Senior Openshift Engineer

Dicetek LLC; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek LLC in Abu Dhabi invites a design architect to lead enterprise OpenShift platforms across on‑prem and cloud environments, aligning with regulated banking workloads and security standards.

You will drive hybrid and multi‑cloud OpenShift designs, implement secure networking and identity integration, and guide modernization toward cloud-native approaches while maintaining governance and compliance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience, with 5+ years in OpenShift administration and related platforms.
• Experience with Advanced Cluster Management and OpenShift Virtualization with cloud migration.
• Banking sector experience preferred; exposure to enterprise technology platforms.
• Red Hat OpenShift Administration certification required; ITIL Foundation beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Design hybrid and multi-cloud OpenShift architectures spanning on-prem and cloud environments.
• Build, configure and maintain OpenShift cluster infrastructure including networking and security.
• Lead end-to-end lifecycle: installation, upgrades, capacity planning and health management.
• Provide architectural guidance for container platforms and cloud-native adoption strategies.
• Implement CI/CD and GitOps workflows with OpenShift ecosystem components.

Skills

OpenShift Administration

Advanced Cluster Management

OpenShift Virtualization

Cloud migration

Cloud integration

Banking sector experience

Education

Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration

ITIL Foundation

Tools

OperatorHub

Argo CD

Tekton

Istio

Job description

Design architect and operate enterprise scale Red Hat OpenShift v4 x platforms across on prem private cloud and managed OpenShift services ARO ROSA for regulated banking workloads Define hybrid and multi cloud OpenShift architecture integrating on prem OpenShift with cloud hosted clusters while maintaining security compliance and operational consistency Architect OpenShift solutions leveraging Azure Red Hat OpenShift ARO and Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS ROSA including network connectivity identity integration and landing zone alignment Build configure and maintain OpenShift cluster infrastructure across bare metal virtualized and cloud environments including networking storage ingress and security integration Own the end to end lifecycle of OpenShift platforms installation upgrades patching capacity planning scaling and platform health management Act as a solution architect and technical advisor for container platforms guiding application modernization and cloud native adoption strategies Design hybrid connectivity models between on prem and cloud OpenShift clusters using VPN private connectivity e g ExpressRoute Direct Connect aligned designs and secure ingress egress patterns Develop technical architectures solution blueprints and design documents for OpenShift based platforms and cloud integrated solutions Prepare and deliver technical proposals architecture presentations and platform roadmaps to architecture review boards leadership and key stakeholders Implement and manage OpenShift ecosystem components including Operators OperatorHub OpenShift Pipelines Tekton GitOps Argo CD and Service Mesh Istio Drive platform automation and standardization using Ansible Terraform where applicable Bash and Python across on prem and cloud OpenShift environments Enable and support CI CD pipelines and GitOps workflows for cloud and hybrid OpenShift clusters ensuring controlled and compliant deployments Integrate OpenShift with cloud native services and enterprise tooling including identity providers container registries monitoring logging and certificate management Ensure security risk and compliance alignment across hybrid and cloud platforms enforcing RBAC network policies cluster hardening and banking regulatory standards Integrate and manage container and cloud security tooling including image scanning vulnerability management and policy enforcement e g ACS Trivy Monitor and troubleshoot performance availability and reliability issues across on prem and cloud OpenShift clusters providing root cause analysis and remediation Design and operate centralized observability solutions Prometheus Grafana EFK ELK for hybrid OpenShift environments Plan and execute capacity and scaling strategies for OpenShift clusters across cloud and on prem platforms based on business demand and SLAs Provide technical leadership and mentorship to OpenShift and platform engineers promoting cloud and hybrid platform best practices Lead or support small platform engineering teams including task planning technical reviews and skill development Collaborate with cloud infrastructure security networking SRE and application teams to deliver secure stable and compliant OpenShift platforms Provide 24 7 production support and incident leadership ensuring fast recovery and minimal impact to critical banking services Contribute to platform governance standards definition and continuous improvement of enterprise container and hybrid cloud platforms.

Required Skills

• Red Hat Openshift Administration, Advanced Cluster Management, Openshift Virtualization with cloud migration & Integration, preferably within the banking sector, with broad exposure to enterprise technology platforms.

Required Experience / Knowledge Areas

At least 10 years of IT experience & 5+ years of recent experience in Openshift / Red Hat Openshift Administration, Advanced Cluster Management, Openshift Virtualization with cloud migration & Integration, preferably within the banking sector, with broad exposure to enterprise technology platforms.

Certifications Required

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
• ITIL® Foundation - IT Service Management

Skills

• OpenShift Administration
• Cloud Integration
• Hybrid Architecture