Our client is a global consulting firm looking for an experienced Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer to drive a high-stakes initiative on a Permanent contract.
Skills and Requirements:
5+ years of hands-on experience managing and engineering Kubernetes-based container platforms at enterprise scale.
Deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift platform engineering, administration, lifecycle management, and optimization.
Comprehensive understanding of Kubernetes architecture, cluster operations, and high-availability patterns.
Strong proficiency in container networking, including Kubernetes CNI frameworks, OVN-Kubernetes architectures, network policies, and ingress/egress controls.
Proven hands-on experience implementing, configuring, and supporting Cilium networking solutions and Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium.
Solid technical grasp of eBPF architecture, use cases, observability, and kernel-level performance monitoring.
Hands-on experience with Linux system administration, advanced troubleshooting, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar automation tooling).
Excellent English communication skills with a consultant mindset to effectively collaborate across cross-functional teams and bridge technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
OpenShift (RHCSA, RHCE) or Kubernetes (CKA, CKS) certifications, GitOps tooling (Argo CD, Flux), and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, OpenTelemetry) are strong pluses.
Role and Responsibilities:
Design, deploy, configure, and optimize enterprise-grade Red Hat OpenShift container platforms across development, testing, and production environments.
Build, administer, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available Kubernetes clusters supporting critical enterprise workloads.
Deploy, configure, and maintain Cilium and Isovalent Enterprise for Cilium to establish secure, scalable, and fully observable container networking.
Harness eBPF technology to enhance networking observability, security monitoring, and low-latency system performance.
Develop robust automation solutions for infrastructure provisioning, automated patching, rolling upgrades, and continuous lifecycle management.
Partner closely with application development, security, and cloud infrastructure teams to uphold operational excellence, platform stability, and compliance standards.
Monitor infrastructure capacity and system health, diagnose complex distributed network issues, and drive ongoing platform performance tuning.
Define and implement cloud-native security best practices, access controls, architectural standards, and comprehensive operational documentation.
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