Custom Software Engineer

Project Role : Custom Software Engineer

Project Role Description : Develop custom software solutions to design, code, and enhance components across systems or applications. Use modern frameworks and agile practices to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions tailored to specific business needs.

Must have skills : Red Hat OpenShift

Good to have skills : NA

Minimum 5 Year(s) Of Experience Is Required

Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Summary

As a Custom Software Engineer, you will engage in the development of custom software solutions that are designed to meet specific business needs. Your typical day will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, code, and enhance various components across systems or applications. You will utilize modern frameworks and agile practices to ensure the delivery of scalable and high-performing solutions, while also addressing any challenges that arise during the development process. Your role will require a proactive approach to problem-solving and a commitment to continuous improvement in software development practices.

Key Responsibilities.

OpenShift Platform Build

Architect and deploy Red Hat OpenShift 4.x clusters on AWS (ROSA, IPI, or UPI models).

Configure cluster networking, VPC design, load balancers, DNS, node groups, and autoscaling.

Implement storage integrations using EBS, EFS, or FSx.

Deploy cluster add-ons, operators, ingress controllers, and logging/monitoring stacks.

Automation & IaC

Build Full Lifecycle Automation Using

• Terraform (preferred)
• Ansible
• OpenShift Installer / Operators
  
  

Maintain reusable IaC modules and pipeline templates.

Security & Governance

Implement OCP Security Controls

• SCCs, RBAC, OAuth integrations
• Admission policies (OPA/Kyverno)
• Image scanning and supply-chain governance
  
  

Establish patching, upgrade, and cluster maintenance schedules.

CI/CD & DevOps Tooling

Manage GitOps workflows via ArgoCD or equivalent.

Build CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).

Automate application onboarding using Helm or Kustomize templates.

Observability & Operations

Configure Monitoring, Logging, Alerting Using

• Prometheus, Grafana
• Loki/Elastic/Splunk (as applicable)
• CloudWatch integrations
  
  

Develop operational runbooks for ongoing cluster health, troubleshooting, and upgrades.

Required Skills & Experience

5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering roles.

Hands-on Experience With

• OpenShift 4.x cluster administration
• AWS networking, security, IAM, and storage
• Kubernetes core concepts (pods, services, ingress, CRDs, operators)
• Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Kustomize
  
  

Strong Linux fundamentals and containerization knowledge.

Knowledge of platform observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, EFK, etc.).

Nice-to-Have (Platform-related)

Red Hat OCP certification (RHCSA, RHCE, EX280).

AWS certifications.

GitOps (ArgoCD/Tekton) experience.

Familiarity with service mesh (Istio/Red Hat Service Mesh).

Experience with security tools (Vault, OPA, Kyverno, Trivy, Aqua, etc.).