Senior OpenShift Virtualization Engineer – VMware Migration

Apex Systems

Washington (District of Columbia)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking a Senior OpenShift Virtualization Administrator to lead enterprise virtualization operations on OpenShift Virtualization (CNV) and KubeVirt. You will drive design, deployment, and optimization while coordinating migration waves from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization.

A focus on security, reliability, and performance is essential. The role requires 9–12 years of virtualization experience, leadership capabilities, and hands-on with OCP and RHEL, with on-site hybrid work

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
9–12 years of experience with server virtualization in enterprise environments.
Hands-on experience with OpenShift Virtualization / KubeVirt.
Experience leading technical teams in operations.
Admin and design leadership for OpenShift Virtualization.

Responsibilities

Lead administrative and design activities for OpenShift Virtualization (CNV) on OCP.
Deploy, configure, and maintain the OpenShift Virtualization operator and related components.
Manage full VM lifecycle: provisioning, live migration, cloning, snapshots, patching, decommissioning.
Configure VM networking and storage for performance and availability.
Provide SME troubleshooting across the full stack.
Monitor health and capacity using OpenShift monitoring stack.
Lead teams supporting daily operations and migration waves.
Plan and execute VMware-to-OpenShift Virtualization migrations with MTV/Forklift.
Enforce secure configuration and patch compliance across components.
Apply GitOps and IaC patterns to VM and cluster config.