OpenShift Engineer

ONLY W2 (NO C2C/1099)

Job Title: OpenShift Platform Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC/ Irving, TX/ Chandler, AZ (Hybrid – 3 days a week onsite)

Contract: 12 months with potential extension

In this role, you will:

• Platform Operations Leadership: Lead day-to-day Kubernetes and OpenShift platform operations, including cluster maintenance, upgrades, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting.

• Incident Response & Problem Management: Serve as an operational lead during incidents, driving rapid diagnosis, resolution, root cause analysis, and long-term corrective actions.

• Operational Automation: Develop or enhance automation (Python, Bash, GitOps workflows, or AI-assisted tools) that eliminates manual effort and streamlines run processes.

• OpenShift Platform Readiness: Lead OpenShift cluster lifecycle activities, including new cluster builds, configuration, onboarding, upgrades, and cluster decommissioning, ensuring consistency, reliability, and compliance across environments.

• Collaboration & Enablement: Partner with engineering, SRE, security, and development teams to implement repeatable operational patterns, guardrails, and platform readiness standards.

• Security, Compliance & Governance: Ensure platform operations follow organizational policies, security standards, audit controls, and regulatory requirements.

• Continuous Improvement: Identify operational gaps, recurring issues, or inefficiencies and lead initiatives to enhance reliability, resiliency, and operational maturity.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Systems Operations, Cloud Operations, or Technology Architecture experience

• 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting Kubernetes or OpenShift platform operations

• 3+ years of experience with OpenShift platform management and lifecycle operations

• 2+ years of Linux system operations experience

• 2+ years of experience with containerization technologies (Docker or similar)

EEO:

“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment based on Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”