OpenShift Engineer

Immediate need for a talented OpenShift Engineer. This is a 12 months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Basking Ridge, NJ(Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
 
Job ID:25-86503
 
Pay Range: $65 - $66/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and support MEC solutions: Integrate products in public/private edge computing environments.
• Automate deployments: Script and enhance MEC/OpenShift tooling for lab setups, monitoring, and updates.
• Physical and logical responsibilities: Candidate must handle server rack installation and cabling, plus advanced OpenShift and Linux administration.
• Documentation and Ops: Maintain configs and infrastructure records in IPAM (like NetBox), thoroughly document projects and scripts in on-prem git.
• Hardware and Software install, config, troubleshooting in lab.
• Application deployments in DevCenter and operational lab environments.
• Resource/network/storage optimization across lab environment.
• Equipment installation, “rack and stack,” power management.
• Maintain lab documentation and configuration scripts.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills: “Openshift”, “Kubernetes” “Linux”
• OpenShift (Red Hat’s Kubernetes flavor)
• Linux server/networking administration
• Cloud platforms and virtualization (OpenStack, Docker, KVM/Proxmox/XCP-NG)
• Networking hardware, routers/switches configuration and troubleshooting
• Application administration experience
• Hands-on server rack and cabling (“layer-1” work)
• Data analytics/AI background is an added plus
• 2–4 years minimum (CKA preferred, CCNA equivalent or above; more years accepted if mindset is flexible and not rigid)
• Certifications: CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator), CCNA or similar welcomed
• Mindset: Self-starter, adaptable, creative “mad scientist” or home-lab enthusiast—both hardware and software savvy
• Not seeking rigid, “fixed in their ways” seniors nor juniors lacking depth in layer-1/hardware OR OpenShift/Kubernetes.

Our client is a leading IT Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
 
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Salary : $65 - $66