**Introduction** Our Platform Engineering Services team is expanding, and we're looking for a skilled Platform Engineer with deep expertise in OpenShift and the Kubernetes ecosystem. You'll play a crucial role in building, maintaining, and optimizing our cloud-native platforms, enabling our development teams to innovate faster and more reliably. **Your Role And Responsibilities** - Platform Design & Implementation: Design, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available, and secure OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms, including core components, networking, storage, and security configurations. - Automation & IaC Development: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform to automate platform provisioning, configuration, and management across hybrid cloud environments. - CI/CD Pipeline Enablement: Collaborate with development and operations teams to establish robust CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless and automated deployment of applications to Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters. - Troubleshooting & Support: Provide expert-level support and troubleshooting for platform-related issues, ensuring high availability and performance of critical services. - Mentorship & Best Practices: Act as a subject matter expert, sharing knowledge and advocating for cloud-native best practices, performance optimization, and security standards within the organization. **Required Technical And Professional Expertise** - Deep Kubernetes Expertise: Proven hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration, including cluster deployment, networking (CNI), storage (CSI), security contexts, and troubleshooting in a production environment. - OpenShift Proficiency: Strong practical experience with Red Hat OpenShift, including installation, upgrades, cluster operations, and managing OpenShift-specific features like Operators, Routes, and Security Context Constraints. - Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficient in using Terraform for automating infrastructure provisioning and management, ideally in both cloud (GCP, Azure, AWS) and on-premise (e.g., VMware vSphere) contexts. - Containerization & Registry: Solid understanding of containerization technologies and experience with container registries (e.g., Quay, Harbor). - Infrastructure and Operation System: Familiar with Operating System operations and configurations (e.g., Linux, RHEL), as well as the principles of DNS and network configuration(e.g., Load Balancer, Virtual IP Concepts). **Preferred Technical And Professional Experience** - Experience with monitoring and logging stacks in a Kubernetes environment (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, ELK stack, Ansible, Terraform, Vault). - Understanding of GitOps principles and tools (e.g., Argo CD, Flux CD) for continuous delivery. - Demonstrated ability to create and deliver engaging presentations to diverse stakeholders, from engineers to senior leadership.