OpenShift Platform Engineer - Secure On-Prem Automation

Methods; United States; Remote; USD 93,000 - 106,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy to develop skills

LinkedIn Learning access

Flexible working

Wellness programme

5 extra days annual leave

Job summary

Methods is seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer to support enterprise container platforms hosting business-critical applications in a secure defence environment.

The role blends hands‑on engineering for OpenShift platform support, container management, deployment automation, runtime engineering, vulnerability remediation, monitoring and operational troubleshooting in a mix of on‑premise, hosted and secure infrastructure environments.

Qualifications

• Strong hands‑on experience administering and supporting Red Hat OpenShift.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts and operations.
• Experience with container technologies including Docker, container images and container registries.
• Experience supporting production application platforms and resolving complex technical issues.
• Experience with build pipelines, deployment tooling and release processes.
• Strong Linux administration experience, preferably RHEL‑based environments.
• Experience with monitoring, logging and operational support tooling.
• Experience identifying and remediating platform and container vulnerabilities.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Experience producing operational and technical documentation.
• Ability to work effectively within secure and regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Assess existing OpenShift environments, container images, deployment processes and technical dependencies.
• Diagnose and resolve platform, container, build and runtime issues.
• Improve deployment automation and build processes.
• Manage remediation of security vulnerabilities and technical debt.
• Support monitoring, logging and operational support capabilities.
• Improve platform resilience, recoverability and operational readiness.
• Support Java and Tomcat‑based application runtimes from a platform perspective.
• Investigate technical incidents and provide specialist engineering support.
• Produce operational documentation, runbooks and technical guidance.
• Transfer knowledge to client technical teams and contribute to future roadmaps.

Skills

OpenShift administration

Kubernetes concepts

Docker & container registries

Linux administration (RHEL)

Monitoring & logging tooling

Troubleshooting & root cause analysis

Security remediation

Documentation & runbooks

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Methods is seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer to support enterprise container platforms hosting business-critical applications in a secure defence environment.

The role blends hands‑on engineering for OpenShift platform support, container management, deployment automation, runtime engineering, vulnerability remediation, monitoring and operational troubleshooting in a mix of on‑premise, hosted and secure infrastructure environments.