IT Platform Engineer (OpenShift) - 2-Year Contract

About the role

The successful applicant will join the Container Platform team within the Platform Architecture and Engineering (PAE) unit. This is a 2-year contract role focused on administering business-critical container platforms, mainly OpenShift.

Key responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of container platform administration for business-critical systems, including cluster deployment, patching, configuration, migration, version upgrades and vulnerability mitigation.
• Handle cluster capacity management and provisioning through automation of underlying hosts.
• Provide L2 and L3 operational and engineering support, including incident response, investigation, root cause analysis and resolution.
• Create and maintain system documentation, playbooks and configuration records for the container platform.
• Lead platform changes through the change request process and report regularly to stakeholders.
• Monitor agreed service levels and implement service continuity measures, including backup/restore procedures and disaster recovery planning.
• Mentor less experienced internal staff and vendor personnel on procedural matters.

Required profile

• At least 3 to 15 years of experience managing container platforms, specifically OpenShift.
• Experience administering other container platforms such as AKS and EKS.
• Experience deploying OpenShift clusters on-premises and in the cloud (AWS).
• Experience implementing and maintaining OpenShift compliance against CIS or other compliance frameworks.
• Organized, independent and flexible, able to work on different projects in a rapidly changing environment and meet short-term deadlines.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.

Required skills

• Knowledge of administering Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Added advantage: experience creating Ansible playbooks.
• Added advantage: experience in an enterprise team managing multiple OpenShift or Kubernetes clusters.
• Good to have: proficiency in scripting languages such as Shell, Python and Perl for automation.