OpenShift Developer

TechDigital Group; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior OpenShift Engineer in Jersey City, NJ, to design, deploy, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift and Rancher clusters. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in container platform architecture and operations. Candidates should have strong hands-on experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, and DevOps practices, along with excellent communication skills. This role offers opportunities to work on major enterprise initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Rancher (RKE/RKE2).
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and operations.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift and Rancher Kubernetes clusters.
• Architect highly available and scalable container platforms.
• Troubleshoot cluster, networking, storage, and application issues.

Skills

Red Hat OpenShift

Rancher Managed Kubernetes Clusters

Kubernetes architecture

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps practices

Networking

Storage management

Monitoring tools

Documentation

Communication

Job description

Mandatory Skills: Red Hat OpenShift and Rancher Managed Kubernetes Clusters. Design and deployment

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift and Rancher Managed Kubernetes Clusters for one of our major enterprise initiatives. The ideal candidate will act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provide technical leadership, guidance, and best practices for container platform architecture and operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift and Rancher (RKE/RKE2) Kubernetes clusters.
• Architect highly available, scalable, and secure container platforms.
• Install, configure, upgrade, and patch OpenShift and Rancher clusters.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, EFK stack, etc.).
• Troubleshoot cluster, networking, storage, and application issues.
• Perform root cause analysis and optimize platform performance.
• Act as an SME for OpenShift and Rancher technologies, providing guidance to customers and application teams.
• Create documentation, standards, and operational runbooks.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong hands‑on experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Rancher (RKE/RKE2).
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and operations.
• Experience supporting mixed OS environments (Windows and Linux).
• Excellent communication skills to explain complex concepts to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant certifications such as RHCA, CKA, CKAD.
• Active participation in the Kubernetes community is a plus