Red Hat openshift Engineer

EY; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EY is seeking a Senior Cloud Infra Engineer with 4–6 years of IT experience focusing on OpenStack and OpenShift. You will design, deploy, and manage private and hybrid cloud platforms, drive automation, enable containerization, and support application modernization initiatives.

Collaborate with architects, developers and security teams to deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions. The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, implementing CI/CD pipelines and GitOps, and maintaining compliance with

Qualifications

• 4–6 years IT experience with OpenStack and OpenShift/Kubernetes
• Experience with Azure or AWS cloud and Linux administration
• Strong scripting (Bash, Python, Go)
• Knowledge of monitoring tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Nagios
• CI/CD and cloud-native design principles; GitOps exposure

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and manage OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Horizon, Ceph)
• Set up and manage OpenShift clusters; enable CI/CD pipelines and GitOps
• Develop automation scripts with Ansible, Terraform, and Helm
• Implement RBAC, IAM, and network policies; ensure ISO/CIS/NIST compliance
• Mentor junior engineers and provide L3 support; collaborate with architects & security

Skills

OpenStack

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

Linux administration

Bash

Python

Go

CI/CD

GitOps

Ansible

Terraform

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Nagios

Ceph

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

OpenStack

OpenShift (Kubernetes)

ArgoCD

Flux

ArgoCD/Flux

VMware

Ceph

iSCSI/NFS

Job description

Career Family : Cloud Infra Engineer Red Hat OpenShift

The opportunity

We are the only professional services organization who has a separate business dedicated exclusively to the financial services marketplace. Join Digital Engineering Team and you will work with multi-disciplinary teams from around the world to deliver a global perspective. Aligned to key industry groups including Asset management, Banking and Capital Markets, Insurance and Private Equity, Health, Government, Power and Utilities, we provide integrated advisory, assurance, tax, and transaction services. Through diverse experiences, world-class learning and individually tailored coaching you will experience ongoing professional development. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well, this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer with 4-6 years of IT experience and strong expertise in OpenStack and OpenShift. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing enterprise-grade private and hybrid cloud platforms. You will drive automation, enable containerization, and support application modernization initiatives. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with architects and developers, and mentor junior engineers while contributing to building secure, scalable, and efficient cloud solutions.

EY Digital Engineering is a unique, industry-focused business unit that provides a broad range of integrated services that leverage deep industry experience with strong functional capability and product knowledge. The Digital Engineering practice works with clients to analyse, formulate, design, mobilize and drive digital transformation initiatives. We advise clients on their most pressing digital challenges and opportunities surround business strategy, customer, growth, profit optimization, innovation, technology strategy, and digital transformation. We also have a unique ability to help our clients translate strategy into actionable technical design, and transformation planning/mobilization. Through our unique combination of competencies and solutions, EY’s DE team helps our clients sustain competitive advantage and profitability by developing strategies to stay ahead of the rapid pace of change and disruption and supporting the execution of complex transformations

Your key responsibilities

OpenStack Cloud Management

• Deploy, configure, and manage OpenStack services (Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Keystone, Horizon, Ceph).
• Troubleshoot and optimize compute, storage, and networking components.
• Support VMware-to-OpenStack migrations and workload onboarding.

OpenShift & Containerization

• Set up and manage OpenShift clusters, including scaling, patching, and operator lifecycle management.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux) with DevSecOps practices.
• Support application teams with containerization, microservices deployment, and service mesh adoption.

Automation & Scripting

• Develop automation scripts using Ansible, Terraform, and Helm.
• Standardize Infrastructure as Code for provisioning and lifecycle management.

Security & Governance

• Implement RBAC, IAM, and network policies in OpenStack and OpenShift.
• Ensure compliance with ISO, CIS, and NIST standards.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with architects, developers, and security teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and establish best practices.
• Provide L3 support and lead root cause analysis for incidents.

Skills and attributes for success

Required Skills:

• 4-6 years of IT experience, with 3–5 years in OpenStack and 3–5 years in OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Experience in Azure or AWS Cloud
• Strong Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) administration skills.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Go scripting.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Nagios, OpenShift Logging.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD and cloud-native design principles.
• Expertise in networking (SDN, VLAN, VXLAN) and storage (Ceph, iSCSI, NFS).

Preferred Qualifications:

Certifications: Red Hat OpenShift Specialist, CKA/CKS, COA.

Familiarity with hybrid cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and OpenStack/OpenShift integration.

Prior consulting or customer-facing role experience.

Education

Degree: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.