Job Title : Sr. OpenShift Administrator (AWS & Cluster Management) Location : The Woodlands, TX
Job Description
Seeking a Senior OpenShift Administrator with deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) on AWS . This role will own administration, scaling, security, automation, and troubleshooting of enterprise OpenShift clusters in a cloud-native, production environment.
Key Responsibilities :
- Administer, configure, upgrade, patch, and monitor Red Hat OpenShift clusters on AWS
- Design and implement cluster scaling, load balancing, and multi-AZ architectures
- Manage namespaces, policies, and enforce security & governance
- Deploy and troubleshoot workloads using Helm charts, YAML manifests, and CI / CD
- Integrate OpenShift with AWS services EBS, Route53, ALB / NLB, IAM, CloudWatch
- Partner with DevOps / Cloud teams to optimize cost, performance, and availability
- Automate OCP operations using Ansible, Terraform, or similar IaC
- Monitor health and alerts using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK / EFK
- Implement security controls RBAC, certificates, vulnerability remediations
- Participate in incident response and RCA for cluster or container issues
- Maintain documentation, SOPs, and architecture diagrams
Required Skills & Experience :
8+ years overall in IT Systems / Platform Administration3+ years hands-on with Red Hat OpenShift (v4.x preferred)Strong Linux (RHEL / CentOS) administration backgroundProven experience managing OpenShift on AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, etc.)Strong Kubernetes fundamentals pods, services, ingress, volumes, config maps, secretsExperience with CI / CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, etc.)Automation using Bash / Python / Ansible / TerraformSolid understanding of AWS networking and security VPC, TLS, RBACStrong debugging and performance optimization skills.