Platform Engineer: Kubernetes/OpenShift & CI/CD

Strive Solutions; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Strive Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms for modern web and data-driven applications in the United States. You’ll automate containerized environments, provision platform components with infrastructure-as-code, and implement CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable delivery.

You will manage cloud services for Kubernetes/OpenShift workloads, tune performance, and enforce security across clusters, while guiding teams in

Qualifications

• Strong Expertise with Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Proficient in infrastructure-as-code and automation.
• Experience with CI/CD and container platform operations.
• Knowledge of security best practices for containerized environments.
• Ability to apply observability and performance tuning practices.
• Effective communication and collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, and support containerized environments.
• Use infrastructure-as-code to provision and manage platform components.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD workflows for reliable application delivery.
• Provision and operate cloud services supporting Kubernetes/OpenShift workloads.
• Perform performance tuning to ensure reliability and efficiency.
• Deliver strong observability (metrics, logs, tracing) for troubleshooting and monitoring.
• Harden security across clusters, deployments, and platform configurations.
• Guide teams on cloud-native best practices and DevOps approaches.
• Collaborate in an agile, low-ego environment with engineers and clients to modernize systems.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Infrastructure as code

Automation

CI/CD

Security best practices

Observability

Performance tuning

Communication

Job description

Strive Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms for modern web and data-driven applications in the United States. You’ll automate containerized environments, provision platform components with infrastructure-as-code, and implement CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable delivery.

You will manage cloud services for Kubernetes/OpenShift workloads, tune performance, and enforce security across clusters, while guiding teams in