OpenShift Engineer

***Only Local to Texas candidates are applicable***

****15 years in IT is required******

The candidate right for this role, OpenShift/Cloud Engineer, will be accountable for engineering, support, automation and thought leadership as it relates to Platform-as-a-Service offerings. They will assist with application migrations to Platform-as-a-Service offerings, and other related activities.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years’ experience working with RedHat OpenShift Infrastructure design, deployment and operational support
• OCP 4.6 thru "versionLatestStable"
• Extensive knowledge of Linux Containers (Docker), Kubernetes, and deployment of containerized applications/microservices architectures
• 2+ years’ experience working with RedHat Enterprise Linux operating system
• Experience with Java, JBoss, nginx, Node.js, and enterprise application architectures
• Specific knowledge and experience with migrating and refactoring applications to containerized workloads
• Demonstrated skill in at least one or more configuration management/scripting technology (such as Ansible/Chef/Puppet/Python)
• Specific knowledge and experience provisioning multi-node HA clusters – including monitoring, performance testing, and application deployment
• Experienced with automated deployment tools
• Deep conceptual and applied understanding of DevOps concepts, tools, and practices
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as Git, Jenkins, or comparable substitutes
• Must have good analytic skills and the ability to apply these skills in a multi-tasking environment where multiple projects will require participation at a given time.
• Must have outstanding skills in communicating complex technical issues, and providing comprehensive written, oral and/or digital products.
• Working knowledge of networking topics such as protocols, firewalls, load balancer, etc.
• Must have the willingness to document, share knowledge and train other members of the team.
• Working knowledge and adaptable to "versionLatestStable"

Preferred:

• Experience with VMware technologies such as vCenter, vRA and vRO and experience running OpenShift on bare metal
• Working knowledge of SSL certificate management
• Experience with Agile teams, tools, practices & ceremonies (kanban, stand-ups, sprints, etc.)
• Keeps abreast of relevant industry leading standards and emerging technologies
• Container and Pod level Monitoring and Logging: Dynatrace, QRadar
• Experience working with IBM Cloud and/or AWS.

Team Culture:

Our team is fast paced, fun, highly energetic, motivated and hardworking. We expect our candidates to be integrated into our results-driven and solution-oriented culture from the get-go. Our team attains high-quality results on challenging projects; the belief that outcomes are linked to one's effort rather than chance and the tendency to personally set challenging yet realistic goals.