Red Hat OpenShift SME

Job Title: Red Hat OpenShift SME (Azure DevOps & Cloud Specialist)

Location : Dubai UAE (Onsite)
Contract Duration : 6month (Extendable)
Benefits : Visa Emirates ID Medical Airticket

We are seeking a highly skilled Red Hat OpenShift SME to join our team in Dubai for a 6month onsite contract. The ideal candidate will have extensive handson experience with OpenShift Kubernetes Azure Cloud and container orchestration. You will be responsible for installing configuring upgrading and managing OpenShift clusters in enterprise environments across onpremise and cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan design provision configure and test enterprise IT infrastructure with a focus on OpenShift and Kubernetes.
• Install configure upgrade and manage OpenShift clusters on onpremise (VMware OpenStack HyperV Bare Metal) and public cloud (Azure) environments.
• Deploy manage and optimize OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) for persistent storage.
• Manage container registries (Quay Docker Hub Red Hat Quay) and oversee container storage implementation.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using ArgoCD Tekton and Azure DevOps for OpenShift deployments.
• Monitor and troubleshoot OpenShift clusters using Prometheus Grafana ELK and EFK stacks.
• Perform backup disaster recovery and security hardening for OpenShift environments.
• Configure and optimize network policies ingress/egress rules service mesh and OpenShift Operators.
• Ensure compliance and governance by managing RBAC cluster roles namespaces and authentication policies.
• Work closely with DevOps teams developers and enterprise architects to support OpenShift deployments.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10 years of experience in Azure Cloud DevOps and Container Technologies.
• 5 years of handson experience with Red Hat OpenShift (versions 3.x & 4.x) and Kubernetes.
• Experience in OpenShift cluster installation using UPI (User Provisioned Infrastructure) & IPI (Installer Provisioned Infrastructure).
• Expertise in deploying OpenShift on Azure (AKS) and onpremise (VMware Bare Metal).
• Strong knowledge of Container Orchestration Service Mesh and Operators (ACM ACS KEDA Compliance Operators).
• Handson experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible.
• Proficiency in Bash & PowerShell scripting for automation.
• Experience in Persistent Storage Solutions (MinIO CEPH Red Hat GlusterFS IBM Storage).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Azure DevOps ArgoCD Jenkins Tekton.
• Experience in Kubernetes networking CNI plugins (OpenShiftSDN OVNKubernetes) and security hardening.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills for OpenShift and cloudnative applications.

Preferred Qualifications & Certifications:
Bachelors in Computer Science IT or a related field
Red Hat OpenShift Administration
Microsoft Azure Certified
Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Required Experience:

Senior IC