Red Hat OpenShift Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan, and execute deployment of OpenShift environments at any impact level (IL2-IL6) and within cloud, on-premise, or hybrid infrastructures.
• Document and adhere to security policies as mandated by ATO requirements.
• Advise Project Management, Customer leadership, and partner teams on migration to OpenShift operations for AI/ML development.
• Support onboarding of customer and partner teams into supported OpenShift deployments.
• Coordinate with Project Management teams and partners to ensure appropriate resourcing while operating within provided budgetary guidance.
• Function as SME for existing Cloud and Infrastructure teams and facilitate cross-training and documentation to expand OpenShift knowledge within the existing team.
• Troubleshoot production failures.
• Support partners and customers with troubleshooting operational failures.
• Maintain security compliance and develop/execute remediations, patching, and POAMS as necessary to maintain security compliance and ATO status.
• Support Across All Classification Levels: Red Hat OpenShift deployments supported by the program span all cloud Impact Levels (IL2 - IL6) and multiple cloud providers. Candidate will be required to support Red Hat Open Shift operations at all classification levels. This requires work from a SCIF 2-4 days a week, but additional days may be required as needed to support critical deployments and operational support.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent experience.
• An existing and active TS security clearance with ability to obtain SCI.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in the progression of roles to include delivering and sustaining technical and cloud solutions.
• DOD 8570-01M certification: IAM Level I or better (e.g., Security+).
• Expertise with OpenShift Architecture and Administration: To include cluster configuration, updates, backup/restore, networking, storage, security, and performance.
• Expertise with Kubernetes deployment, management, and troubleshooting.
• Expertise with Linux and RHEL/CoreOS.
• A strong understanding of AWS and Azure/cloud-based technologies with a desire to learn more.
• Demonstrated customer focus and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.

Desired Skills

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator Certification.
• Experience deploying/managing Red Hat OpenShift clusters in multiple configurations (bare metal, hybrid, multi-cloud, air-gapped).
• Familiarity with standard CI/CD, GitOps, and DevSecOps operations, with a focus on Red Hat OpenShift processes and procedures.
• Experience working within common cloud management consoles (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience: Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform.
• Experience working within a classified cloud environment.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product and technical challenges.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with team members to achieve common goals.
• Ability to effectively communicate impacts to Senior Leadership, regarding changes in concise language.
• Process improvement focused and the ability to drive efficiencies in the process.
• Able to assist with other activities as needed to support the team.