OpenShift Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Alabama.

📋 Description

• Design, deploy, upgrade, scale, and maintain production OpenShift clusters across hybrid environments.

• Spearhead intricate platform initiatives from technical design and risk evaluation to implementation, validation, documentation, and operational handover.

• Automate cluster provisioning, configuration, upgrades, policy enforcement, and operational tasks utilizing infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, GitOps, and CI/CD methodologies.

• Identify and resolve complex issues related to Kubernetes, Linux, containers, networking, ingress, DNS, certificates, storage, compute, identity, and application connectivity.

• Set up monitoring, alerting, health checks, operational dashboards, capacity planning, and performance enhancements.

• Manage incident response and root cause analysis while implementing corrective and preventive measures.

• Enhance platform resilience through backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.

• Implement least-privilege access, RBAC, workload security controls, secrets and certificates management, and platform policies.

• Collaborate with teams in cybersecurity, risk management, control, application development, cloud computing, networking, storage, security, support, and vendor management.

• Provide secure self-service capabilities, reference configurations, and reusable patterns for application onboarding.

• Establish platform standards, reference architectures, operational processes, technical designs, and support documentation.

• Mentor engineers and evaluate technical designs, automation processes, documentation, and production modifications.

• Present technical alternatives, trade-offs, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.

• Participate in an on-call support rotation.

⛳️ Requirements

• A combined minimum of 8 years of higher education and/or work experience in systems design, management, and/or architecture.

• In-depth understanding of the system development and infrastructure lifecycle, architecture, vendor best practices, IT Service Management, and systems design.

• Proven expertise in administering and supporting production OpenShift or Kubernetes environments.

• Strong troubleshooting skills in Linux, containers, networking, storage, compute, identity, and distributed application platforms.

• Practical experience in automating infrastructure or platform operations through scripting, configuration management, infrastructure as code, GitOps, or CI/CD practices.

• Familiarity with Git-based development, peer review processes, testing, and controlled change management practices.

• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex technical projects, assess constraints and risks, and deliver high-quality production implementations with minimal supervision.

• Proven success in translating business, security, operational, and technical requirements into sustainable platform solutions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience mentoring engineers and reviewing technical designs, automation processes, documentation, or production changes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans.

• Generous paid time off and flexible work arrangements.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.