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Tekskills Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. is seeking a seasoned OpenShift and VMware expert to manage and optimize our infrastructure.

The role emphasizes hands-on administration of OpenShift 4.x with solid Kubernetes fundamentals and VMware vSphere environments in a regulated, enterprise setting. The ideal candidate will implement cluster upgrades, patching, and production operational support, while leveraging automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable delivery and observability

Qualifications

• Hands-on administering OpenShift 4.x with Kubernetes fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on administering OpenShift 4.x with solid Kubernetes fundamentals.
• Performing cluster upgrades, patching, and production operational support.
• Automation and IaC using Ansible, Terraform, Git-based workflows, and CI/CD.
• Migrating workloads to OpenShift.
• Observability and incident management practices.

Skills

OpenShift expertise

Cluster upgrades

Production operations

Troubleshooting

Observability/Incidents

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Linux (RHEL)

vSphere/VMware

Ansible

Terraform

Git/CICD

PowerCLI

Jenkins

Job 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.