Title: Red Hat OpenShift Engineer
Location: Remote
Duration: Long Term Contract
MUST have Active MBI Clearance
Statement of Work:
MeF is a platform for electronically filing returns with the IRS. It provides SOA based web services that filers use to submit returns and provides web applications for IRS users to work with the returns. MeF validates filed returns, determines their disposition, and interfaces with other IRS systems for downstream processing of the returns. IBM has developed and enhanced MeF since 2001.
Task Description:
Red Hat OpenShift Engineer with strong background in container orchestration, platform management and cloud-native applications with hands-on experience in managing and deploying applications on OpenShift clusters.
Primary Duties:
Deploy, manage and scale Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters 25%
Configure, manage and monitor containerized applications running on Kubernetes or OpenShift 20%
Automate cluster provisioning, configuration and deployment pipelines using tools like Ansible, Teraform, Helm 25%
Integrate Kubernetes/OpenShift with CICD deployment tools iike Jenkins, Maven, GitHub 15%
Document and troubleshoot issues with containerized applications 15%
Required Skills/Level of Experience:
Managing and administering OpenShift clusters 5 years
Proficiency in scripting languages (KSH, Bash, Python) 4 years
Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible) 4 years
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices (Jenkins, GitLab, Maven) 4 years
In-depth knowledge of networking in containerized environments, load balancing, network policies and ingress/egress traffic 4 years
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex problems 5 years
Preferred Skills:
Red Hat OpenShift certification or Kubernetes certification