OpenShift Platform Engineer - DevOps

Global Software Solutions Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Software Solutions Group is seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer in Bengaluru to lead large OpenShift/Kubernetes environments and drive automation across provisioning, configuration, and deployment. You will architect scalable platforms, implement GitOps practices, and partner with security and infra teams to ensure reliability.

The role emphasizes hands-on expertise in OpenShift, Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD tooling, with a focus on enterprise-grade platform solutions and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technology engineering / platform engineering roles.
• Experience managing enterprise OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience implementing automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, install, configure, manage, and automate large-scale OpenShift clusters.
• Develop automation solutions for platform provisioning and deployment processes.
• Drive IaC practices using Terraform and Ansible.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Implement GitOps-driven configuration management and deployment approaches.
• Collaborate with architects, security, and infra teams to deliver enterprise platforms.

Skills

OpenShift Administration

Kubernetes concepts

Automation

Platform engineering

Linux

Cloud migration

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Helm

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer with strong expertise in OpenShift Administration, DevOps automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-native technologies.

The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience managing large-scale OpenShift environments, automating infrastructure deployments, building CI/CD pipelines, implementing GitOps-driven delivery models, and supporting cloud migration initiatives.

This role requires a strong engineering mindset with expertise across Linux, Kubernetes/OpenShift, automation, platform engineering, and enterprise infrastructure solutions. The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, standardizing, and automating technology platforms while ensuring scalability, security, availability, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, install, configure, manage, and automate large-scale OpenShift clusters
• Develop and implement automation solutions for platform provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform, Ansible, and automation frameworks
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and support modern DevOps delivery practices
• Implement GitOps-driven configuration management and application deployment approaches
• Support application migration initiatives from traditional environments to cloud and container platforms
• Design standardized technology stacks and reusable platform components
• Develop automation solutions to enable zero-touch and unattended deployments
• Perform platform capacity planning, performance optimization, and scalability improvements
• Collaborate with architects, application teams, security teams, and infrastructure teams to deliver enterprise platform solutions
• Participate in technical design discussions and provide recommendations on platform architecture
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues related to OpenShift, Kubernetes, networking, security, and integrations
• Support production stability by improving automation, reliability, monitoring, and operational processes
• Contribute to engineering best practices, open-source adoption, and continuous platform improvements

Required Technical Skills

OpenShift / Kubernetes

• Strong hands-on experience in Red Hat OpenShift Administration
• Experience installing, configuring, upgrading, and managing enterprise-scale OpenShift clusters
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts and container technologies
• Understanding of OpenShift virtualization (KubeVirt)
• Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator certification is preferred

DevOps & Automation – Hands-on Experience

• Terraform
• Jenkins
• Ansible

DevOps & Automation – Experience with

• Configuration management
• Infrastructure automation
• Orchestration tools
• CI/CD pipeline implementation

GitOps & Deployment

• Strong understanding of GitOps-driven configuration management and deployment practices
• Experience with:
• ArgoCD
• Helm Charts
• Automated deployment workflows

Programming & Scripting

• Bash
• PowerShell
• Python
• Groovy (Jenkins pipeline scripting)

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Hands-on experience migrating applications to cloud environments
• Understanding of cloud connectivity, SD-WAN, private connectivity, and hybrid cloud architectures
• Strong conceptual understanding of infrastructure components and enterprise data center environments

Networking & Security Knowledge

• REST/SOAP API communication concepts
• DNS:
• Authoritative DNS
• Non-authoritative DNS
• Dynamic DNS
• Bind DNS
• DNS Forwarders
• SSL/TLS communication:
• SSL handshake
• Cipher suites
• Encryption algorithms
• Certificates:
• SAN certificates
• Client authentication certificates
• Keystores
• Mutual SSL
• Load balancers
• Site selectors
• Firewalls

Security & Identity Management

• Active Directory:
• Security OUs
• Policies
• Vault technologies:
• CyberArk
• HashiCorp Vault
• High Availability architecture and implementation

Repository & Monitoring Tools

• Artifact management tools:
• Red Hat Satellite
• Spacewalk
• Nexus
• ELK Stack and Beats:
• Audit Beat
• File Beat
• OS compliance standards:
• CIS Benchmarks

Required Experience

• 8+ years of experience in technology engineering / platform engineering roles
• Strong experience working in large enterprise environments
• Proven experience managing enterprise OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms
• Experience implementing automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code solutions
• Experience working with Agile delivery methodologies

Preferred Experience

• Experience in enterprise cloud transformation initiatives
• Experience working with financial services or large-scale regulated environments
• Exposure to SRE principles and DevOps operating models
• Experience contributing to open-source technologies

Key Competencies

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strategic thinking with a research and development mindset
• Strong ownership of technical delivery and platform improvements
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, and application teams
• Understanding of project delivery methodologies and Agile practices