Senior OpenShift (OCP) Engineer – Platform Engineering & GitOps

Ford Motor


Job Location:

Chennai - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 3 days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description
Description
Join a team building an enterprise-grade private cloud platform from the ground up. This role focuses on developing and scaling OpenShift (Kubernetes-based platform) automation frameworks and cloud-native tooling. You will work on platform engineering infrastructure automation and developer enablement while applying software engineering best practices.


Responsibilities

Responsibilities

  • Design build and maintain OpenShift (Kubernetes) platform for on-premise and hybrid environments
  • Develop and manage infrastructure automation using Go Python and Ansible
  • Build and maintain Kubernetes Operators and APIs to enable self-service capabilities
  • Implement GitOps-based deployment pipelines using tools like Argo CD and Tekton
  • Enhance platform reliability through monitoring alerting and automated recovery mechanisms
  • Develop observability solutions using Prometheus Grafana and logging platforms
  • Support containerized and virtualized workloads using OpenShift Virtualization
  • Collaborate with architects and application teams to improve platform usability
  • Mentor team members and promote best practices in coding and platform engineering


Qualifications

Qualifications

Required

  • 610 years of experience in platform engineering DevOps or cloud infrastructure
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • Kubernetes and OpenShift (OCP OpenShift Container Platform)
    • At least one programming language (Go or Python preferred)
    • CI/CD and GitOps tools (e.g. GitHub Argo CD Tekton)
  • Experience with infrastructure automation (Infrastructure as Code IaC)
  • Understanding of distributed systems microservices and cloud-native design

Preferred

  • Experience with:
    • Kubernetes Operators and custom controllers
    • Service mesh (e.g. Istio)
    • Observability tools (Prometheus Grafana ELK Dynatrace etc.)
    • Storage solutions (Ceph OpenShift Data Foundation ODF)
    • Secrets management (e.g. HashiCorp Vault)
  • Exposure to hybrid cloud or private cloud environments
  • Familiarity with AI/ML integration in cloud platforms (optional)



Required Experience:

Senior IC

DescriptionDescription Join a team building an enterprise-grade private cloud platform from the ground up. This role focuses on developing and scaling OpenShift (Kubernetes-based platform) automation frameworks and cloud-native tooling. You will work on platform engineering infrastructure automati...

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