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Senior Red Hat OpenShift Administrator / Engineer

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We are looking for an experienced Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator with strong expertise in enterprise OpenShift environments, automation, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, GitOps, cloud migration, and platform engineering.

The ideal candidate should have extensive hands-on experience managing large-scale OpenShift clusters and a strong understanding of the underlying infrastructure, networking, security, virtualization, and automation ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

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Install, configure, administer, upgrade, and manage large-scale Red Hat OpenShift clusters.

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Perform OpenShift platform administration, troubleshooting, monitoring, performance optimization, and capacity management.

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Design and implement automation for OpenShift infrastructure and application deployments.

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Manage infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.

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Implement and maintain GitOps-driven configuration management and deployment using tools such as Argo CD.

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Support migration of enterprise applications and workloads to cloud environments.

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Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git-based workflows.

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Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, application deployment, and operational activities.

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Develop and maintain Helm charts for application packaging and deployment.

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Work closely with development, infrastructure, security, networking, and application teams to resolve complex platform issues.

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Integrate OpenShift and enterprise platforms through REST/SOAP APIs.

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Develop API consumers/publishers and support integration with external systems.

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Support high-availability architectures and ensure platform reliability and resilience.

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Troubleshoot complex issues involving OpenShift, networking, DNS, SSL/TLS, certificates, load balancers, firewalls, Active Directory, and infrastructure components.

Mandatory Technical Skills

Red Hat OpenShift

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Strong hands-on expertise in Red Hat OpenShift Administration.

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Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator certification preferred/required.

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Extensive experience with installation, configuration, upgrades, automation, troubleshooting, and management of enterprise OpenShift clusters.

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Experience with OpenShift Virtualization / KubeVirt.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

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Expert-level experience with:

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Terraform

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Ansible

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Jenkins

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Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, orchestration, and automation practices.

CI/CD & GitOps

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Strong experience implementing GitOps-based deployment models.

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Hands-on experience with Argo CD / ArgoCD.

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Strong knowledge of Jenkins pipeline development.

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Ability to write and maintain Jenkinsfiles using Groovy.

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Experience with Helm and Helm chart development.

Scripting & Automation

Excellent scripting/programming capabilities using:

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Bash

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PowerShell

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Python

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Groovy

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Helm / Helm Templates

API & Integration

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Strong understanding of API communications and integrations.

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Hands-on experience with REST and SOAP APIs.

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Ability to develop and integrate API consumers and publishers.

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Understanding of authentication, communication protocols, and enterprise API integration patterns.

Infrastructure & Networking Knowledge

Strong conceptual and practical understanding of enterprise infrastructure, including:

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DNS architecture and troubleshooting

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Authoritative and Non-Authoritative DNS

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Dynamic DNS

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BIND DNS

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DNS Forwarders

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Load Balancers

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Site Selectors

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Firewalls

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High Availability architectures

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Network communication and traffic flows

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SSL/TLS communication

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SSL handshake and certificate validation

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Cipher Suites and encryption algorithms

Security & Identity

Strong understanding of enterprise security concepts, including:

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Active Directory

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Security Organizational Units (OUs)

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Active Directory policies

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Digital certificates

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SAN certificates

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Client authentication

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Keystores

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Mutual SSL / mTLS

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SSL/TLS security

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Secrets and privileged-access management

Experience with enterprise vault and secrets-management technologies such as:

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HashiCorp Vault

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CyberArk

OpenShift & Platform Engineering

The candidate should demonstrate a strong understanding of:

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OpenShift architecture and components

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Kubernetes concepts and orchestration

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Containerized application platforms

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OpenShift networking

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Storage and persistent volumes

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Cluster security

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High availability and disaster recovery concepts

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OpenShift Virtualization / KubeVirt

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Platform automation

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Enterprise workload migration

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Cloud-native application deployment

Required Experience

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8+ years of overall experience in relevant technical positions, preferably within large enterprise environments.

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Strong hands-on experience administering and supporting enterprise-scale OpenShift platforms.

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Proven experience with automation, orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code.

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Experience working with complex enterprise infrastructure and security environments.

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Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

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Ability to work with multiple technical teams and stakeholders in a large-scale enterprise environment.

Preferred Qualifications

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Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator certification.

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Strong hands-on experience with Ansible, Jenkins, and Terraform.

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Experience implementing GitOps and Argo CD.

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Experience with cloud migration and modernization initiatives.

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Experience supporting highly available and business-critical enterprise platforms.

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Experience in banking, financial services, or other large regulated environments is highly desirable.

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