Remote Openshift Engineers

Intone Inc; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Intone Inc is seeking an OpenShift Platform Engineer for a remote contract-to-hire role. You will design, build, secure, and operate Red Hat OpenShift clusters across on‑prem, private, and public cloud environments.

You will own the cluster lifecycle, automate provisioning with IaC and GitOps, mentor teammates, and drive automation culture across teams. You will collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to ensure robust security controls and reliable platform operations, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years operating container platforms in production.
• 2+ years with OpenShift or another enterprise Kubernetes distribution.
• Strong Kubernetes/OpenShift architecture knowledge.
• Linux administration skills.
• IaC and configuration management experience.
• Experience with GitOps and CI/CD tooling.
• Scripting skills (Bash/Python/Go).

Responsibilities

• Mentor teammates and peers with containerization, document platform standards and runbooks; lead knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Design reference architectures and reusable building blocks for OpenShift clusters including networking and storage.
• Define best practices for onboarding apps, container images, and resource management.
• Review security controls with customers and compliance teams.
• Work with engineering partners to identify pain points and deliver platform capabilities.
• Analyze capacity, utilization and cost trends; implement right-sizing and autoscaling.
• Evaluate OpenShift releases, Operators, and tools; plan adoption roadmaps.
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and scale OpenShift clusters across environments.
• Automate provisioning with Terraform, Ansible, Helm and GitOps tools like Argo CD.
• Build CI/CD pipelines using OpenShift Pipelines (Tekton), Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions.
• Manage cluster Operators, storage, ingress, and networking components.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and tracing; tune performance.
• Plan and test backup, disaster recovery, and HA procedures.
• Review code/config changes for security and supportability.
• Troubleshoot production issues; lead root-cause analysis.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response.
• Harden clusters and enforce security policies (RBAC, SCCs, network policies).
• Manage image security, vulnerability scanning, signing, and registries.
• Implement cloud security standards and secure coding practices with security/engineering teams.
• Collaborate to achieve HITRUST certification and compliance.
• Foster team culture with best-in-class practices and customer satisfaction.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

GitOps

CI/CD tooling

Linux administration

Scripting (Bash/Python/Go)

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Argo CD

Tekton

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Job description

We are seeking an OpenShift Platform Engineer for a remote position with a contract-to-hire engagement and a duration of six or more months. In this role, you will design, build, secure, and operate Red Hat OpenShift container platforms across on-premises, private, and public cloud environments. You will own the cluster lifecycle, automate provisioning and operations through Infrastructure as Code and GitOps, partner with application, security, and infrastructure teams, and mentor teammates to build a culture of automation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Mentor teammates and peers with experience gaps in containers, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and automation; document platform standards, runbooks, and architecture decisions; lead knowledge-sharing sessions
• Design reference architectures and reusable building blocks for OpenShift clusters, including networking, storage, and multi-tenancy configurations
• Define best practices for application onboarding, container images, and resource management
• Meet with customers and respond to RFQs and compliance questions to review technical implementation of security controls in core infrastructure
• Work closely with engineering partners and implementation teams to identify pain points and deliver platform capabilities
• Analyze capacity, utilization, and cost trends; implement right-sizing and autoscaling improvements
• Evaluate new OpenShift releases, Operators, and complementary tools; define roadmaps for adoption
• Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and scale OpenShift clusters across on-premises, private, and public cloud environments
• Automate provisioning and configuration using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and GitOps tools such as Argo CD
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using OpenShift Pipelines (Tekton), Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions
• Manage cluster Operators, storage, ingress, and networking components, such as OVN-Kubernetes and OpenShift Data Foundation
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and tracing; tune cluster performance and reliability
• Plan, test, and document backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability procedures, including etcd backup and restore
• Review code and configuration changes from peers and partners to ensure secure and supportable solutions
• Troubleshoot complex production issues as an escalation point; lead root-cause analysis and corrective action
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response; maintain operational readiness of all systems
• Harden clusters and enforce security policies using RBAC, Security Context Constraints, network policies, and policy engines such as OPA Gatekeeper
• Manage image security, including vulnerability scanning, signing, and trusted registries such as Quay
• Implement cloud security standards, threat modeling methodologies, and secure code practices in collaboration with security and software engineers
• Collaborate closely with the Security team to ensure systems achieve and maintain HITRUST certification and compliance
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to build a team culture that employs best-in-class practices and drives high levels of customer satisfaction

Qualifications

• Required
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Four or more years of experience operating container platforms in production, including at least two years with Red Hat OpenShift or another enterprise Kubernetes distribution
  • Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and OpenShift architecture, including Operators, custom resource definitions (CRDs), RBAC, networking, and storage
  • Strong Linux administration skills, including networking, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
  • Hands-on Infrastructure as Code and configuration management experience (Terraform, Ansible, Helm)
  • Experience with GitOps and CI/CD tooling (Argo CD, OpenShift Pipelines/Tekton, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or GitHub Actions)
  • Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go