pen Shift/Ansible

Tekskills Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. is seeking a skilled OpenShift and VMware engineer to manage OpenShift 4.x clusters and VMware vSphere environments in Hyderabad. The role emphasizes automation, IaC, and production support across Linux, networking, storage, and compute layers.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on OpenShift administration, Kubernetes fundamentals, and experience with Ansible, Terraform, Git workflows, and CI/CD. Prior migration and observability experience are valued.

Qualifications

• Experience administering OpenShift 4.x and Kubernetes fundamentals.
• Linux administration (RHEL preferred).
• Cluster upgrades, patching, and production operational support.
• Knowledge of OpenShift/Kubernetes concepts including namespaces, deployments, operators, RBAC, SCC/PSA, services, and ingress/routes.
• Troubleshooting across networking, storage, and compute layers.
• Automation and IaC using Ansible, Terraform, Git-based workflows, and CI/CD.
• Migrating workloads from other platforms to OpenShift.
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Administer OpenShift 4.x environments and Kubernetes clusters.
• Perform upgrades, patching, and provide production support.
• Manage RBAC, namespaces, deployments, operators, and ingress/routes.
• Troubleshoot networking, storage, and compute issues.
• Automate with Ansible, Terraform, Git workflows, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Migrate workloads to OpenShift and ensure observability.

Skills

OpenShift admin

Kubernetes fundamentals

Linux administration

Cluster upgrades

Patching

Production support

OpenShift/Kubernetes concepts

RBAC/SCC/PSA

Networking

Storage

Compute

Ansible

Terraform

Git workflows

CI/CD

workload migrations to OpenShift

Observability

Monitoring

Logging

Incident management

Tools

VMware vSphere

vCenter

ESXi

Lifecycle Manager/Update Manager

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.