OpenShift Admin - L3 Level (with OpenShift AI & CLI Experience)

Paramaah It Services; India; Remote; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification sponsorship

Continuous learning opportunities

Collaborative environment

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Paramaah It Services is seeking an experienced OpenShift L3 Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. You will design, deploy, and troubleshoot OpenShift clusters at scale, including OpenShift AI components for ML workloads, and act as the highest‑level escalation point in a production environment.

You will collaborate with architecture, security, and data science teams to build robust container and AI platforms, automate tasks with CLI tools, and ensure 24x7 availability while supporting

Qualifications

• 09-12 years total IT experience with at least 3-5 years focused on OpenShift with AI and GUI/CLI experience.
• Remote role with short-duration travel to overseas locations (EMEA).
• Full-Time employment with responsibilities spanning design, deployment, and troubleshooting of OpenShift environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as final escalation point for complex OpenShift cluster issues and perform deep RCA.
• Design, deploy, and manage highly available OpenShift clusters (on-prem, bare metal, VMware, hybrid cloud).
• Manage lifecycle: installation, upgrades, scaling, node mgmt, disaster recovery.
• Operate core components: etcd, API server, SDN/OVN-Kubernetes, Ingress, Operators, MCO, Cluster Autoscaler.
• Integrate OpenShift AI workloads: Data Science Projects, Jupyter Workbenches, KServe/ModelMesh, Kubeflow Pipelines.
• Collaborate with security, data science, and architecture teams to ensure robust platforms.

Skills

OpenShift expertise

Linux administration

Root-cause analysis

Automation mindset

Cloud platform experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenShift CLI

Kubernetes CLI

Ansible

Argo CD

Tekton

Jenkins

Prometheus/Grafana

Job description

Job Description: OpenShift L3 Eng (with OpenShift AI Experience)

Position Title

Senior Systems Engineer / L3 Support Engineer Red Hat OpenShift & OpenShift AI

Experience Required

09 - 12 Years (with at least 3 - 5 years focused on OpenShift WITH AI & GUI,CLI Experience )

Location

Remote- with short-duration travel requirements to customer locations overseas (EMEA)

Employment Type

Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced OpenShift L3 Engineer to join our Platform Engineering / Infrastructure team. This role requires deep expertise in designing, deploying, and troubleshooting Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) environments at scale, along with hands‑on experience in OpenShift AI (formerly Red Hat OpenShift Data Science) to support MLOps and AI/ML workload deployments. The ideal candidate will act as the highest-level escalation point for platform issues, drive automation initiatives, and collaborate with architecture, security, and data science teams to build robust, production‑grade container and AI platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the final escalation point (L3) for complex OpenShift cluster issues, performing deep root‑cause analysis (RCA) on platform, networking, storage, and application‑layer failures.
• Design, deploy, and manage highly available OpenShift clusters (on‑prem, bare metal, VMware, and/or hybrid cloud AWS/Azure/GCP ROSA/ARO).
• Perform end‑to‑end cluster lifecycle management: installation (IPI/UPI), upgrades, scaling, node management, and disaster recovery.
• Manage and troubleshoot core OpenShift components: etcd, API server, SDN/OVN‑Kubernetes, Ingress/Router, Operators, Machine Config Operator (MCO), and Cluster Autoscaler.
• Own and optimize persistent storage integrations (ODF/Ceph, NFS, CSI drivers) and container networking (Multus, NetworkPolicies, Service Mesh/Istio).
• Implement and maintain platform security: SCCs, RBAC, image scanning, compliance operators, and integration with enterprise IAM/SSO (LDAP, OAuth, Keycloak).
• Drive CI/CD pipeline integration using OpenShift Pipelines (Tekton), GitOps (ArgoCD), and Jenkins.
• Monitor platform health using Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and OpenShift Logging (EFK/Loki stack); define SLIs/SLOs and proactive alerting.

OpenShift AI / MLOps Enablement

• Deploy, configure, and manage OpenShift AI components: Data Science Projects, Workbenches (Jupyter), Model Serving (KServe/ModelMesh), Pipelines (Kubeflow Pipelines/Data Science Pipelines), and Distributed Workloads (Ray/CodeFlare).
• Support GPU‑enabled workloads: configure and troubleshoot NVIDIA GPU Operator, Node Feature Discovery (NFD), and GPU resource scheduling/quotas.
• Manage model lifecycle infrastructure: model registry integration, model serving runtimes (vLLM, TGI, ONNX, Triton), and inference endpoint scaling/autoscaling.
• Collaborate with Data Science/ML Engineering teams to onboard AI/ML workloads, troubleshoot pipeline failures, and optimize resource utilization (CPU/GPU/memory) for training and inference jobs.

CLI / Platform Operations

• Strong hands‑on experience with OpenShift and Kubernetes CLI‑based administration.
• CLI‑based troubleshooting of clusters, nodes, pods, deployments, services, routes, networking, storage, and application workloads.
• CLI‑based management and troubleshooting of OpenShift AI workloads and platform components.
• Strong Linux command‑line administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience using CLI tools for production incident analysis, diagnostics, and root cause analysis.

Preferred Skills

• OpenShift Virtualization
• OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF)
• Tekton Pipelines
• Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM)
• Velero/OADP
• Service Mesh (Istio)
• GPU Operator
• AI/ML platform troubleshooting
• CI/CD and GitOps for AI/ML workloads

Additional Key Responsibilities

• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and capacity planning using Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and Loki/EFK.
• Automate operational and platform tasks using Ansible, Bash, and Python.
• Support GitOps deployments and configuration management using Argo CD.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and platform optimization.
• Perform root cause analysis for production OpenShift and OpenShift AI incidents.
• Prepare technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, DevOps, data science, ML engineering, and application teams.
• Provide L3 production support in a 24x7 environment.

Certifications (Preferred)

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
• RHCSA / RHCE
• Red Hat OpenShift AI‑related certification or training
• CKA or CKADITIL‑based incident/problem management experience.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset with ability to work under pressure during critical incidents.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge‑sharing culture.
• Self‑driven with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Strong documentation habits and stakeholder communication skills.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on cutting‑edge container and AI/ML infrastructure platforms.
• Exposure to enterprise‑scale OpenShift and OpenShift AI deployments.
• Competitive compensation, certification sponsorship, and continuous learning opportunities.
• Collaborative environment working alongside architecture, DevOps, security, and data science teams.

Paramaah is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.