Infrastructure Engineer

Please find details for this position below:

Job Title –Openshift Engineer

Location: Irving, TX/ Charlotte, NC/ Chandler, AZ – 3 days onsite

Contract Duration: 12 months contract

In this role, you will:

• Platform Operations Leadership: Lead day to day Kubernetes and OpenShift platform operations, including cluster maintenance, upgrades, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Incident Response & Problem Management: Serve as an operational lead during incidents, driving rapid diagnosis, resolution, root cause analysis, and long term corrective actions.
• Operational Automation: Develop or enhance automation (Python, Bash, GitOps workflows, or AI assisted tools) that eliminates manual effort and streamlines run processes.
• OpenShift Platform Readiness: Lead OpenShift cluster lifecycle activities, including new cluster builds, configuration, onboarding, upgrades, and cluster decommissioning, ensuring consistency, reliability, and compliance across environments.
• Collaboration & Enablement: Partner with engineering, SRE, security, and development teams to implement repeatable operational patterns, guardrails, and platform readiness standards.
• Security, Compliance & Governance : Ensure platform operations follow organizational policies, security standards, audit controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify operational gaps, recurring issues, or inefficiencies and lead initiatives to enhance reliability, resiliency, and operational maturity.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Systems Operations, Cloud Operations, or Technology Architecture experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting Kubernetes or OpenShift platform operations
• 3+ Experience with OpenShift platform management and lifecycle operations
• 2+ years of Linux system operations experience
• 2+ years of experience with containerization technologies (Docker or similar)

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