Senior OpenShift Admin

Our client, a leading technology firm, is seeking a Senior OpenShift Admin Engineer to join their team. As a Senior OpenShift Admin Engineer, you will be part of the platform engineering team supporting critical production environments. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, excellent communication abilities, and a collaborative mindset which will align successfully in the organization.

Job Title : Senior OpenShift Admin Engineer

Location : NYC, Boston, Chicago, Jersey City, Pennington, Addison, Plano, Dallas, Houston, Denver, Atlanta, Richmond, Kennesaw, CLT, Newark, Jacksonville, Chandler

What's the Job?

• Level of experience : Senior level (10+ years), needs to be a self-starter / leader (someone who will be GUIDING the team, no hand holding necessary)
• MUST HAVE enterprise level work experience (not necessarily FS but big company experience) and CAN'T have multiple short term contracts
• What they will be doing :
• Administer and support OpenShift clusters running on RHEL6 / 7 and SLES11+, including virtualized environments (ESX, bare metal HP ProLiant).
• Perform installation, configuration, patching, and upgrades of OpenShift components
• Integrate OpenShift with existing enterprise systems including SAN storage, NetApp filers, and Cisco networks
• SKILLS NEEDED :
• Deep experience with Linux system administration
• Experience supporting OpenShift nodes running on IBM Power servers and AIX OS
• Troubleshooting experience with OS-level issues impacting container workloads
• Puppet, BladeLogic, Shell Scripting experience to automate OpenShift node configuration and lifecycle management
• Manage container image repositories and automate deployments using CI / CD tools
• Integrate OpenShift with enterprise monitoring tools like Splunk, Wireshark, and ESM
• Monitor cluster health and performance using Prometheus, Grafana, or enterprise equivalents