Openshift Engineer

Techwizens LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Techwizens LLC is seeking an experienced OpenShift Technical Consultant to lead deployment, lifecycle management, and security of enterprise-grade OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters in a fully remote environment. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to automate provisioning, ensure high availability, and enforce security compliance across complex platforms.

The role emphasizes hands-on work across cloud and bare-metal platforms, with a focus on RBAC, service mesh, and IaC tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3–6+ years of hands-on experience deploying, administering, and troubleshooting Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes in enterprise production environments.
• Proficiency in Bash and Python, with extensive experience using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Deep understanding of container networking interfaces (CNI), CSI plugins, and software-defined storage.
• Certifications such as Red Hat OpenShift Administration (EX280), CKSA/CKA/CKAD preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and configure enterprise-grade Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters across cloud, VMware, and bare-metal platforms.
• Tune cluster components for high availability, multi-tenant isolation, and peak performance.
• Provision and manage infrastructure as code using Ansible, Terraform, and Helm.
• Build complex Ansible playbooks and Terraform scripts to streamline operations.
• Implement declarative application delivery and synchronization workflows using ArgoCD.
• Author, package, and standardize platform services using Helm charts and Kustomize.
• Manage end-to-end cluster lifecycle operations, including zero-downtime upgrades and security patching.
• Configure and maintain persistent storage solutions (CSI, Ceph, NFS).
• Participate in support rotations and root-cause analysis for production incidents.
• Implement centralized monitoring, logging, and tracing using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, and Loki.
• Enforce RBAC, CNI network policies (Calico/Cilium), and regulatory security baselines.
• Configure Istio service mesh for secure traffic management, ingress/egress, and mutual TLS.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Ansible

Terraform

Helm

ArgoCD

Kustomize

RBAC

CNI (Calico/Cilium)

mTLS

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/IT

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

ArgoCD

Kustomize

Job description

Job Title: OpenShift Consultant/Engineer

Location: Remote

Duration: Long Term

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced OpenShift Technical Consultant to lead the deployment, lifecycle management, and security of enterprise-grade Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters in a fully remote environment. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional development, security, and cloud infrastructure teams to automate cluster provisioning, maintain high availability, and enforce strict security compliance across complex platforms.

Must Have : Bare Metal Experience

Key Responsibilities

Cluster Architecture & Deployment:

• Design, deploy, and configure enterprise-grade Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift clusters across cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), VMware, and bare-metal platforms.
• Tune and optimize cluster components for high availability, multi-tenant isolation, and peak performance.
• Provision and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using Ansible, Terraform, and Helm.

GitOps & Automation:

• Build complex Ansible playbooks and Terraform scripts to streamline operations.
• Implement declarative application delivery and synchronization workflows using ArgoCD.
• Author, package, and standardize platform services using Helm charts and Kustomize.

Cluster Lifecycle & Storage Management:

• Manage end-to-end cluster lifecycle operations, including zero-downtime upgrades, security patching, and node scaling.
• Configure and maintain persistent storage solutions (CSI, Ceph, NFS) for enterprise workloads.
• Participate in support rotations and root-cause analysis for production incidents.

Observability & Telemetry:

• Implement centralized monitoring, logging, and tracing using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, and Loki.
• Build automated alerting mechanisms and dashboards-as-code to monitor cluster capacity and health.

Security & Service Mesh:

• Enforce RBAC, CNI network policies (Calico/Cilium), and regulatory security baselines.
• Configure and maintain Istio service mesh for secure traffic management, ingress/egress, and mutual TLS (mTLS).

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience: 3–6+ years of hands-on experience deploying, administering, and troubleshooting Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes in enterprise production environments.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
• Scripting & IaC: High proficiency in Bash and Python, along with extensive experience using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Networking & Storage: Deep understanding of container networking interfaces (CNI), CSI plugins, and software-defined storage.
• Certifications (Preferred): Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or CKAD.
• Remote Collaboration: Strong asynchronous communication skills with proven ability to operate independently across distributed teams.