RedHat OpenShift Engineer

Role: RedHat OpenShift Engineer

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Is it Permanent / Contract: Contract for 6 months

Is it Onsite/Remote/Hybrid: Onsite

Job description for a Red Hat OpenShift Architect

This is a job description for a Red Hat OpenShift Architect with proven experience migrating workloads from VMware (vSphere/onprem VMs) to Red Hat OpenShift (Kubernetes). The role focuses on solution architecture, migration planning and execution, platform automation, and ensuring secure, scalable, and highly available OpenShift-based platforms.

Role Overview

Lead architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise OpenShift platforms.

Execute migration strategies for moving applications and data from VMware virtual machines and traditional architectures to containerized OpenShift environments.

Work with cross-functional teams (Dev, Security, Networking, Storage) to deliver migration projects with minimal disruption and measurable business value.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

8+ years in enterprise infrastructure/cloud roles, with at least 3–5 years specifically designing and operating Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes platforms.

Hands-on experience migrating applications and services from VMware/vSphere (on-prem) to OpenShift/Kubernetes.

Strong knowledge of VMware stack: vSphere, vCenter, and familiarity with virtualization concepts, VM inventories, and dependency mapping.

Expertise in OpenShift installation and configuration (IPI/UPI), cluster lifecycle, and operator model.

Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, OpenShift CLI/oc).

Solid understanding of networking (CNI plugins, load balancing, DNS), persistent storage and CSI drivers, and storage backends (NFS, Ceph/Rook, SAN).

Experience with CI/CD and GitOps integration for container deployments.

Familiar with backup, migration, and application portability tools (e.g., Velero, Red Hat Migrations/operand tools, image registries).

Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python) and familiarity with container tooling (Docker, Podman).

Experience defining security posture for Kubernetes/OpenShift (RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper, secrets management).

Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred / Nice-to-have

Red Hat certifications: Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, RHCE, or RHCA.

Experience with data migration for stateful applications and databases.

Prior experience running large-scale multi-cluster OpenShift environments and hybrid cloud connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute).