OpenShift SME Engineer
Indexed description
Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.
About Position
We are looking for an experienced OpenShift SME with strong expertise in Kubernetes, Operator Development, and at least one programming language (Golang preferred). The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, deploying, automating, and managing enterprise-grade OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms while developing custom operators and cloud-native solutions.
- Role: OpenShift SME Engineer
- Location: All Persistent Location
- Experience: 4 to 9 Years
- Job Type: Full-Time Employment
- Design, deploy, administer, and upgrade OpenShift/Kubernetes clusters.
- Develop and maintain Kubernetes Operators using Operator SDK and Golang.
- Build automation for platform provisioning, upgrades, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Manage OpenShift components including networking, storage, security, RBAC, and multi-cluster environments.
- Implement GitOps and CI/CD pipelines using tools such as ArgoCD, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions.
- Integrate enterprise services including HashiCorp Vault, monitoring platforms, and container registries.
- Troubleshoot cluster, application, networking, and performance issues.
- Support containerized applications, Helm deployments, and platform modernization initiatives.
- Define platform standards, security controls, and operational best practices.
- Collaborate with development, DevOps, SRE, and infrastructure teams on cloud-native transformation projects.
- Red Hat OpenShift installation, configuration, administration, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
- Kubernetes architecture, scheduling, networking, storage, RBAC, and security.
- Experience with OpenShift Virtualization/KubeVirt and enterprise platform engineering. Kubernetes Operator Development
- Hands-on experience developing Kubernetes Operators using Operator SDK.
- Strong understanding of CRDs, Controllers, Reconciliation Loops, and Kubernetes APIs.
- Experience automating deployment and lifecycle management of applications via Operators. Programming.
- Strong coding experience in Golang (Preferred).
- Alternative experience in Python, Java, or Node.js.
- Development of REST APIs, microservices, and automation utilities.
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
- Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
- Annual health check-ups
- Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
- We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
- Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
- If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment
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