Senior / Principal OpenShift Virtualization Consultant

We are Looking for a proactive problem-solver with strong communication skills who thrives in a collaborative team environment to lead the management (Maintain, Support, Day 2 Ops) and migration of workloads from VMware to a Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization platform .

We are looking for two tiers of expert consultants— Senior and Principal —to join our team for 6 months project.

Key Responsibilities :

Platform Management : Maintain, automate, monitor, and Day 2 Ops to our production-grade RedHat OpenShift Container Platform with the OpenShift Virtualization operator.

VM Migration : Lead and execute the migration of virtual servers from VMware vSphere to OpenShift Virtualization using tools like `virt-v2v` and CDI (Containerized Data Importer).

Performance & Optimization : Proactively monitor platform health, performance, and capacity. Perform tuning and optimization of nodes, storage, and networks for virtualized workloads.

Troubleshooting : Serve as the highest level of escalation for diagnosing and resolving complex issues related to OpenShift Virtualization, KubeVirt, CNI (e.g., OVNKubernetes), and storage (CSI).

Security & Compliance : Implement and maintain security best practices for the platform, including hardening, role-based access control (RBAC), and network policies.

Disaster Recovery : Design and implement robust backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies for both containerized and virtualized workloads.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Develop and maintain automation scripts using Ansible, Terraform, or Golang to manage the platform efficiently.

(Principal Level) : Architect the platform strategy, define migration roadmaps, and provide technical leadership and mentor for senior engineers and other team members.

Mandatory Qualifications :

Excellent communication skills for collaboration and knowledge sharing in must.

6+ (Senior) or 8+ (Principal) years of infrastructure engineering experience.

Must have 2+ years of hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization in production.

Deep expertise in OpenShift Container Platform (OCP 4.x+) and Kubernetes core concepts.

Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible Automation Platform , Terraform

Must be experienced in Day 2 Operations and Troubleshooting.

Strong understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals : Pods, Deployments, Stateful Sets, Services, Networking, Storage, etc.

Hands-on experience with Linux operating systems (RHEL, CentOS) including system administration, kernel tuning, and troubleshooting.

Solid knowledge of container technology (Docker, CRI-O).

Significant Advantage :

Expert-level VMware vSphere knowledge.

Direct experience migrating VMs from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization.

Scripting skills (Bash, Python, Go) and Red Hat certifications .

Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kibana).

Red Hat certifications (e.g., RHCE, CKA, CKAD, Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization).

Contract Details : Initial 6-month full-time contract with a high likelihood of extension based on performance and project needs. Competitive market rates will be offered commensurate with experience and expertise.