Senior OpenShift Administrator

About Persistent

We are an AI-led platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate whats next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world including 18 of the Fortune 50 companies 7 of the 10 top US banks 9 of the 10 technology companies and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptors mindset commitment to client success and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation leadership and inclusion. We have delivered 26sequential quarters of growth with $487.6M in Q4 FY26 revenue up 7.8% Q-o-Q and 20.0% Y-o-Y. Our 29500global team members located in 21 countries have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We received five awards at the ISG (Information Services Group) Provider Lens Awards 2026 and for the second year in a row were awarded the Growth Honor of the Year at the Everest Group Elevate 2026.

About Position:

We are seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift Administrator to manage optimize and support enterprise OpenShift environments across mission-critical platforms. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) Kubernetes administration Linux systems and cloud infrastructure. This role will be responsible for cluster administration platform reliability upgrades security automation and operational excellence while enabling cloud-native application deployments across enterprise environments.

• Role: Senior OpenShift Administrator
• Location: Bengaluru
• Experience: 8 to 12 Years
• Job Type: Full-Time Employment

What Youll Do:

• Administer maintain and optimize OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters across Development Testing and Production environments.
• Perform OpenShift cluster installation configuration upgrades patching and lifecycle management activities.
• Manage Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) and OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) environments.
• Configure and maintain cluster networking storage and security policies.
• Manage persistent storage solutions including Persistent Volumes (PV) and Persistent Volume Claims (PVC).
• Implement and support backup disaster recovery and recovery processes for critical platform components.
• Collaborate with development infrastructure cloud and security teams to support application deployment requirements.
• Drive cloud-native application deployment strategies using containerized technologies and Kubernetes platforms.
• Automate platform provisioning configuration management and operational processes.
• Monitor cluster health capacity performance and availability to ensure operational excellence.
• Troubleshoot complex platform infrastructure networking and application deployment issues.
• Implement security hardening access controls compliance frameworks and governance standards.
• Support incident management root cause analysis and performance optimization initiatives.
• Establish monitoring logging alerting and observability frameworks for proactive platform management.
• Participate in architecture reviews and provide recommendations for platform modernization and scalability.
• Support cloud migration and digital transformation initiatives involving OpenShift and Azure platforms.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation platform stability reliability and efficiency.

Expertise Youll Bring:

• 8-12 years of experience in OpenShift Administration Platform Engineering Infrastructure Engineering Cloud Operations or DevOps environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise in OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) and Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO).
• Proven experience managing OpenShift cluster installation configuration upgrades patching and lifecycle management.
• Strong experience with Kubernetes administration and container orchestration technologies.
• Advanced Linux administration troubleshooting and performance tuning expertise.
• Experience managing Docker-based containerized environments.
• Strong knowledge of cluster networking ingress controllers load balancing and DNS configuration.
• Hands-on experience managing Persistent Volumes (PV) Persistent Volume Claims (PVC) and enterprise storage integrations.
• Experience implementing backup recovery disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform Ansible or equivalent platforms.
• Strong scripting experience using Shell Bash or Python.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack Splunk or similar technologies.
• Knowledge of Azure cloud services and hybrid cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of platform security RBAC vulnerability management compliance and governance controls.
• Experience supporting high-availability mission-critical production environments.
• Familiarity with DevOps DevSecOps Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and platform engineering practices.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience mentoring teams and supporting enterprise-scale platform operations.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties flexible work hours and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life personal accident and Mediclaim hospitalization for self spouse two children and parents

Values-Driven People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals including those with disabilities and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

Lets unleash your full potential at Persistent- is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.