Openshift Admin,

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

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. is seeking a skilled OpenShift/VMware infrastructure specialist in Kolkata. You will manage OpenShift 4.x clusters, perform upgrades, patching and provide production support, with strong Linux (RHEL) administration fundamentals.

Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts, RBAC, namespaces, deployments, and CI/CD workflows is essential. Secondary VMware experience (vSphere, vCenter, ESXi) and automation using Ansible/Terraform are valued, along with scripting (PowerCLI) and lifecycle

Qualifications

• OpenShift admin experience with Red Hat OpenShift 4.x and Kubernetes fundamentals.
• Strong Linux administration skills, preferably RHEL.
• Experience with cluster upgrades, patching and production support.
• Deep understanding of OpenShift/Kubernetes concepts (namespaces, deployments, operators, RBAC, SCC/PSA).
• Troubleshooting across networking, storage and compute layers.
• Automation and IaC using Ansible, Terraform, Git-based workflows and CI/CD.
• Experience migrating workloads to OpenShift and observability practices.

Skills

OpenShift admin

Kubernetes fundamentals

Linux admin

Cluster upgrades

Patching

IaC automation

Ansible

Terraform

Git workflows

CI/CD

Workload migration

Observability

Incident management

Networking troubleshooting

Storage troubleshooting

Compute troubleshooting

Jenkins

PowerCLI

Lifecycle Manager

Tools

vCenter

ESXi

vSphere

Lifecycle Manager/Update Manager

PowerCLI

Jenkins

Git

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.