OpenShift Platform Engineer - DevOps

GSSTech Group; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

GSSTech Group is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer in Bengaluru with deep OpenShift and Kubernetes expertise. You will automate platform provisioning, standardize stacks, and drive IaC and GitOps practices across large enterprise environments.

You will build and optimize CI/CD pipelines, support cloud migrations, and collaborate with security, architecture and application teams to deliver scalable, reliable platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technology/ platform engineering roles in large enterprise environments.
• Proven experience managing OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms and automation.
• CI/CD, IaC, and GitOps with modern tooling and frameworks.
• Experience migrating apps to cloud/container platforms in enterprise settings.

Responsibilities

• Design, install and manage large-scale OpenShift clusters.
• Develop automation for platform provisioning, config management and deployments.
• Drive IaC practices using Terraform and Ansible.
• Build CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and support DevOps delivery.
• Implement GitOps with ArgoCD and Helm for deployments.
• Support cloud migration initiatives and cloud-native modernization.
• Architect reusable platform components and standardized stacks.
• Ensure scale, security, availability and operational excellence.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Helm

Bash

PowerShell

Python

Groovy

CyberArk Vault

HashiCorp Vault

Red Hat Satellite

Spacewalk

Nexus

ELK Stack

Audit Beat

File Beat

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

Strong hands-on experience with:

• Terraform
• Jenkins
• Ansible

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

Strong scripting experience with:

• 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

Experience with:

• 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

Experience with:

Active Directory:

• Security OUs
• Policies

Vault technologies:

• CyberArk
• HashiCorp Vault

High Availability architecture and implementation.

Repository & Monitoring Tools

Experience with:

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.