Senior OpenShift / Kubernetes Engineer

Euronext; Milano; In loco; EUR 45.000 - 70.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading financial technology company in Milan is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to manage hybrid cloud infrastructures using Kubernetes and OpenShift. The ideal candidate will have 3–6 years in IT infrastructure, with strong skills in automation and observability tools. This role requires collaboration with internal teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions. Competitive compensation and growth opportunities are offered.

Competenze

• 3–6 years of experience in enterprise IT infrastructure.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Strong knowledge of Kafka and hybrid cloud architectures.

Mansioni

• Design, deploy, and manage OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters.
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of infrastructures.
• Drive DevOps practices through automation with CI/CD pipelines.

Conoscenze

Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift

Apache Kafka

DevOps practices

Database platforms

Strumenti

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Descrizione del lavoro

Key accountabilitiesWe are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, gender, age, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or any other legally protected factor. We value the unique talents of all our people, who come from diverse backgrounds with different personal experiences and points of view and we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect.## **Additional Information**This job description is only describing the main activities within a certain role and is not exhaustive. It does not prevent to add more tasks, projects.* Design, deploy, configure, and manage **Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes** clusters across on-premises and cloud environments.* Ensure **scalability, reliability, and performance** of hybrid and multicloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, GCP).* Operate and optimize **Apache Kafka** clusters, including **Mirror/MirrorMaker** configurations for replication and resilience.* Support database platforms such as **MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL** (replication, scaling, backups) – considered a plus.* Implement **observability and monitoring** solutions using **OpenTelemetry**, Prometheus/Grafana, and Elastic.* Drive **DevOps/GitOps practices** through automation with **Ansible**, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD), and scripting (Bash, Python, Go, YAML).* Manage **security, authentication, and authorization** (certificates, encryption keys, RBAC, LDAP/IDM integration).* Oversee the **infrastructure lifecycle**: provisioning, scaling, upgrades, and decommissioning of platform components.* Collaborate with internal IT and application teams to deliver **secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure solutions**.* Experience with **IBM Power systems** in containerized environments is considered a plus.* Experience with **virtualization and hyperconverged platforms**, including **OpenShift Virtualization, Nutanix, VMware, KVM**, or similar, is a plus.* ### Who You Are* **3–6 years** of experience in enterprise IT infrastructure and platform delivery.* **2+ years** of hands-on experience with **Kubernetes/OpenShift** in production environments.* Strong knowledge of **Kafka** (distributed architecture, replication, high availability).* Familiarity with **MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL**, or other database platforms.* Expertise in **DevOps and automation** practices.* Understanding of **hybrid cloud architectures and platform engineering**.* Experience with **observability stacks** (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus/Grafana, Elastic).* Experience with **virtualization platforms** (OpenShift Virtualization, Nutanix, VMware, KVM) is considered a plus.* Strong **engineering mindset** focused on automation, lifecycle management, and delivery.* Excellent **collaboration and communication skills** within internal teams.* ### Preferred Certifications* **Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator (RHCSA/RHCA)*** **Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)*** Certifications in **cloud platforms, databases, DevOps tools, or virtualization technologies** are a plus