Remote OpenShift Platform Engineer (GitOps, CI/CD)

LSD Open; Johannesburg; Remote; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

WFH Flexibility

Free RH Certifications

Home Office Budget

Therapy Support

Financial Coaching

20 days PTO

Job summary

LSD Open is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to independently deploy, configure, and maintain OpenShift platforms across hybrid, on-premise, and cloud environments. You will own delivery cycles for specific customers, build automation, and implement GitOps for platform delivery.

You will work with security, networking, and app dev teams, mentor junior engineers, and communicate effectively with customers to drive satisfaction and trust.

Qualifications

• 2+ years hands-on experience designing, building, and managing OpenShift infrastructure (incl. OpenShift Virtualization).
• Deep expertise in Ansible and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform for provisioning/configuration.
• Advanced Linux system administration with emphasis on RHEL.
• Proficiency in GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux) and CI/CD stacks (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and maintain OpenShift cluster infrastructure and container tech.
• Install and manage OpenShift Kubernetes clusters.
• Deliver and maintain customer platforms with resilience and security best practices.
• Write and maintain automation and delivery run-books.

Skills

OpenShift infrastructure

Ansible

Linux administration

DevSecOps

Education

EX200 - RHCSA

EX280 - RH OpenShift Administrator

EX294 - RHCE

EX316 - RH OpenShift Virtualization Specialist

Tools

ArgoCD

Flux

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

Elastic

Job description

LSD Open is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to independently deploy, configure, and maintain OpenShift platforms across hybrid, on-premise, and cloud environments. You will own delivery cycles for specific customers, build automation, and implement GitOps for platform delivery.

You will work with security, networking, and app dev teams, mentor junior engineers, and communicate effectively with customers to drive satisfaction and trust.