OpenShift Virtualization Engineer – Senior & Mid-Level (Remote)

Divray Koves, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Divray Koves, LLC is seeking an OpenShift Virtualization Engineer at Senior or Mid-Level to lead a large-scale migration from VMware ESXi to OpenShift Virtualization in a federal, remote-first environment.

The role emphasizes hands-on migration execution, with scheduled evening/weekend maintenance windows and a focus on platform engineering, automation, and compliance tools.

Qualifications

• Design, deploy, and support OpenShift clusters in a hub-and-spoke architecture across global and site hubs.

Responsibilities

• Migrate Windows and RHEL VMs from VMware ESXi to OpenShift Virtualization using MTV.
• Translate VMware configurations into OpenShift/ Kubernetes equivalents.
• Troubleshoot migrations, perform rollbacks, and support cutovers during maintenance windows.
• Build and maintain automation pipelines with Ansible, Git, and GitOps.
• Create runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operation procedures.

Skills

Migration experience

Leadership

Mentoring

OpenShift

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IS

Tools

VMware ESXi

OpenShift Virtualization

MTV (Migration Toolkit for Virtualization)

Kubernetes

Ansible

Git

Quay

GitOps

HashiCorp Vault

CyberArk

JIRA

ServiceNow

GitHub/GitHub Actions

Job description

About Divray Koves

Divray Koves is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing strategic consulting, data management, and IT services to federal clients. We operate with a remote-first, certification-focused, mission-driven culture, supporting meaningful federal projects across security, governance, technology, and data.

Role: OpenShift Virtualization Engineer – Senior & Mid-Level (Remote)

The OpenShift Virtualization Engineer supports one of the largest OpenShift Virtualization migrations underway in the federal market — approximately 10,000 virtual machines moving from VMware ESXi to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization across a large-scale, on-premises federal environment. This is a long-term federal engagement combining platform engineering, virtualization expertise, and infrastructure automation in a highly regulated setting.

We are engaging at two levels — Senior and Mid-Level — and will determine level based on your application and screening.

This is a hands-on migration execution role. A significant share of the work is repetitive migration wave execution and cutover support during scheduled evening and weekend maintenance windows, rather than greenfield architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support Red Hat OpenShift clusters across a hub-and-spoke architecture including global hubs, site hubs, and distributed workload clusters.
• Migrate Windows and RHEL virtual machines from VMware ESXi v7/v8 to OpenShift Virtualization using the Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV).
• Translate VMware networking, resource pools, folders, tags, and VM configurations into OpenShift Virtualization and Kubernetes equivalents.
• Troubleshoot migration issues, perform rollback procedures when necessary, and support cutovers during scheduled evening or weekend maintenance windows.
• Deploy and manage core platform services including Dynatrace, NetApp Trident, Splunk, Commvault, and the OpenShift Compliance Operator.
• Build and maintain infrastructure automation and deployment pipelines using Ansible, Git, Quay, and GitOps methodologies.
• Integrate enterprise secrets management solutions such as HashiCorp Vault or CyberArk.
• Troubleshoot bare-metal infrastructure and out-of-band management platforms including Cisco UCS/Intersight, Dell iDRAC, and HPE iLO.
• Participate in Agile delivery through JIRA while following formal ServiceNow change management processes.
• Create technical documentation, migration runbooks, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.

Requirements — All Levels

• U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Strong VMware ESXi/vSphere administration experience, including networking, resource pools, tagging, and storage.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes or OpenShift concepts.
• Automation experience with Ansible, Git, Bash, or Python.
• Availability to support scheduled evening and weekend maintenance windows, including occasional consecutive weekends during a migration push.
• Ability to consistently support U.S. business hours, Monday through Friday.

Additional Requirements — Senior Level

• Approximately 8 years of relevant experience (a combination of education and experience will be considered).
• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and administering Red Hat OpenShift in enterprise production environments.
• Experience leading or serving as a primary contributor on enterprise-scale virtual machine migrations.
• Hands-on experience with the Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV), OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt), or comparable migration technologies.
• Experience with GitOps practices and container registries such as Quay.
• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership on infrastructure modernization initiatives.

Additional Requirements — Mid-Level

• Approximately 3–5 years of relevant experience (a combination of education and experience will be considered).
• Experience supporting migrations, maintenance windows, or infrastructure change in a controlled environment.
• Willingness to pursue Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes certification during the engagement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline preferred.
• OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) in production environments.
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), or Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA).
• VMware VCP-DCV certification.
• Experience administering Dynatrace, Splunk, Commvault, NetApp Trident, or similar enterprise platforms.
• Experience supporting U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs programs, or other federal, defense, or highly regulated environments.
• Active Public Trust or higher security clearance.

Compensation & Type

• Hourly rate: $85/hr (Senior) · $58/hr (Mid-Level).
• Certification costs covered for engineers pursuing Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization or CKA credentials during the engagement.