Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engineer

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engineer Location: India, Pune

Work Experience: 8+ Years

Requirements:

OpenShift Platform:

• Strong knowledge of Red Hat OpenShift 4.x.
• Hands-on with Operators, Projects, YAML, CRDs, and Node architecture.
• Familiarity with OCP networking (OVN, ingress/egress, services & routes).

OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt):

• Experience with VM creation, editing, cloning, and lifecycle operations.
• Knowledge of VM templates, DataVolumes, PVC handling.
• Hands-on experience with MTV/MTC for VM migration.

Networking:

• Understanding of VM interfaces, bridge networking, and Multus basics.
• Knowledge of VLANs, routes, and firewall fundamentals.
• Understanding how VM networking maps to OCP networking.

Storage:

• Experience with Persistent Volumes (PV/PVC) and CSI drivers.
• RBD/Ceph experience is a strong plus.
• Ability to create and map storage classes for VM disks.

Linux & Virtualization:

• Strong Linux administration skills (RHEL/CentOS).
• Understanding of QEMU/KVM fundamentals.
• Experience with image conversion (qcow2/raw) and virt tools.

Preferred Skills & Certifications:

• Red Hat Certifications: RHCSA, RHCE, EX280, EX318 (OpenShift Virtualization).
• Kubernetes Certifications: CKA/CKAD.
• Experience migrating workloads from VMware, OpenStack, or KVM.
• Experience with YAML, Ansible, or automation tools.
• Background in large-scale infra or cloud migration projects.

Qualifications: Bachelors degree in computer science, IT, Information Systems, or a closely related discipline.

Migration Execution:

• Perform end-to-end VM migration using Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV/MTC).
• Conduct VM discovery, assessment, compatibility checks, and classification.
• Work with application owners to prepare migration waves and schedules.
• Lead pilot, POC, and production migrations.

Environment Build & Configuration:

• Configure and manage OpenShift Virtualization operators & CRDs.
• Set up storage classes & disk mappings (RBD, Ceph, SAN/NAS).
• Configure network mappings, VM interfaces, Multus (if used).
• Validate resource allocation, CPU/memory tuning, and performance baselines for migrated VMs.

Troubleshooting & Issue Resolution:

• Diagnose VM migration errors, performance issues, and KubeVirt VM runtime problems.
• Troubleshoot storage-related, networking-related, or driver-related migration failures.
• Work with Platform Engineers to resolve node-level or cluster-level issues.

Pre/Post Migration Activities:

• Conduct migration readiness checks (networking, storage, OS compatibility).
• Perform post-migration validation including boot verification, functionality & performance.
• Validate network reachability & end-to-end application behavior.
• Provide rollback & fallback support when required.

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