Openshift Admin,

Tekskills Inc.; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. in Hyderabad, India, seeks an OpenShift Platform Engineer with strong OpenShift 4.x administration and Kubernetes fundamentals to manage production clusters.

The role also requires hands-on Linux administration (RHEL preferred), experience with cluster upgrades, patching, and production support, plus automation using Ansible, Terraform, Git, and CI/CD workflows. VMware vSphere experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• OpenShift 4.x administration with solid Kubernetes fundamentals.
• Strong Linux administration skills (RHEL preferred).
• Experience with cluster upgrades, patching, and production operational support.
• Understanding of OpenShift/Kubernetes concepts including namespaces, deployments, RBAC, SCC/PSA, services, ingress/routes.
• Proven troubleshooting across networking, storage, and compute layers.
• Automation/Infrastructure as Code using Ansible, Terraform, Git-based workflows, CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Administer OpenShift 4.x clusters in production environments.
• Perform upgrades, patches, and ongoing production support.
• Migrate workloads from other platforms to OpenShift.
• Maintain observability, monitoring, logging and incident management practices.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Linux administration

Tools

PowerCLI

Ansible

Terraform

Git

Jenkins

Job description

Description:

The primary skill required is OpenShift Virtualization (infrastructure management), with additional experience in VMware virtual infrastructure.

OpenShift (Primary)

• Strong hands-on experience administering Red Hat OpenShift 4.x, with solid Kubernetes fundamentals.
• Strong Linux administration skills (preferably RHEL).
• Experience performing cluster upgrades, patching, and production operational support.
• Good understanding of OpenShift/Kubernetes concepts including namespaces, deployments, operators, RBAC, SCC/PSA, services, and ingress/routes.
• Proven troubleshooting skills across networking, storage, and compute layers.
• Experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code using Ansible, Terraform, Git-based workflows, and CI/CD.
• Experience migrating workloads from other platforms to OpenShift.
• Familiarity with observability (monitoring, logging, alerting) and incident/problem management practices.

VMware (Secondary)

• Strong hands-on experience with VMware vSphere (vCenter, ESXi, clusters, HA/DRS, vMotion).
• Experience using Lifecycle Manager/Update Manager, including patch baselines and images.
• Understanding of server firmware, driver compatibility, and platform lifecycle considerations.
• Strong troubleshooting across compute, network, and storage interactions.
• Experience working within regulated change management environments.
• Automation/scripting experience with tools such as PowerCLI, Ansible, and Jenkins.