Senior OpenShift Migration Engineer

TrustNet Technologies; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TrustNet Technologies seeks a senior Red Hat OpenShift Engineer to lead large-scale VMware-to-OpenShift migrations. You will plan, execute, and optimize migration waves using MTV and OpenShift Virtualization, coordinating with infrastructure, platform, and application teams.

The role requires hands-on OpenShift administration, a strong VMware background, and expertise in automation (Ansible, GitOps). Enterprise-scale experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience executing VMware-to-OpenShift migrations in large enterprises.
• Senior-level role requiring independent judgment and leadership of workstreams.
• Direct experience with OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) and MTV in production.
• 5+ years in infrastructure or platform engineering; 3+ years OpenShift administration.
• Strong VMware background (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, vMotion, storage/networking).
• Solid Kubernetes fundamentals (RBAC, CNI, CSI).
• Experience with OpenShift Data Foundation or equivalent storage.
• Automation with Ansible and IaC practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute VMware-to-OpenShift migrations using MTV and OpenShift Virtualization.
• Assess workloads and decide between VM rehost or container replatforming.
• Create runbooks, cutover plans, rollback procedures, and validation criteria.
• Design and manage OpenShift clusters (on-prem or cloud) at scale.
• Configure storage/networking for migrated workloads (ODF, Multus, NMState).
• Automate migration tasks and Day-2 operations with GitOps and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

OpenShift administration

VMware-to-OpenShift migration

Kubernetes fundamentals

Automation with Ansible

Excellent communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Red Hat certifications (EX280, RHCE)

Tools

OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt)

Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV)

Argo CD

Tekton

OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF)

Job description

TrustNet Technologies seeks a senior Red Hat OpenShift Engineer to lead large-scale VMware-to-OpenShift migrations. You will plan, execute, and optimize migration waves using MTV and OpenShift Virtualization, coordinating with infrastructure, platform, and application teams.

The role requires hands-on OpenShift administration, a strong VMware background, and expertise in automation (Ansible, GitOps). Enterprise-scale experience is essential.