We are looking for a candidate with strong hands-on experience in the Red Hat OpenShift platform, along with proven experience in migrating workloads from VMware to OpenShift
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.
