Openshift cloud engineer

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy, configure, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift clusters in on-premises and/or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Automate provisioning and scaling of OpenShift infrastructure and applications using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and container registries to support DevOps workflows.
• Monitor performance, availability, and security of container workloads and underlying systems.
• Troubleshoot issues related to OpenShift components (pods, services, nodes, networking, ingress/egress).
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Splunk.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and application teams to define container best practices.
• Maintain cluster security, including RBAC policies, TLS, secrets management, and vulnerability scans.
• Participate in incident response, capacity planning, and performance tuning.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3–6 years of experience in Linux/Cloud/DevOps engineering, with 2+ years in OpenShift or Kubernetes platform management.
• Proficiency in OpenShift 4.x, including Operators, Helm, Templates, and Routes.
• Solid understanding of containers and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton, or ArgoCD.
• Familiarity with Terraform, Ansible, or other IaC tools.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of networking, firewalls, load balancing, and DNS in cloud environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280) or equivalent certification.
• Experience with hybrid cloud OpenShift deployments (on-prem + public cloud).
• Understanding of DevSecOps, image scanning tools (e.g., Trivy, Aqua, Prisma Cloud).
• Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) and API gateways (Kong, Ambassador).
• Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools.