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# Senior OpenShift Virtualization Administrator

- **Company:** Mastech Digital, Inc.
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Data Infrastructure, Monitoring of Systems, Linux System Administration, Octopus Deploy, OpenShift, Role-Based Access Control, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Runbook, Virtual Machines, Virtualization Technology, VMware VSphere, Ceph (Software), Software Troubleshooting, Kubernetes, Storage Technologies, Information Technology, Vmware
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/75924066-senior-openshift-virtualization-administrator

## About the Role

* 9+ years of enterprise virtualization/system administration experience.
 * Hands-on experience with OpenShift Virtualization, KubeVirt, or similar Kubernetes-native virtualization.
 * Strong Red Hat OpenShift administration experience.
 * Strong RHEL/Linux administration experience.
 * VMware/vSphere experience.
 * Experience with VM migration and virtualization technologies.
 * Experience with oc/kubectl, Operators, CRDs, and RBAC.
 * Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills.
 * Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
 * U.S. Citizenship required.
 * Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
 * EX316 or equivalent certification preferred. VCP-DCV may also be considered.

Preferred:

 * Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV/Forklift)
 * RHCE
 * CKA
 * Argo CD / OpenShift GitOps
 * Ansible
 * Ceph / OpenShift Data Foundation
 * ITIL
 * Federal/government infrastructure experience

## Description

We are looking for a Senior OpenShift Virtualization Administrator to manage and support enterprise virtualization environments using Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization / KubeVirt.

What you'll do:

 * Administer and support Red Hat OpenShift and OpenShift Virtualization environments.
 * Manage virtual machines, including provisioning, migration, cloning, snapshots, patching, and decommissioning.
 * Support VMware-to-OpenShift Virtualization migrations.
 * Troubleshoot OpenShift, Kubernetes, VM, networking, and storage issues.
 * Work with RHEL, Kubernetes, Operators, CRDs, RBAC, and OpenShift tools such as oc/kubectl.
 * Monitor system performance, capacity, availability, and incidents.
 * Work with networking and storage technologies such as Multus, OVN-Kubernetes, Ceph, and OpenShift Data Foundation.
 * Create and maintain technical documentation, SOPs, and runbooks.
 * Support security, patching, change management, and compliance requirements.
 * Provide technical leadership and coordinate with infrastructure and operations teams.