OpenShift Administrator
Experience Level:** 5–7 Years
Locations: Denver CO, Phoenix AZ, Strongsville OH, Pittsburgh PA
Only W2 position
## Required Qualifications
- **5–7 years of relevant professional experience**, regardless of educational background.
- Strong hands-on experience with **Red Hat OpenShift**, preferably version 4.x.
- Solid Linux system administration experience, particularly with Red Hat Linux and CoreOS.
- Proficiency in shell scripting, Bash, and/or Python.
- Knowledge of DevOps tools and technologies, including Jenkins, Git, Ansible, Helm, Docker, and GitOps workflows.
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes, container orchestration, pod scheduling, and cluster-level debugging.
- Experience supporting production environments with on-call responsibilities.
- Experience with incident triage, complex troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and service restoration.
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging solutions such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Fluentd.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and develop non-standard approaches to problem-solving when necessary.
- Knowledge of security, backup, disaster recovery, and platform availability practices.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and customer service skills.
- Ability to follow established procedures, maintain documentation, and work effectively within a large technology support team.
## Preferred Qualifications
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration or equivalent certification.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
- Knowledge of Kubernetes service mesh technologies, including Istio.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services.
- Experience implementing and supporting ArgoCD workflows.
- Experience with Ansible, Helm, Docker, and GitOps-based deployment practices.
- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred but not required.
- Previous experience in the financial services industry is a plus.