OpenShift Engineer

Veriipro; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro in Irving, TX is seeking an experienced OpenShift Engineer to design, deploy, administer, and support enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms. The ideal candidate will ensure reliability, security, scalability, and performance of container platforms while supporting application teams and CI/CD integration.

You will deploy and manage clusters, handle lifecycle tasks, monitor health and capacity, and implement security best practices (RBAC, secrets) with Automation and IaC.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on OpenShift and Kubernetes administration.
• Experience with Linux system administration.
• Knowledge of container technologies and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with RBAC, secrets management, and security practices.
• Experience with monitoring and logging stacks.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage cluster lifecycle including upgrades, provisioning, scaling, backup, and recovery.
• Monitor cluster health, performance, capacity, and availability; implement improvements.
• Troubleshoot OpenShift, Kubernetes, networking, storage, and platform services.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines with container platforms for automated deployments.
• Implement security practices including RBAC and secrets management.
• Configure components such as Operators, Ingress, Routes, and Registry.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure deployments and operations.
• Develop automation with IaC and scripting.
• Create operational docs and disaster recovery plans.

Skills

OpenShift admin

Kubernetes admin

Linux admin

Docker/CRI-O

CI/CD tools

Kubernetes networking

Monitoring tools

Automation tools

ELK/EFK stack

Troubleshooting

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Tekton

Ansible

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced OpenShift Engineer to design, deploy, administer, and support enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, security, scalability, and performance of container platforms while supporting application teams and CI/CD integration.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, administer, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters.
• Manage the complete cluster lifecycle, including installation, provisioning, upgrades, patching, scaling, backup, and recovery.
• Monitor cluster health, performance, capacity, and availability, and implement proactive improvements.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to OpenShift, Kubernetes, networking, storage, containers, and platform services.
• Support and integrate CI/CD pipelines with container platforms to enable automated application deployments.
• Implement and maintain security best practices, including RBAC, authentication, secrets management, and compliance requirements.
• Configure and manage platform components such as Operators, Ingress, Routes, Persistent Storage, and Container Registry.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure successful application deployments and platform operations.
• Develop and maintain automation using scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools where applicable.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and disaster recovery plans.

Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes administration.
• Experience with Linux system administration.
• Knowledge of container technologies such as Docker or CRI‑O.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Tekton.
• Understanding of networking concepts, DNS, load balancing, ingress, and storage in Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK/EFK stack.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Helm.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Red Hat OpenShift certifications (preferred).
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Knowledge of DevOps practices and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).