Red Hat OpenShift Administrator | IDC Technologies | UAE

Tech Junction Ltd; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 420,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

IDC Technologies is seeking a Red Hat OpenShift Administrator to support and manage enterprise OpenShift environments across Development, UAT, and Production platforms in the United Arab Emirates onsite.

This role requires 5+ years of enterprise infrastructure experience, mandatory hands-on IBM Maximo Application Suite deployments, and deep Kubernetes and Linux expertise to ensure platform stability, security, and performance across multiple environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, or container administration.
• Minimum 4+ years of hands-on Red Hat OpenShift Administration experience.
• Hands-on experience with IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) setup, installation, administration, and troubleshooting (Mandatory).
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes architecture and administration.
• Experience using OpenShift CLI (oc) and Kubernetes administration tools.
• Advanced Linux administration skills.
• Strong knowledge of YAML configuration management.
• Experience performing OpenShift troubleshooting, monitoring, patching, and version upgrades.
• Hands-on experience with backup and recovery processes, including etcd management.
• Experience implementing autoscaling and workload optimization strategies.
• Knowledge of Docker and Podman container technologies.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts within OpenShift and Kubernetes environments.
• Experience managing persistent storage solutions and storage integrations.
• Expertise in RBAC, certificate management, and platform security.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain OpenShift clusters across Development, UAT, and Production environments.
• Perform OpenShift installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot MAS environments.
• Monitor cluster performance, availability, and health using enterprise monitoring tools.
• Troubleshoot OpenShift platform issues related to compute, storage, networking, and workloads.
• Manage backup, restore, DR, and etcd maintenance processes.
• Configure and optimize cluster autoscaling and resource allocation strategies.
• Implement and manage RBAC, security policies, and certificate management.
• Support container runtimes including Docker and Podman.
• Manage persistent storage, networking configurations, and Kubernetes resources.
• Collaborate with development and application teams on deployments.
• Ensure platform security, compliance, and operational best practices.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and knowledge-sharing materials.

Skills

OpenShift Admin

Kubernetes

Linux

RBAC

YAML

Docker

Podman

Backup & DR

Documentation

MAS

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

OpenShift CLI (oc)

Ansible

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Job description

Job Title

Job Title: Red Hat OpenShift Administrator | IDC Technologies | UAE

Recruiting Company: IDC Technologies

Job Location: United Arab Emirates (Onsite)

Job Type: Full-Time

Experience Required: 5+ Years

Notice Period: Maximum 30 Days

Industry: Enterprise IT Infrastructure, Cloud Platforms & Containerization

Position Summary

IDC Technologies is seeking a highly skilled Red Hat OpenShift Administrator to support and manage enterprise OpenShift environments across Development, UAT, and Production platforms. This role is ideal for an infrastructure professional with strong OpenShift administration expertise and mandatory hands-on experience with IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) deployments, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Detailed Job Description

As a Red Hat OpenShift Administrator, you will be responsible for the deployment, administration, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization of enterprise OpenShift clusters supporting critical business applications. You will play a key role in ensuring platform stability, performance, security, and scalability while supporting containerized workloads across multiple environments. The successful candidate will have extensive experience working with Kubernetes, Linux, container technologies, and OpenShift cluster operations, including upgrades, patching, backup and recovery procedures. You will collaborate closely with application teams, infrastructure engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure seamless platform delivery and operational excellence. Experience with IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) is a mandatory requirement for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Red Hat OpenShift clusters across Development, UAT, and Production environments.
• Perform OpenShift installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management activities.
• Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) environments.
• Monitor cluster performance, availability, and health using enterprise monitoring tools.
• Troubleshoot OpenShift platform issues related to compute, storage, networking, and application workloads.
• Manage backup, restore, disaster recovery, and etcd maintenance processes.
• Configure and optimize cluster autoscaling and resource allocation strategies.
• Implement and manage Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), security policies, and certificate management.
• Support container runtime platforms including Docker and Podman.
• Manage persistent storage, networking configurations, and Kubernetes resources.
• Work closely with development and application teams to support containerized deployments.
• Ensure platform security, compliance, and operational best practices are maintained.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge-sharing materials.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms, or container administration.
• Minimum 4+ years of hands-on Red Hat OpenShift Administration experience.
• Hands-on experience with IBM Maximo Application Suite (MAS) setup, installation, administration, and troubleshooting (Mandatory).
• Strong expertise in Kubernetes architecture and administration.
• Experience using OpenShift CLI (oc) and Kubernetes administration tools.
• Advanced Linux administration skills.
• Strong knowledge of YAML configuration management.
• Experience performing OpenShift troubleshooting, monitoring, patching, and version upgrades.
• Hands-on experience with backup and recovery processes, including etcd management.
• Experience implementing autoscaling and workload optimization strategies.
• Knowledge of Docker and Podman container technologies.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts within OpenShift and Kubernetes environments.
• Experience managing persistent storage solutions and storage integrations.
• Expertise in RBAC, certificate management, and platform security.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator (RHCOA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines including Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or ArgoCD.
• Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud OpenShift deployments.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.

Recruitment Pro Tip

For OpenShift administration roles, employers prioritize hands-on platform experience. Clearly highlight the scale of OpenShift clusters you have managed, IBM Maximo Application Suite deployments completed, upgrade and migration projects led, Kubernetes troubleshooting expertise, and examples where you improved platform stability, automation, security, or operational efficiency.