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🚀 Hiring: Senior OpenShift Engineer
📍 Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)
⏳ Duration: 12 Months (Possible Extension)
💡 About the Role
We are looking for a highly skilled and forward-thinking Lead Engineer to join our Technology Operations team. This role is perfect for someone who excels in Kubernetes & OpenShift platform operations, drives operational excellence, and leads initiatives to improve stability, automation, and service reliability.
You’ll play a key role in operating and enhancing cloud-native platforms, reducing operational toil, and ensuring the resilience and compliance of critical infrastructure services.
🛠️ What You’ll Do
- 🔧 Lead day-to-day Kubernetes & OpenShift platform operations (cluster maintenance, upgrades, monitoring, troubleshooting)
- 🚨 Act as an incident lead, driving root cause analysis and long-term fixes
- 🤖 Build automation using Python, Bash, GitOps, or AI-assisted tools
- ☁️ Manage full OpenShift cluster lifecycle (build, configure, upgrade, decommission)
- 🤝 Collaborate with Engineering, SRE, Security & Dev teams to drive best practices
- 🔐 Ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory standards
- 📈 Identify gaps and continuously improve reliability and operational maturity
✅ Required Qualifications
- ✔️ 5 years in Systems/Cloud Operations or Technology Architecture
- ✔️ 5 years hands-on Kubernetes or OpenShift platform experience
- ✔️ 2 years Linux system operations experience
- ✔️ 2 years with containerization (Docker or similar)
🌟 Nice to Have
- Experience with OpenShift lifecycle management
- Knowledge of ACM (Advanced Cluster Management), Git/GitOps
- Familiarity with tools like Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, Jira, GitHub
- Strong problem-solving and cross-team collaboration skills
📌 Additional Details
- 🔄 On-call rotation required
- 🏢 Hybrid work model (onsite presence required)
Salary : $62 - $69