Infrastructure Engineer - Advanced

Ports North; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 125,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Ports North in Jersey City is seeking an OpenShift Engineer to lead infrastructure efforts spanning compute, storage, networking and automation. The role emphasizes a 70:30 split between infrastructure work and coding, driving high-availability OpenShift deployments.

You will deploy and manage OpenShift environments, integrate Ceph storage, and coordinate KubeVirt/KVM virtualization within OpenStack-based setups to support fintech workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure initiatives across compute/storage/networking and automation.
• Ensure high availability and fault tolerance for OpenShift environments.

Skills

Kubernetes (OpenShift)

BareMetal installs

Cilium (CNI)

Storage CSI

OpenShift performance testing

OpenShift deployment & HA

Ceph storage integration

KubeVirt + KVM virtualization

OpenStack integration

IaC (Express)

VMware vSphere/NSX-T

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Ceph

KubeVirt

VMware vSphere

NSX-T

Helm

Job description

We have partnered with our client in their search for a OpenShift Engineer in Jersey City.

Responsibilities

• As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer within the Enterprise Technology and Infrastructure Platforms division, you will demonstrate comprehensive knowledge across various technical disciplines, including software, applications, and technical processes. Your expertise in a specific domain within infrastructure engineering will be crucial in promoting programs or initiatives that encompass multiple technologies and applications. Infrastructure engineering Skills Compute/storage and networking and coding skills; ratio of 70:30

Skills Required

• Kubernetes Specifically RH OpenShift platform
• BareMetal installs.
• K8 networking
  • CNI Cilium
• Storage CSI
• Performance testing of OpenShift environments
  • helm chart ; use helm to deploy any of our performance of testing suites.
• Deploy and manage OpenShift environments to ensure high availability and fault tolerance.
• Implement and upgrade Ceph environments to the latest production code releases.
• Integrate Kubernetes with Ceph object storage to provide S3-compatible storage services for cloud-native applications.
• Automate the migration of virtual machines into OpenStack environments using KubeVirt and KVM.
• Manage KVM-based virtual machines within KubeVirt to ensure efficient virtualization and seamless integration with OpenStack clusters.
• Perform performance tuning and optimization for OpenStack environments.
• OpenShift Operators
• Additional Skills
• Express configuration as code (IaC)
• VMware, vSphere, ESXi, VCF, vRealize, Nutanix, NSX-T

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in related field

Title

OpenShift Engineer

Location

Jersey City

Client Industry

Fintech

Compensation

$60-65/ hr

Ref ID

1681521