Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer: WebSphere Modernization

Penta Consulting; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Penta Consulting is hiring a Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer to lead design, deployment and operation of OpenShift platforms, with emphasis on modernizing WebSphere workloads in a regulated enterprise. You will drive containerization, implement GitOps and CI/CD, and build IaC with Terraform and Ansible while ensuring security and governance across cloud environments.

The role requires strong OpenShift/Kubernetes skills, cloud experience (AWS/Azure/IBM Cloud), and the ability to mentor teams

Qualifications

• Experience with OpenShift and Kubernetes administration.
• Expertise in GitOps, CI/CD, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Hands-on modernization and containerization of Java/WebSphere apps.
• Knowledge of observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos, Datadog.
• Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication in regulated environments.
• Nice-to-have: IBM Transformation Advisor or WebSphere Liberty migration experience.
• Nice-to-have: IBM Cloud Paks and OpenShift middleware exposure.
• Nice-to-have: Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Nice-to-have: Python or Java automation skills.
• Nice-to-have: VMware and hybrid cloud experience.
• Certifications in OpenShift, Kubernetes (CKA) or cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and operation of Red Hat OpenShift platforms.
• Drive WebSphere App Server modernization and containerization.
• Implement GitOps and CI/CD pipelines (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions).
• Develop IaC with Terraform and Ansible.
• Support platform reliability via tuning, monitoring, and SRE.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver migrations.
• Ensure platform security, governance, and compliance.
• Mentor engineers and promote OpenShift best practices.

Skills

OpenShift

Kubernetes

GitOps

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

WebSphere

Java

Python

Prometheus

Grafana

Thanos

Datadog

AWS

Azure

IBM Cloud

CKA

VMware

Security

Compliance

Stakeholder Mgmt

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Penta Consulting is hiring a Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer to lead design, deployment and operation of OpenShift platforms, with emphasis on modernizing WebSphere workloads in a regulated enterprise. You will drive containerization, implement GitOps and CI/CD, and build IaC with Terraform and Ansible while ensuring security and governance across cloud environments.

The role requires strong OpenShift/Kubernetes skills, cloud experience (AWS/Azure/IBM Cloud), and the ability to mentor teams