastructure, DevOps, Network Control, Routing, OpenShift, Ceph (Software), Load Balancing, System Availability, Firewalls (Computer Science), Gitlab, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** August 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/80f08df2-9f3f-47ab-8e90-89bb2814d9a5

## About the Role

This is not primarily an OpenShift application support or cluster administration role. Candidates should have demonstrated hands-on experience designing and implementing OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms, preferably in greenfield environments., * Strong hands-on OpenShift architecture and engineering experience.

 * Demonstrated experience designing and building OpenShift clusters from the ground up, not solely administering existing environments.
 * Experience with OpenShift cluster installation, configuration, topology, and infrastructure planning.
 * Strong understanding of OpenShift/Kubernetes architecture, including control plane, worker nodes, operators, networking, storage, and cluster services.
 * Experience making VM sizing, compute, memory, storage, and capacity planning decisions for OpenShift clusters.
 * OpenShift Administration.
 * OpenShift Data Foundation.
 * OpenShift Platform Plus.
 * Advanced Cluster Management (ACM).
 * Advanced Cluster Security (ACS).
 * Ceph Administration.
 * Extensive knowledge of Linux containers/Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized application/microservices architectures.
 * Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts including protocols, firewalls, load balancers, ingress, routing, and connectivity.
 * Experience with automated deployment and infrastructure automation tools.
 * Conceptual and applied understanding of DevOps concepts, tools, and practices.
 * Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab.
 * Experience designing platforms capable of supporting enterprise-scale workloads, high availability, and resiliency.
 * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to work across multiple technical projects.
 * Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and architecture decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
 * Willingness to document solutions, share knowledge, and train other team members.

## Description

The ideal candidate for this OpenShift Engineer role will be responsible for the architecture, design, engineering, deployment, and ongoing optimization of enterprise OpenShift environments supporting Customer's Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) offerings.


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