Senior DevOps Engineer (Terraform / Ansible / OpenShift)

Sr. DevOps Engineer: Terraform / Ansible / OpenShift

Richmond, VA  23219

$65.00 – 67.00/hr W2

Top Required Skills

• Deep experience with Terraform, Ansible, and OpenShift, including how they work together to provision, configure, and operate infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments
• Strong understanding of end-to-end automation workflows, from infrastructure provisioning (Terraform) to configuration management (Ansible) to application orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes)
• Experience building and supporting hybrid environments, ensuring consistency between cloud and on-prem platforms
• CI/CD and GitOps experience integrating Terraform, Ansible, and OpenShift deployments into automated pipelines
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash) for cross-platform automation and troubleshooting
• Experience with observability (Prometheus, Grafana) to monitor both infrastructure and container platforms
• Knowledge of security and access controls (RBAC, SSO, secrets management) across infrastructure and Kubernetes/OpenShift
• Strong infrastructure foundation (networking, storage, databases, DNS) with the ability to support full-stack automation workflows

• Experience designing and implementing hybrid automation architectures using Terraform, Ansible, and OpenShift together
• Hands-on experience with OpenShift in both cloud and on-prem environments
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD) or OpenShift certification
• Experience with Helm, ArgoCD, or Flux to support GitOps deployments on OpenShift
• Familiarity with policy-as-code and governance across hybrid platforms
• Experience supporting stateful workloads (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB) in Kubernetes/OpenShift environments

• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work across infrastructure, platform, and application teams
• Ability to connect workflows between provisioning, configuration, and container platforms
• Ownership mindset for reliability, scalability, and documentation across hybrid systems
• Comfortable working in complex, evolving environments with shared responsibilities

• Design and implement integrated automation solutions using Terraform (provisioning), Ansible (configuration), and OpenShift (container orchestration)
• Build and maintain hybrid cloud/on-prem platforms, ensuring consistency and repeatability across environments
• Develop and support CI/CD and GitOps pipelines that deploy infrastructure and applications end-to-end
• Collaborate across teams to align infrastructure provisioning with application deployment needs
• Integrate observability, security, and secrets management across all layers of the platform
• Troubleshoot issues spanning infrastructure, configuration management, and container platforms
• Provide guidance and documentation to support adoption of integrated automation workflows
• Support VMware and Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms as part of the overall hybrid ecosystem
• Participate in on-call support for cross-platform issues impacting infrastructure and applications

• Minimum of 5 - 8 years of experience in software systems engineering, with a focus on infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or platform operations
• Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience administering automation or IaC platforms (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)

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