Openshift Developer

Role: Openshift Developer

Location: Charlotte NC (Onsite)

Type: Contract

• Participate in moderately to highly complex initiatives and projects associated with the technology domain including installation upgrades and deployment efforts
• Identify opportunities for service quality and availability improvements within the technology domain environment
• Design code test debug and document for low to moderately complex projects and programs associated with technology domain including upgrades and deployments
• Review and analyze technical assignments or challenges that are related to low to medium risk deliverables that require research evaluation and selection of alternative technology domains
• Present recommendations for resolving issues or escalate issues as needed to meet established service level agreements
• Exercise some independent judgment while also developing understanding of given technology domain in reference to security and compliance requirements
• Document designs implementation and configurations developed and provide to technology colleagues internal partners and stakeholders

Desired Qualifications:

• 5 years experience with OpenShift Docker Kubernetes and Helm Charts.
• 3 years cloud-native development and DevOps
• 2 years experience in integrating OpenShift with CI/CD tools like Jenkins GitHub Actions
• Strong understanding of cloud computing and container orchestration.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python Bash or Go.
• Legacy Unix application administration experience
• Knowledge of cloud services (e.g. AWS Azure GCP).
• Knowledge of OpenShift networking Ingress/Route TLS/SSL and RBAC.
• Knowledge of Container Security best practices
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot technical issues related to Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Setting up vendor application Exstream Cloud Native highly preferred but not required

Responsibilities:

• Candidate must have excellent analytical skills to understand the functional and technical requirement to build a new enterprise software application.
• Candidate must have hands-on experience developing new software using the current technology stack running on the cloud such as those mentioned in the Project Environment.
• Candidate must have hands-on experience with developing new software adopting industry best practices such as 15-factor methodology feature toggle circuit breaker etc.
• Candidate is expected to define design pattern provide high- and low-level design and collaborate with peer developers to develop components and microservices.
• Candidate must be adept and nimble in adopting new technology
• Candidate will work with other technology leaders and stakeholders to ensure the delivery commitment for the scrum team.
• Design develop and deploy scalable and secure Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
• Automate deployment scaling and management of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins GitHub Actions and OpenShift.
• Create and maintain Helm charts for managing Kubernetes applications.
• Write and maintain scripts for automating routine tasks around deployments monitoring and system maintenance.
• Collaborate with development teams to assess and optimize application performance within Kubernetes.
• Ensure the high availability of applications and services in the Kubernetes environment.
• Conduct regular security audits to ensure the safety of the infrastructure.
• Stay updated with new trends and best practices in container orchestration and cloud computing.
• Develop and maintain documentation for the Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Managing multiple cluster environments/data centers.

Project Environment:

• More than 70% of the teams capacity will focus on building the new enterprise software application and setting up vendor software Exstream Cloud Native on OpenShift platform.
• The system being built is highly complex in functionality and expected to process large transactions in extremely high volume.
• This application is designed for modularization as components and microservices and orchestration of these services will be based on configurable processing workflows.
• Databases include SQL Server Mongo DB Postgres.
• Components and microservices environment include Kafka AVRO Java Spring Hibernate JPA Orchestra Apigee
• Test automation is extremely important using Junit Karate Cucumber TDD BDD.
• Applications are continuously scanned for outdated software and vulnerabilities so attention to secure coding practices are extremely important.