OpenShift & CP4I Platform Operations Lead

InnovationTeam; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

InnovationTeam is seeking an OpenShift CP4I Operations/Administrator to design, deploy, secure, and manage an enterprise hybrid-cloud integration platform. You will work across CP4I components on OpenShift, ensuring high availability and scalable pipelines in a challenging environment.

Responsibilities include cluster deployment, operator-driven CP4I management, security enforcement, storage design, and proactive diagnostics. Strong OpenShift, CP4I, and DevOps tooling experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related technical discipline
• Core Engineering Track Record: Deep, practical engineering experience managing production-grade OpenShift clusters and CP4I components
• Architecture & Pattern Competency: Knowledge of SDN/OVN, Ingress/Route, Istio, network policies, and container security
• Security & Protocol Familiarity: Understanding of enterprise integration patterns, containerized queues, and API lifecycles
• Analytical Evaluation: Strong debugging and analytical skills for container density and compute sizing

Responsibilities

• Plan, architect, install, and configure OpenShift clusters across hybrid environments
• Manage and configure CP4I components via IBM operators (MQ, API Connect, ACE, Event Streams)
• Enforce RBAC and manage OAuth integrations and TLS certificates
• Design storage and lifecycle plans with zero-downtime upgrades and patching
• Troubleshoot cluster degradation, PV failures, and network issues using monitoring tools

Skills

OpenShift

CP4I

RBAC

Istio

Container security

GitOps

Terraform

Kubernetes

Python

CLI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

RHOCP

OKD

Kubernetes

CoreOS

IBM CP4I

IBM MQ

API Connect

ACE

Event Streams

DataPower

Ansible

Terraform

ArgoCD

Helm

OLM Operators

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Tekton

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

InnovationTeam is seeking an OpenShift CP4I Operations/Administrator to design, deploy, secure, and manage an enterprise hybrid-cloud integration platform. You will work across CP4I components on OpenShift, ensuring high availability and scalable pipelines in a challenging environment.

Responsibilities include cluster deployment, operator-driven CP4I management, security enforcement, storage design, and proactive diagnostics. Strong OpenShift, CP4I, and DevOps tooling experience are essential.