Subject Matter Expert (Linux & Red Hat OpenShift) | Manning Global | Remote, India

Manning Global AG; India; Remote; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Manning Global is seeking a seasoned Subject Matter Expert (Linux & Red Hat OpenShift) to lead enterprise container platform initiatives for a major international client. This role combines deep OpenShift engineering expertise with Linux administration, automation, security, and infrastructure architecture to support data, analytics, and AI workloads at scale.

The SME will provide technical leadership across container platform architecture, deployment, operations, automation, and governance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise Linux infrastructure experience.
• Deep OpenShift architecture, administration and operations expertise.
• Kubernetes deployment and management experience.
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform and Helm.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and manage enterprise Red Hat OpenShift environments.
• Architect and maintain Kubernetes-based container platforms for production workloads.
• Administer and optimize Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
• Develop IaC and automation using Ansible, Terraform and Helm.
• Implement container governance, policies and platform standards.
• Manage namespaces, quotas, network policies and resource allocation.
• Ensure platform security through vulnerability management and compliance.
• Support networking and storage integrations within OpenShift.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and AI teams for analytics workloads.
• Perform capacity planning, monitoring and performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot OpenShift/Kubernetes issues in production.
• Mentor client infrastructure teams and transfer knowledge.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Linux infrastructure

RHEL administration

IaC/DevOps

Automation

Security hardening

Platform governance

Linux performance tuning

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Helm

Kubernetes tooling

Job description

Job Title: Subject Matter Expert (Linux & Red Hat OpenShift) | Manning Global | Remote, India

Recruiting Company: Manning Global

Job Location: Bangalore, India (Remote)

Job Type: Full-Time Contract (1-2 Years)

Start Date: September 2026

Salary: To Be Determined (TBD)

Project: International Blue-Chip Client Project

Working Requirement: Must Be Able to Work Within European Time Zones

Position Summary

Manning Global is seeking a seasoned Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Linux & Red Hat OpenShift to lead enterprise container platform initiatives for a major international client. This role combines deep OpenShift engineering expertise with Linux administration, automation, security, and infrastructure architecture to support modern data, analytics, and AI workloads at scale.

Detailed Job Description

As the Subject Matter Expert for Linux and Red Hat OpenShift, you will provide technical leadership across container platform architecture, deployment, operations, automation, and optimization. You will work closely with infrastructure, cloud, data engineering, and AI teams to ensure enterprise platforms are resilient, scalable, secure, and capable of supporting demanding production workloads. The position requires extensive expertise in Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, infrastructure automation, and enterprise security practices. You will be responsible for implementing container orchestration strategies, platform governance, and operational best practices while mentoring customer teams on platform management and optimization. This is an outstanding opportunity for a senior technologist to drive next-generation cloud-native infrastructure initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage enterprise Red Hat OpenShift environments.
• Architect and maintain Kubernetes-based container platforms for production workloads.
• Administer and optimize Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and automation solutions using Ansible, Terraform, and Helm.
• Implement container orchestration policies, governance frameworks, and platform standards.
• Manage namespaces, quotas, network policies, and cluster resource allocation.
• Ensure container platform security through vulnerability management and compliance hardening.
• Design and support enterprise networking and storage integrations within OpenShift environments.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and AI teams to support analytics and machine learning workloads.
• Perform capacity planning, platform scaling, monitoring, and performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot complex OpenShift and Kubernetes issues across production environments.
• Mentor client infrastructure teams and facilitate knowledge transfer activities.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise Linux infrastructure and platform engineering.
• Deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift architecture, administration, and operations.
• Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes platform deployment and management.
• Extensive experience administering Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Experience tuning Linux systems for data-intensive and AI workloads.
• Proven expertise with Ansible, Terraform, and Helm.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps methodologies.
• Experience implementing container security, vulnerability management, and compliance controls.
• Knowledge of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and enterprise storage solutions.
• Experience managing namespaces, resource quotas, network policies, and cluster governance.
• Ability to support production-grade containerized environments at enterprise scale.
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and mentoring capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively across global teams and European business hours.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration or equivalent certification.
• Experience with AI/ML infrastructure platforms and MLOps environments.
• Knowledge of GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
• Experience with cloud-native monitoring and observability platforms.
• Familiarity with hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud container strategies.