OpenShift Engineer/Consultant (Architecture & Cluster Engineering)

Position: OpenShift Engineer/Consultant (Architecture & Cluster Engineering)

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid 2 or 3 days a week) - Inperson Interview

Duration: Longterm

VISA: No Constraints

Rate: $ Open on C2C

We work with ( H1b transfers and any EAD)

The ideal candidate for this OpenShift Engineer role will be responsible for the architecture, design, engineering, deployment, and ongoing optimization of enterprise OpenShift environments supporting Customer's Platform-as-a-Service (PAAS) offerings.

This role is heavily focused on designing and building OpenShift clusters from the ground up, including infrastructure architecture, cluster topology, compute/VM sizing, networking, storage, security, and platform configuration. The successful candidate will be able to take an OpenShift environment from initial architecture and infrastructure planning through installation, configuration, validation, and production readiness.

This is not primarily an OpenShift application support or cluster administration role. Candidates should have demonstrated hands-on experience designing and implementing OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms, preferably in greenfield environments.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong hands-on OpenShift architecture and engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing and building OpenShift clusters from the ground up, not solely administering existing environments.
• Experience with OpenShift cluster installation, configuration, topology, and infrastructure planning.
• Strong understanding of OpenShift/Kubernetes architecture, including control plane, worker nodes, operators, networking, storage, and cluster services.
• Experience making VM sizing, compute, memory, storage, and capacity planning decisions for OpenShift clusters.
• OpenShift Administration.
• OpenShift Data Foundation.
• OpenShift Platform Plus.
• Advanced Cluster Management (ACM).
• Advanced Cluster Security (ACS).
• Ceph Administration.
• Extensive knowledge of Linux containers/Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized application/microservices architectures.
• Strong understanding of enterprise networking concepts including protocols, firewalls, load balancers, ingress, routing, and connectivity.
• Experience with automated deployment and infrastructure automation tools.
• Conceptual and applied understanding of DevOps concepts, tools, and practices.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab.
• Experience designing platforms capable of supporting enterprise-scale workloads, high availability, and resiliency.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to work across multiple technical projects.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and architecture decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to document solutions, share knowledge, and train other team members.