- Company Name
- Smart IT Frame LLC
- Job Title
- OpenShift Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
OpenShift Engineer
**Role Summary**
Design, deploy, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift environments on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Azure. Ensure high availability, security, and performance of containerized applications, while integrating CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code automation.
**Expectations**
- Deliver reliable, scalable OpenShift clusters and support their full lifecycle.
- Enable rapid, automated application delivery through robust CI/CD solutions.
- Maintain observability, security, and compliance across cloud and container platforms.
- Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to align infrastructure with business needs.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Deploy, configure, upgrade, patch, and scale OpenShift control plane and worker nodes.
- Manage containerized workloads using oc CLI, OpenShift Console, and Helm charts.
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) for automated build, test, and release processes.
- Configure monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana) for OpenShift, GCP, and Azure resources.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex platform and application issues.
- Apply security best practices: RBAC, network policies, image scanning, and secret management.
- Develop and maintain Terraform IaC for provisioning GCP and Azure resources.
- Perform Windows Server administration as required for hybrid environments.
- Produce and update documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
**Required Skills**
- OpenShift (cluster installation, administration, upgrades)
- Cloud platforms: GCP and Azure
- Container orchestration and tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, oc CLI)
- CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions (or equivalent)
- Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
- Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, or Python
- Security: RBAC, policies, vulnerability scanning
- Windows Server administration (basic)
- Strong problem‑solving and communication skills
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or Red Hat OpenShift Administration (RHCSA/DO280) preferred
- Cloud certifications (e.g., Google Cloud Professional Engineer, Azure Administrator) a plus.