Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer – OpenShift / Cloud Platform Location: Charlotte, NC / Iselin, NJ

Openings: 2

Job Type: Contract – 12+ Months

Rate: $55/hour on W2

Visa: & H1B

About The Role We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Application and Cloud Transformation (ACT) team. This role will focus on building, securing, managing, and modernizing enterprise-scale OpenShift Container Platform (PaaS) environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with OpenShift, Linux, container orchestration, cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, and observability . The candidate will work closely with cloud, platform engineering, architecture, security, and business teams to deliver secure, scalable, highly available cloud-native solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise-scale OpenShift platforms across multiple environments.
• Drive OpenShift adoption and modernization initiatives aligned with cloud, architecture, and security strategies.
• Build and manage infrastructure using automation, scripting, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Support customer onboarding, runtime management, platform optimization, and operational stability.
• Develop and implement cloud procedures for monitoring, compliance, security, and asset management.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex OpenShift, cloud, infrastructure, coding, and platform issues.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD and DevOps practices across cloud and container platforms.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to improve platform reliability and availability.
• Partner with production support, platform engineering, architecture, and security teams.
• Contribute to enterprise-wide engineering standards, best practices, and technical roadmaps.
• Participate in architectural discussions and serve as a technical SME for high-visibility cloud initiatives.
• Optimize infrastructure and resource utilization while identifying opportunities to reduce operational costs.
• Document platform architecture, engineering processes, and best practices.
• Provide technical guidance, training, and knowledge sharing to engineering teams.
• Collaborate effectively with globally distributed and cross-functional teams.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of Software Engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on OpenShift experience, including building, deploying, securing, and managing OpenShift environments at scale.
• Strong experience with OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) and container orchestration.
• 5+ years of Linux experience.
• Strong experience with Bash and Python scripting.
• 3+ years of Infrastructure Automation experience with Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent tools.
• 3+ years of CI/CD and DevOps experience with tools such as:
• Jenkins
• GitLab
• Tekton
• Harness
• ArgoCD

3+ years of Monitoring, Logging & Observability experience with tools such as:

• Splunk
• Grafana
• AppDynamics
• New Relic
• Elastic
• OpenTelemetry

Hands-on experience with Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform .Experience working with hybrid cloud infrastructure .Strong understanding of cloud methodologies – IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS .Knowledge of networking, security, and storage concepts within containerized environments.Experience implementing cloud security, risk, and compliance controls .Strong understanding of automation, orchestration, and cloud-native technologies.Experience working in Agile, DevOps, and enterprise environments .Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical solutions to both technical and business stakeholders.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting large enterprise, financial services, or highly regulated environments.
• Experience designing highly available, secure, scalable private cloud/OpenShift platforms.
• Experience serving as a technical SME for enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.
• Experience driving platform modernization, engineering standards, and technology roadmaps.