Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) – OpenShift Virtualization

Location: Pune (Client Location)

Employment Type: Contract – Short-Term Assignment (6 Months)

Work Mode: Hybrid – 8 to 10 days per month work from office at client location in Pune

Working Hours: IST

Role Overview:

We are seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a strong focus on OpenShift Virtualization (OCP-V) for a short-term contract assignment of 6 months. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, and reliability of our virtualized container infrastructure. This role requires deep technical troubleshooting skills, hands-on experience with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM), strong security, storage, and automation expertise, and the flexibility to work from the client location in Pune for 8–10 days per month.

Key Responsibilities:

• OpenShift Virtualization Management: Deploy, manage, and maintain OpenShift Virtualization (OCP-V) environments to support virtualized workloads.
• Security Management: Enforce OpenShift security best practices, including RBAC, SCC, network policies, compliance, and vulnerability management across clusters.
• Storage Management: Configure, manage, and troubleshoot persistent storage solutions such as OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF), Ceph, NFS, and SAN, including PVCs, PVs, and StorageClasses.
• Enterprise Storage Integration: Provision and integrate enterprise storage solutions including Portworx, Pure Storage, and Dell Storage with OpenShift/Kubernetes environments, ensuring connectivity and resolving storage-related issues.
• Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV): Plan and execute virtual machine migrations from VMware vSphere to OpenShift Virtualization using MTV, including source environment integration, migration planning, execution, troubleshooting, and post-migration validation.
• Automation with Ansible: Develop, execute, and troubleshoot Ansible playbooks for infrastructure automation, configuration management, and operational tasks. Manage Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) components including job templates, inventories, credentials, workflow templates, and scheduling.
• Advanced Cluster Management (ACM): Implement and manage Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) for multi-cluster governance, compliance, and lifecycle management.
• Platform Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve complex issues across the platform stack, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance through root cause analysis.
• Site Reliability Engineering: Implement SRE best practices to improve system reliability, scalability, and observability.
• Operational Support: Provide support during IST working hours to ensure continuous operational coverage.
• On-Site Collaboration: Work from the client location in Pune for 8–10 days per month as required.

Required Qualifications:

• Technical Expertise: Strong hands-on knowledge of OpenShift Virtualization (OCP-V) is essential.
• Security Skills: Solid understanding of OpenShift security concepts including RBAC, SCC, network policies, compliance, and vulnerability management.
• Storage Skills: Hands-on experience with OpenShift storage technologies such as OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF), Ceph, NFS, and SAN, including provisioning and troubleshooting persistent storage.
• Enterprise Storage Skills: Experience with Portworx, Pure Storage, and Dell Storage solutions, including storage provisioning, integration with OpenShift/Kubernetes environments, connectivity, and troubleshooting.
• Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV): Hands-on experience in migrating virtual machines from VMware vSphere to OpenShift Virtualization using MTV, including source environment integration, migration planning and execution, troubleshooting, and post-migration validation.
• Automation: Experience in developing, executing, and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks for infrastructure automation, configuration management, and operational tasks. Hands-on experience with Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), including automation job templates, inventories, credentials, workflow templates, scheduling, and execution of automated jobs.
• Troubleshooting Skills: Proven experience in platform troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Background Check: Willingness and ability to undergo a comprehensive background check.
• Availability: Must be available to support IST working hours.
• Work Location Flexibility: Must be able to work from the client location in Pune for 8–10 days per month.

Contract Details:

• Duration: 6 Months (Short-Term Assignment)
• Work Mode: Hybrid (8–10 days per month on-site at client location in Pune)