OpenShift Systems Administrator- Virtualization & Migrations

Iron Bow Technologies; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Iron Bow Technologies is seeking an experienced Systems Administrator – OpenShift Virtualization to support the day-to-day administration of an enterprise Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environment and its underlying infrastructure.

You will help maintain system availability, performance, security, and compliance across Linux and Windows environments while supporting VM migrations from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of system administration experience in enterprise or government environments.
• Strong experience with Linux (RHEL) and Windows operating systems.
• Experience supporting virtualization environments (VMware vSphere and OpenShift Virtualization).
• Hands-on experience migrating VMs/workloads between virtualization technologies.
• Experience with user administration, hardening, patching, and firmware lifecycle management.
• Ability to troubleshoot performance, networking, and storage in complex virtualized environments.
• Experience with Ansible or similar automation tools.
• Scripting in BASH, Python, or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows in VMware vSphere and OpenShift Virtualization environments.
• Assist VM migrations between virtualization platforms.
• Monitor system health, performance, logging, and alerts with Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Nagios, or SolarWinds.
• Manage user accounts, access controls, configurations, and security hardening.
• Perform patching and firmware lifecycle management across infrastructure.
• Document security requirements with STIGs, CIS benchmarks, SCAP, and DISA tools.
• Troubleshoot performance, networking, storage, and integration issues in virtualized environments.
• Develop automation scripts with Bash, Python, or PowerShell; use Ansible for provisioning.
• Collaborate with engineering to support infrastructure changes and improvements.
• Maintain technical documentation; support scheduled migration cutovers.

Skills

System administration

Linux troubleshooting

Windows administration

VM migrations

Automation

Documentation

Communication

Scheduling after-hours support

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

VMware vSphere

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Nagios

SolarWinds

Ansible

BASH

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Iron Bow Technologies is seeking an experienced Systems Administrator – OpenShift Virtualization to support the day-to-day administration of an enterprise Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environment and its underlying infrastructure.

You will help maintain system availability, performance, security, and compliance across Linux and Windows environments while supporting VM migrations from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization.