Openshift Administrator

Summary

Join ARC Group as an Openshift Administrator in a fully remote position! This 6-month contract role, with potential for extension or conversion to full-time employment, requires 5+ years of Red Hat Openshift experience in 3.x environments. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters, collaborating with development teams, and troubleshooting complex technical issues. The ideal candidate possesses strong expertise in OpenShift/Kubernetes administration, Docker, monitoring and logging tools (Grafana, Prometheus), CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), and Agile methodology. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, with a focus on containerized infrastructure
• Strong expertise in OpenShift/Kubernetes administration, including cluster setup, node management, and resource allocation
• Proficiency in Docker, including container creation, management, and orchestration
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools, including Grafana and Prometheus
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and experience with Jenkins
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues
• Extensive working knowledge of multiple technologies and their interfaces and integration
• Experience analyzing business requirements and translating them into technical solutions
• Experience using Agile methodology
• 5-8 years of related work experience or equivalent combination of transferable experience demonstrating proficiency and experience in design, implementation, monitoring and troubleshooting technology
• Related Bachelor's degree in an IT related field or relevant work experience

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters for containerized application deployment
• Configure and manage Kubernetes cluster for containers, images, and registries
• Develop and maintain monitoring and logging solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, and other tools
• Implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure smooth deployment and operation of applications
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues related to containerized infrastructure
• Develop and maintain documentation for systems and processes
• Participate in on-call rotation for 24/7 support
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies
• Manage and maintain container image repositories using Quay, including image scanning, vulnerability management, and access control
• Performs installation, monitoring, testing, configuration, migration, maintenance and troubleshooting of assigned technology
• Manages system/application environment and ongoing operations
• Ensures that the technologies are updated with current, stable, and compliant architecture and applications that meet enterprise standards
• Resolves alerts and performs remediation activities
• Manages problem or escalated tickets and tasks and out of cycle requests from systems/software owners
• Collects and presents data for reporting and planning
• Collaborates with IT and business area partners on work groups and initiatives
• Determines best course of action for meeting business needs
• May provide input into infrastructure architecture designs
• Writes programming/scripting
• May participate in Disaster Recovery planning and exercises
• Performs on-call activities as needed for the environment and technologies

Preferred Qualifications

Basic coding