Red Hat OpenShift

Job Title: Red Hat OpenShift SME

Location: Hyderabad ( Work from Office only 5 days)

Experience Level: 6+ years

Key Responsibilities:

• Cluster Management: Deploy, configure, and maintain high-availability Red Hat OpenShift clusters across hybrid cloud environments (On-premise, AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Use tools like Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation to automate the provisioning and scaling of cluster nodes.
• Security & Compliance: Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), manage secrets, and ensure container security using tools like Advanced Cluster Security (ACS) or Quay.
• Monitoring & Performance: Set up and manage cluster-wide monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, and EFK/Loki stacks to ensure optimal performance and proactive troubleshooting.
• Storage & Networking: Configure persistent storage solutions (e.g., ODF/OCS, NFS, or Cloud Storage) and manage SDN (Software Defined Networking) and Ingress controllers.
• DevOps Integration: Support development teams by integrating OpenShift with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Tekton, or GitLab CI) and assisting with application containerization.
• Upgrades & Patching: Manage cluster lifecycle, including non-disruptive upgrades, patching, and disaster recovery planning.

Required Technical Skills:

Skills & Tools:

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) 4.x, Kubernetes (K8s).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CoreOS, Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu.
• Ansible, Python scripting, Terraform, Bash.
• Docker, Podman, Buildah, Skopeo.
• DNS, Load Balancers (F5, HAProxy), Service Mesh (Istio), Ingress.
• Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).

Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience: At least 6-9 years of experience in System Administration or DevOps, with at least 4 years focused on OpenShift/Kubernetes.

• Linux Expertise: Strong command-line proficiency in RHEL or similar distributions, including kernel tuning and system security.

• Virtualization: Experience managing workloads on VMware vSphere, Nutanix, or KVM. And storage allocation to reduce physical server footprints and costs. Automation & and Network & Security

• Certifications (Preferred): * Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280).

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Automation and Management (EX380).

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).