OpenShift Platform Lead/Architect

Largeton Group; Danbury (CT); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an OpenShift Platform Lead/Architect to support a major cloud migration initiative to Google Cloud Platform. The role involves deploying and managing OpenShift workloads, automating workflows, and collaborating with DevOps teams. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, and GCP infrastructure.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience with OpenShift (4.x preferred).
• Deep understanding of OpenShift features and Kubernetes architecture.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage OpenShift clusters on GCP.
• Migrate applications from on-prem OpenShift to GCP.
• Automate deployment workflows using various tools.

Skills

GCP

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Linux Administration

Scripting

Tools

Terraform

GitOps

Helm

Ansible

Job description

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Title: OpenShift Platform Lead/Architect – GCP Migration

Location: Hartford, CT/Remote but Local candidate

Duration: 12+ months

Must:

• GCP and GKE experience is mandatory for all roles

Overview

We are seeking a skilled OpenShift Platform Lead with experience deploying and managing OpenShift in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role focuses on supporting a major cloud migration initiative by enabling, configuring, and optimizing OpenShift workloads in GCP environments. Candidates must have deep hands-on expertise in both container orchestration and cloud platform services.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) clusters on GCP (both self-managed and managed offerings).
• Migrate containerized applications and workloads from on-prem OpenShift to GCP-hosted OpenShift or GKE.
• Work closely with GCP cloud engineers to ensure proper networking, IAM, security, and service integrations.
• Automate deployment workflows using Helm, Terraform, GitOps, or native OpenShift tools.
• Manage cluster upgrades, security patches, logging, and monitoring within OpenShift.
• Collaborate with DevOps and application teams to build and manage CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Tekton).
• Support hybrid cloud deployments and implement best practices around container security and compliance.

Required Skills

• 4+ years of hands-on experience with OpenShift (4.x preferred).
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture and day-2 operations.
• Experience with GCP infrastructure: Compute Engine, IAM, VPC, GKE, Stackdriver, Cloud Monitoring.
• Proficiency in CI/CD practices, GitOps workflows, and infrastructure-as-code tools.
• Strong experience with Linux administration, container runtimes (CRI-O, Docker/Podman).
• Scripting and automation (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible).
• Deep understanding of OpenShift features like Operators, Service Mesh, Routes, SCCs, etc.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

• Information Services