Cloud Platform Engineer – OpenShift

Role: Cloud Platform Engineer – OpenShift

Location: San Jose, CA (onsite)

Type: Long Term Contract

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced
Cloud Platform Engineer
with deep expertise in
Red Hat OpenShift
and a strong
Linux systems engineering
background. This role will be responsible for designing, building, and operating large-scale OpenShift platforms within on-premises datacenter environments.

The ideal candidate will work closely with
SRE teams and Program Management
to drive the successful implementation, scaling, and operationalization of enterprise-grade OpenShift infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering:

Design, deploy, and manage enterprise-scale
Red Hat OpenShift clusters
in on-prem datacenter environments.

Architect highly available, scalable, and secure OpenShift platforms.

Implement cluster lifecycle management (installation, upgrades, patching, scaling).

Configure networking, storage, ingress, and security components for OpenShift.

2. Infrastructure Build & Automation

Build and automate infrastructure in datacenter environments (compute, storage, networking).

Integrate OpenShift with virtualization platforms (VMware/other hypervisors as applicable).

Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.

Implement CI/CD pipelines for platform deployments and updates.

3. Linux Systems Engineering

Provide deep Linux system administration and troubleshooting support.

Optimize OS-level configurations for performance, reliability, and security.

Automate system configuration and compliance management.

Diagnose and resolve complex kernel, networking, and storage issues.

4. Reliability & Operations

Partner closely with the
SRE team
to establish SLOs, SLIs, monitoring, and alerting.

Drive observability implementation (logging, metrics, tracing).

Participate in incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and remediation.

Ensure platform resiliency, performance tuning, and capacity planning.

5. Program & Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work with
Program Management
to drive large-scale OpenShift implementation milestones.

Provide technical input into roadmap planning, timelines, and risk mitigation.

Collaborate with security, networking, storage, and application teams.

Document architecture, standards, and operational procedures.

6. Security & Compliance

Implement RBAC, security policies, and compliance controls within OpenShift.

Harden clusters according to enterprise security standards.

Support vulnerability management and patch governance processes.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience in Linux systems engineering (RHEL preferred).

3+ years of hands-on experience with
Red Hat OpenShift
(OCP 4.x preferred).

Proven experience building infrastructure in on-prem datacenter environments.

Strong understanding of:

Kubernetes architecture

Networking (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, SDN)

Storage (SAN, NAS, CSI drivers)

Virtualization platforms (VMware, etc.)

Experience with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, GitOps).

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Red Hat certifications (RHCE, OpenShift Certification).

Experience implementing OpenShift at enterprise scale (multi-cluster environments).

Experience working in SRE-driven environments.

Knowledge of DevOps/GitOps practices.

Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).