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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Administrator - **Company:** Propertyvalue Computer Merchant, Ltd. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Salary:** $156,000.0 - $166,400.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Reference Implementation, Application Portfolio Management, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, Digital Architecture, Github, Key Management, Cisco Nexus Switches, Octopus Deploy, OpenShift, Role-Based Access Control, Software Deployment, Systems Integration, Cyberark, Software Troubleshooting, Git, Build Management, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Docker, Jenkins, Servicenow, Artifactory - **Published:** September 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b1a3287c-203a-438e-89ff-04ed6d04765b ## About the Role * Strong hands-on experience designing, engineering, and operating enterprise CI/CD and/or GitOps solutions. * Strong production experience with Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift environments. * Demonstrated experience building and maintaining containerized application delivery workflows, including container image creation, registry management, deployment, and rollback. * Experience with Git-based development and delivery workflows, including pull requests, branching, repository controls, and automated validation. * Experience with CI/CD pipeline technologies such as Tekton, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or comparable enterprise tooling. * Experience with GitOps technologies such as Argo CD, Flux, or comparable Kubernetes-native GitOps platforms. * Experience with container build technologies and registries such as Buildah, Docker/BuildKit, Quay, Harbor, or comparable technologies. * Experience with Kubernetes configuration and packaging technologies such as Helm, Kustomize, or comparable approaches. * Experience integrating CI/CD or platform automation with security controls, identity/RBAC, secrets management, or ITSM/change-management systems. * Strong troubleshooting, systems integration, and technical problem-solving skills across applications, platforms, networks, and infrastructure. ## Description * Architect and implement the SEC GitOps and CI/CD capability from the initial foundation through production operationalization, using sound engineering and security practices. * Assess the existing OpenShift/Kubernetes environment and application portfolio and develop repeatable patterns for containerizing and onboarding appropriate workloads from traditional virtualized environments. * Design standardized GitHub repository structures for application source and GitOps deployment configuration, including branching, pull requests, CODEOWNERS, branch protection, review, and promotion practices. * Engineer reusable OpenShift Pipelines/Tekton CI/CD templates for application build, test, security validation, container image creation, and promotion. * Design and implement container image build workflows using Buildah or another appropriate OpenShift-compatible build technology, including image provenance and immutable image identification. * Integrate CI pipelines with Nexus and/or Artifactory for approved application dependencies and build artifacts, and establish clear separation between general artifacts and container images stored in Quay. * Integrate Client into the software supply chain and implement security policy gates, including blocking Critical and High vulnerability images from production promotion unless an approved exception process is used. * Establish and operate Quay as the approved container image registry for applicable OpenShift workloads, including repository structure, access, promotion, lifecycle, and image traceability standards. * Design and implement the Argo CD/Red Hat OpenShift GitOps deployment model, including desired state, reconciliation, environment promotion, drift management, and rollback. * Establish practical Helm and Kustomize standards for OpenShift application deployment and environment-specific configuration. * Integrate GitOps and CI/CD workflows with Entra ID/RBAC, CyberArk, ServiceNow change control, and Datadog observability as appropriate. * Establish end-to-end deployment traceability from source commit and approval through pipeline execution, security results, image digest, GitOps synchronization, OpenShift deployment, and operational validation. * Build and validate a representative application deployment as a reference implementation, then convert lessons learned into reusable templates, standards, documentation, and onboarding patterns. * Design and test repeatable deployment recovery and rollback procedures, including validation of application health following deployment or rollback. * Work closely with the Senior Infrastructure Automation Engineer and other engineering teams to establish an integrated application delivery and infrastructure automation capability. * Document architecture, technical decisions, standards, interfaces, operating procedures, and implementation guidance for long-term Operations support. ## 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