Job Title: Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer / OpenShift Administrator

Experience:8+ Years
Location:BLR GTP

Job Description

We are seeking an experiencedSenior OpenShift Platform Engineerwith strong expertise in OpenShift administration, cloud migration, automation, and infrastructure management. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience managing large-scale OpenShift clusters, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and driving DevOps/GitOps practices in enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, automate, and manage large-scaleRed Hat OpenShift Clusters.
• Design and implement infrastructure automation usingTerraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.
• Lead and support application migrations to cloud platforms.
• Implement and maintainGitOps-driven configuration management and deploymentprocesses.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize OpenShift platform performance, availability, and security.
• Work closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure platform stability and scalability.
• Implement high availability and disaster recovery strategies for critical services.
• Manage containerized workloads and OpenShift virtualization (KubeVirt).

Required Skills & Expertise

• Strong hands-on experience withOpenShift Administration.
• Expertise inTerraform, Jenkins, Ansible, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with cloud migration and container platform operations.
• Good understanding ofREST/SOAP APIs, including developing API consumers and publishers.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure concepts and enterprise platform architecture.
• Understanding ofOpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt).
• Expertise inDNSconcepts:
  • Authoritative & Non-Authoritative DNS
  • Dynamic DNS & BIND DNS
  • DNS Forwarders
• Strong understanding ofSSL/TLS communications, including:
  • SSL Handshake
  • Cipher Suites
  • Encryption Algorithms
• Experience withActive Directoryadministration, Security OUs, and Group Policies.
• Knowledge ofCertificates Management:
  • SAN Certificates
  • Client Authentication
  • Keystores
  • Mutual SSL (mTLS)
• Experience managingLoad Balancers, Firewalls, and Site Selectors.
• Hands-on experience withVault solutionssuch asCyberArkandHashiCorp Vault.
• Strong understanding ofHigh Availability (HA)and resilient infrastructure design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise-scale Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
• Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes certifications are highly desirable.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Mandatory Skills:OpenShift Administration, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, GitOps, Cloud Migration, Kubernetes/OpenShift, DNS, SSL/TLS, Active Directory, Vault (CyberArk/HashiCorp), High Availability.

SYNECHRON'S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative 'Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

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