Sr. Level OpenShift Administrator w / AWS and Clusters Experience

Role : Sr. Level OpenShift Administrator w / AWS and Clusters Experience

Location : The Woodlands, TX (Onsite)

Duration : Contract

Client : Entergy

Visa : USC / GC

12+ exp

Job Description :

Senior OpenShift Administrator with deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) and AWS-based clusters. This role will be responsible for the administration, configuration, scaling, and troubleshooting of OpenShift clusters supporting enterprise-grade applications within a cloud-native environment. The ideal candidate has a strong Linux and Red Hat background, container orchestration experience, and a solid understanding of AWS infrastructure services and networking.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift clusters deployed on AWS (including OCP upgrades, patching, and monitoring).
• Design and implement cluster management strategies-worker node scaling, load balancing, auto-scaling groups, and multi-AZ architectures.
• Manage cluster resources, namespaces, and policies for security, compliance, and governance.
• Deploy and troubleshoot applications and operators using Helm, YAML manifests, and CI / CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud Engineering teams to optimize Kubernetes and OpenShift deployments for performance and cost efficiency.
• Integrate OpenShift with AWS services (EBS, Route53, ALB / NLB, IAM, CloudWatch, etc.).
• Automate operational tasks using Ansible, Terraform, or other infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools.
• Monitor and optimize cluster health, logging, and alerting through Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch stacks.
• Ensure platform security, including RBAC configuration, certificate management, and vulnerability patching.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for cluster or containerized workloads.
• Document procedures, SOPs, and architecture diagrams to support ongoing operations.

Required Skills & Experience