RedHat OpenShift Engineer

For context, this role has two candidate tracks: Containers and Virtualization. We are looking for a Virtualization candidate, preferably with experience on the administration side. This is a job description for a Red Hat OpenShift Architect with proven experience migrating workloads from VMware (vSphere/onprem VMs) to Red Hat OpenShift (Kubernetes). The role focuses on solution architecture, migration planning and execution, platform automation, and ensuring secure, scalable, and highly available OpenShift-based platforms. Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in enterprise infrastructure/cloud roles, with at least 3–5 years specifically designing and operating Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes platforms.
• Hands-on experience migrating applications and services from VMware/vSphere (on-prem) to OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Strong knowledge of VMware stack: vSphere, vCenter, and familiarity with virtualization concepts, VM inventories, and dependency mapping.
• Expertise in OpenShift installation and configuration (IPI/UPI), cluster lifecycle, and operator model.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, OpenShift CLI/oc).
• Solid understanding of networking (CNI plugins, load balancing, DNS), persistent storage and CSI drivers, and storage backends (NFS, Ceph/Rook, SAN).
• Experience with CI/CD and GitOps integration for container deployments.
• Familiar with backup, migration, and application portability tools (e.g., Velero, Red Hat Migrations/operand tools, image registries).
• Strong scripting skills (Bash, Python) and familiarity with container tooling (Docker, Podman).
• Experience defining security posture for Kubernetes/OpenShift (RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper, secrets management).
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred / Nice-to-have

• Red Hat certifications: Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, RHCE, or RHCA.
• Experience with data migration for stateful applications and databases.

Key Responsibilities

• Experience in end-to-end OpenShift platform architectures (high-availability, multi-AZ, multi-cluster, hybrid cloud).
• Create migration strategies (lift-and-shift, replatform, refactor) for VMware-hosted workloads to OpenShift, including phased migration plans and cutover/rollback procedures.
• Lead proofs-of-concept (PoCs), pilot migrations, and production migrations; validate performance, resilience, and security post-migration.