Cloud Platform Engineer – OpenShift

$83/hr on C2C

Onsite

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This is a net new implementation of OpenShift. It is in data center not on the cloud.

Must Haves:

Red Hat OpenShift (3 years)
Linux Bare Metal (5 years Linux)

Technical Expertise:

Build OpenShift clusters in on-prem datacenter environments
Bare metal provisioning & IPMI
Bootstrap and build operating systems/environments
Kubernetes architecture
Networking: DNS load balancing firewalls SDN
Storage: SAN NAS CSI drivers
Virtualization: VMware etc.
Automation tools: Terraform Ansible GitOps

Experience Level:

Mid-level engineer (not junior)
Delivery-focused fast independent

Location: San Jose hybrid (3 days onsite per week)

Job Title: Cloud Platform Engineer OpenShift
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer with deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift and strong Linux systems engineering background. This role will be responsible for designing building and operating large-scale OpenShift platforms within on-premises datacenter environments.
The ideal candidate will work closely with SRE teams and Program Management to drive the successful implementation scaling and operationalization of enterprise-grade OpenShift infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities
1. Platform Engineering
Design deploy and manage enterprise-scale Red Hat OpenShift clusters in on-prem datacenter environments.
Architect highly available scalable and secure OpenShift platforms.
Implement cluster lifecycle management (installation upgrades patching scaling).
Configure networking storage ingress and security components for OpenShift.
2. Infrastructure Build & Automation
Build and automate infrastructure in datacenter environments (compute storage networking).
Integrate OpenShift with virtualization platforms (VMware/other hypervisors as applicable).
Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform Ansible or similar.
Implement CI/CD pipelines for platform deployments and updates.
3. Linux Systems Engineering
Provide deep Linux system administration and troubleshooting support.
Optimize OS-level configurations for performance reliability and security.
Automate system configuration and compliance management.
Diagnose and resolve complex kernel networking and storage issues.
4. Reliability & Operations
Partner closely with the SRE team to establish SLOs SLIs monitoring and alerting.
Drive observability implementation (logging metrics tracing).
Participate in incident management root cause analysis (RCA) and remediation.
Ensure platform resiliency performance tuning and capacity planning.
5. Program & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work with Program Management to drive large-scale OpenShift implementation milestones.
Provide technical input into roadmap planning timelines and risk mitigation.
Collaborate with security networking storage and application teams.
Document architecture standards and operational procedures.
6. Security & Compliance
Implement RBAC security policies and compliance controls within OpenShift.
Harden clusters according to enterprise security standards.
Support vulnerability management and patch governance processes.

Required Qualifications
5 years of experience in Linux systems engineering (RHEL preferred).
3 years of hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x preferred).
Proven experience building infrastructure in on-prem datacenter environments.
Strong understanding of:
o Kubernetes architecture
o Networking (DNS load balancing firewalls SDN)
o Storage (SAN NAS CSI drivers)
o Virtualization platforms (VMware etc.)
Experience with automation tools (Terraform Ansible GitOps).
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Red Hat certifications (RHCE OpenShift Certification).
Experience implementing OpenShift at enterprise scale (multi-cluster environments).
Experience working in SRE-driven environments.
Knowledge of DevOps/GitOps practices.
Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus Grafana ELK etc.).