OpenShift Engineer - Kubernetes, GitOps & Platform Infrastructure

Empiric; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Empiric is seeking a senior OpenShift specialist to join a large-scale infrastructure modernization programme, working across multiple production Red Hat OpenShift clusters. You will own automation and lifecycle management, build pipelines with Ansible, scripting and API integrations, drive GitOps and IaC practices, and improve platform security, scalability and availability across the enterprise.

This role offers significant ownership and the chance to influence tooling and standards across a

Qualifications

• Strong senior-level Red Hat OpenShift experience.
• 5-7+ years across Linux, DevOps, automation and container platforms.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, RHEL and Ansible.
• Experience managing multiple large production clusters.
• Strong Git, CI/CD, GitOps and IaC experience.
• Terraform and OpenShift enterprise tooling are advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimise large enterprise OpenShift environments.
• Automate provisioning, upgrades, patching and lifecycle management.
• Build automation using Ansible, scripting and API integrations.
• Drive GitOps / CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Improve platform security, scalability, availability and standardisation.
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Integrate OpenShift with networking, storage, IAM, monitoring and security services.

Skills

OpenShift experience

Linux

DevOps

Automation

Kubernetes

Ansible

Git

CI/CD

GitOps

IaC

RHEL

Terraform

Tools

Terraform

OpenShift tooling

Job description

Rate: €80-€100 per hour freelance OR up to €110,000 on payroll

I’m recruiting for a senior OpenShift specialist to join a large-scale infrastructure modernisation programme, working across multiple business-critical Red Hat OpenShift clusters.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage and optimise large enterprise OpenShift environments
• Automate provisioning, upgrades, patching and lifecycle management
• Build automation using Ansible, scripting and API integrations
• Drive GitOps / CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Improve platform security, scalability, availability and standardisation
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues and perform root-cause analysis
• Integrate OpenShift with networking, storage, IAM, monitoring and security services

What they’re looking for:

• Strong senior-level Red Hat OpenShift experience
• 5-7+ years across Linux, DevOps, automation and container platforms
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, RHEL and Ansible
• Experience managing multiple large production clusters
• Strong Git, CI/CD, GitOps and IaC experience
• Terraform and OpenShift enterprise tooling are advantageous

This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants to work on large-scale, mission-critical OpenShift environments with significant ownership across automation and platform improvement.