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Platform Engineer
PeopleNTech LLC
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Mid level
7 months ago
- OpenShift
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Linux
- VMware
- IaC
- Terraform
- Ansible
- CI/CD
- Incident Management
- RBAC
- Vulnerability Management
- RHEL
- Kubernetes
- DNS
- Load Balancing
- GitOps
- Devops
- Prometheus
- Grafana
7 months ago
Location: San Jose, CA
Rate: $65/hr
Job Title: Cloud Platform Engineer – OpenShift
Job Summary
We are seeking an experiencedCloud Platform Engineerwith deep expertise inRed Hat OpenShiftand strongLinux systems engineeringbackground. This role will be responsible for designing, building, and operating large-scale OpenShift platforms within on-premises datacenter environments.
The ideal candidate will work closely withSRE teams and Program Managementto drive the successful implementation, scaling, and operationalization of enterprise-grade OpenShift infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
1. Platform Engineering
•Design, deploy, and manage enterprise-scaleRed Hat OpenShift clustersin on-prem datacenter environments.
•Architect highly available, scalable, and secure OpenShift platforms.
•Implement cluster lifecycle management (installation, upgrades, patching, scaling).
•Configure networking, storage, ingress, and security components for OpenShift.
2. Infrastructure Build & Automation
•Build and automate infrastructure in datacenter environments (compute, storage, networking).
•Integrate OpenShift with virtualization platforms (VMware/other hypervisors as applicable).
•Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
•Implement CI/CD pipelines for platform deployments and updates.
3. Linux Systems Engineering
•Provide deep Linux system administration and troubleshooting support.
•Optimize OS-level configurations for performance, reliability, and security.
•Automate system configuration and compliance management.
•Diagnose and resolve complex kernel, networking, and storage issues.
4. Reliability & Operations
•Partner closely with theSRE teamto establish SLOs, SLIs, monitoring, and alerting.
•Drive observability implementation (logging, metrics, tracing).
•Participate in incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and remediation.
•Ensure platform resiliency, performance tuning, and capacity planning.
5. Program & Cross-Functional Collaboration
•Work withProgram Managementto drive large-scale OpenShift implementation milestones.
•Provide technical input into roadmap planning, timelines, and risk mitigation.
•Collaborate with security, networking, storage, and application teams.
•Document architecture, standards, and operational procedures.
6. Security & Compliance
•Implement RBAC, security policies, and compliance controls within OpenShift.
•Harden clusters according to enterprise security standards.
•Support vulnerability management and patch governance processes.
Required Qualifications
•5+ years of experience in Linux systems engineering (RHEL preferred).
•3+ years of hands-on experience withRed Hat OpenShift(OCP 4.x preferred).
•Proven experience building infrastructure in on-prem datacenter environments.
Strong understanding of: Kubernetes architecture
Networking (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, SDN)
Storage (SAN, NAS, CSI drivers)
Virtualization platforms (VMware, etc.)
Experience with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, GitOps).
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
•Red Hat certifications (RHCE, OpenShift Certification).
•Experience implementing OpenShift at enterprise scale (multi-cluster environments).
•Experience working in SRE-driven environments.
•Knowledge of DevOps/GitOps practices.
•Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
Key Competencies
•Strong collaboration and communication skills.
•Ability to work in cross-functional, matrixed organizations.
•Ownership mindset and proactive problem-solving.
•Ability to operate in large-scale, complex enterprise environments
Platform Engineer · PeopleNTech LLC