Openshift Developer

Smartedge Solutions Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Smartedge Solutions Ltd in Greater London seeks a skilled Platform Engineer to lead OpenShift/Kubernetes platform initiatives, covering installation, upgrades, and troubleshooting in both connected and disconnected environments.

You will design platform solutions and implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and Helm, driving CI/CD pipelines with Git and Jenkins or Tekton.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on expertise in Red Hat OpenShift 4.x and Kubernetes for installation/build, configuration, upgrades and troubleshooting.
• Designs and builds platform solutions beyond administration.
• Experience with ArgoCD, GitOps and Helm for automated deployments.
• CI/CD engineering with Git and Jenkins and/or Tekton.
• RHCOS, Linux/RHEL, node patching and OpenShift upgrade processes.
• Automation with Ansible.
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Python for platform engineering and automation.
• RHACM/ACM for multi-cluster governance and policy management.
• OpenShift networking, DNS, ingress/egress, routing, load balancing, monitoring.

Job description

• Strong hands-on expertise in Red Hat OpenShift 4.x and Kubernetes, including installation/build, configuration, upgrades, disconnected environments and troubleshooting.
• Demonstrable OpenShift engineering/development experience, with the ability to design and build platform solutions rather than solely administer existing environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with ArgoCD, GitOps and Helm for automated application and platform deployment.
• Good knowledge of CI/CD engineering, including Git and Jenkins and/or Tekton.
• Strong experience with RHCOS, Linux/RHEL, node patching and OpenShift cluster upgrade processes.
• Hands-on automation experience using Ansible.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices.
• Working knowledge of Python for platform engineering and automation.
• Experience with RHACM/ACM for multi-cluster management, governance and policy management.
• Strong understanding of OpenShift networking, DNS, ingress/egress, routing, load balancing, monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose complex platform, infrastructure and deployment issues.