OpenShift Engineer

Job Summary

We are currently seeking a OpenShift Engineer to join our team in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Requirements

• Educational Qualification: Must be a graduate (B. Tech/B.E./MCA or equivalent).
• Experience: 8 to 10 years of experience in Systems Engineering, with a significant focus on Linux Internals and Enterprise OpenShift (OCP 4.x) administration.

Responsibilities

• Advanced Linux Engineering Internal Internals: Expert Linux Administration: Deep expertise in RHEL/CoreOS internals, including kernel tuning, memory management (OOM killer optimization), and systemd.
• Performance Engineering: Advanced skills in system-level troubleshooting (strace, tcpdump, sar) and capacity planning for large-scale enterprise workloads.
• Hardening Compliance: Architecting security baselines using CIS/STIG benchmarks and managing vulnerability remediation via Red Hat Satellite or Ansible.
• OpenShift Cloud Architecture: Cluster Design: Designing high-availability, multi-zone OpenShift clusters (IPI/UPI) and managing Control Plane health (ETCD tuning, API server optimization).
• Managed Cloud Services: Deep hands-on experience with ROSA (AWS) and ARO (Azure), including PrivateLink, STS integration, and IAM federation.
• Infrastructure Operators: Expert knowledge of the Machine Config Operator (MCO), Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM), and custom resource definitions (CRDs).
• Automation, GitOps IaC: Automation Frameworks: Advanced proficiency in Python and Bash for building custom infrastructure tooling and automation.
• GitOps Mastery: Implementation of ArgoCD for Cluster as Code to maintain consistency across dev, test, and production environments.
• IaC Leadership: Extensive experience using Terraform and Ansible to automate multi-cluster provisioning and Day-2 operations.
• Monitoring, SRE Observability: Observability Stack: Expert knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, and Thanos for multi-cluster monitoring and performance visualization. Log Analytics: Implementing and scaling the EFK/Loki stack for centralized enterprise logging. SRE Mindset: Defining SLIs/SLOs, managing error budgets, and implementing proactive self-healing for platform reliability.
• Leadership Incident Management: Strategic Troubleshooting: Act as a Tier-3 escalation point for major incidents P1/P2; lead deep-dive Root Cause Analysis RCA. Mentorship: Technical leadership and mentoring of L1/L2 engineering teams to elevate overall infrastructure standards. Stakeholder Management: Collaborating with DevOps and Application teams to align platform architecture with business goals.

Certifications

• RHCA (Red Hat Certified Architect) or RHCE (Certified Engineer).
• EX380 (Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Automation and Management).
• CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) or CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist).

Experience

• Years of Experience: 8 to 10 Years.

Work Timings

• Willing to work in rotational shifts / on-call support in a 24x7 environment