Automation Engineer – OpenShift
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Job Summary
Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: December 2026
Work set-up: Hybrid with three days onsite per week in Sheffield and two days remote
Our client in the global professional services industry is looking for an Automation Engineer OpenShift to join their team in Sheffield on a hybrid basis. This role will focus on automating repeatable tasks such as cluster provisioning scaling and patching within enterprise OpenShift environments ensuring operational efficiency consistency and compliance through robust automation frameworks and tools. The position requires close collaboration with infrastructure and platform teams and plays a key role in supporting enterprise DevOps and CI/CD practices.
What you will do:
- Design and implement automation scripts and workflows for OpenShift cluster provisioning scaling and patching.
- Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams to identify automation opportunities and standardize processes.
- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code templates using tools such as Ansible Terraform or similar technologies.
- Integrate automation solutions into CI/CD pipelines to support deployment and platform maintenance.
- Monitor automation jobs troubleshoot failures and maintain performance and reliability.
- Create and maintain technical documentation for automation processes and deliver knowledge sharing and training sessions when required.
- Ensure compliance with security governance and regulatory standards across all automation activities.
- Continuously improve automation frameworks through adoption of emerging technologies and DevOps best practices.
Qualifications :
- Strong experience in automation engineering for infrastructure and container platforms.
- Hands-on experience with OpenShift and Kubernetes environments.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Bash and configuration management tools including Ansible or Puppet.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems networking concepts and security principles.
- Excellent problem-solving communication and collaboration skills.
- Must be eligible for BPSS clearance.
Additional Information :
Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country the position is based in without requiring sponsorship.
We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. Please note only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
HelloKindred is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion gender gender identity/expression sexual orientation national origin disability age or veteran status.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Contract
Key Skills
- Continuous Integration
- APIs
- Automotive software
- Test Cases
- Electrical Engineering
- Junit
- Distributed Control Systems
- Testng
- Java
- Test Automation
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Selenium
About Company
Who is HelloKindred?HelloKindred are specialists in staffing marketing, creative and technology roles, offering a range of talent solutions that can be delivered on-site, remotely or hybrid.Our vision is to make work accessible and people’s lives better. We do this by disrupting tradi ... View more
