OpenShift Platform engineer

V2 Solutions; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health check-ups

Insurance coverage

Professional development

Job summary

Persistent is looking for an experienced OpenShift Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and operate enterprise-grade container platforms on bare-metal infrastructure. You will install and manage OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters, implement solid security practices, and integrate KubeVirt for VM workloads.

You will work with DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure platform reliability, observability, and incident response.

Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift installation, configuration and administration on bare metal.
• Hands-on with KubeVirt virtualization workloads and RBAC/security policies.
• Knowledge of SRE tooling, observability, and incident response practices.
• Strong Linux system administration and networking fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain highly available, secure container platforms on bare-metal infrastructure.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters.
• Upgrade, patch, monitor, and tune cluster performance and capacity.
• Manage secrets with Vault and implement secure secrets practices.
• Support incident management and root cause analysis for platform issues.
• Automate provisioning and operations using IaC and scripting.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Bare-metal deployment

RBAC & security

Vault for secrets

KubeVirt

SRE tooling

Linux admin

Tools

KubeVirt

HashiCorp Vault

OpenShift

Job description

About Position

We are seeking an experienced Kubernetes/OpenShift Platform Engineer to manage and support enterprise-grade container platforms deployed on bare-metal infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have expertise in OpenShift/Kubernetes installation, configuration, administration, virtualization technologies, secrets management, and SRE tooling.

Role

OpenShift Platform engineer

Location

All persistent

Experience

5 to 12 years

Job Type

Full-Time Employment

What You'll Do

• Design, deploy, and maintain highly available, secure, and scalable container platforms for mission-critical applications.
• Install, configure, administer, and troubleshoot RedHat OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters on bare-metal environments.
• Design and maintain highly available and scalable Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms.
• Perform cluster upgrades, patching, monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
• Deploy, configure, and support KubeVirt (Kvirt) for virtual machine workloads within Kubernetes environments.
• Manage enterprise secrets and credentials using HashiCorp Vault and implement secure secrets management practices.
• Configure RBAC, authentication, authorization, certificates, and security policies across container platforms.
• Deploy, integrate, and maintain Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) tooling and observability platforms.
• Support incident management, root cause analysis, and platform troubleshooting.
• Automate platform provisioning and operational tasks using infrastructure-as-code and scripting tools.
• Work closely with DevOps, Security, Infrastructure, and Application teams to ensure platform reliability and performance.

Expertise You'll Bring

• Strong experience in Kubernetes/OpenShift installation, configuration, and administration.
• Hands‑on experience deploying and managing OpenShift/Kubernetes on Bare Metal infrastructure.
• Good understanding of Kubernetes architecture, networking, storage, and cluster lifecycle management.
• Experience with KubeVirt (Kvirt) virtualization workloads.
• Hands‑on experience with HashiCorp Vault and enterprise‑grade Secrets Management.
• Experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining SRE/Observability tools.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system administration.
• Experience with container runtimes, container networking, and storage management.
• Understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, and platform security best practices.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting‑edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check‑ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles. Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities. If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.

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