Red Hat OpenShift Administrator / Platform Engineer (OCP)

Project overview

Contract role in Gdansk for a senior OpenShift (Red Hat OCP) administrator to run and support production clusters end-to-end: health/performance monitoring, troubleshooting across Kubernetes/container/network/storage/auth/deployments, upgrades/patching/cert renewals, security governance (RBAC/SCC/quotas/namespaces), backup/DR testing, and automation/documentation. The role collaborates closely with Security, Network, Storage, VMware/Cloud and application teams and participates in incident/on-call rotations.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP).
• Monitor cluster health, performance, capacity, and availability.
• Troubleshoot issues related to Kubernetes, containers, networking, storage, authentication, and application deployments.
• Perform cluster upgrades, patching, certificate renewals, and lifecycle management.
• Manage OpenShift security, including RBAC, SCCs, quotas, and namespace governance.
• Support backup, recovery, disaster recovery testing, and platform resilience initiatives.
• Maintain and optimize OpenShift networking components, including Routes, Ingress, DNS, and Load Balancers.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive solutions.
• Develop automation scripts and maintain operational documentation.
• Collaborate with Security, Network, Storage, VMware, Cloud, and Application teams.
• Participate in incident management and on-call support rotations.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift Administration and Support.

Requirements

• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) administration and support
• Kubernetes fundamentals and OpenShift architecture
• oc and kubectl CLI usage
• YAML manifests
• OpenShift Operators
• OpenShift security: RBAC, SCCs, quotas, projects/namespaces governance
• Linux administration (including RHCOS)
• Cluster upgrades, patching, certificate management/renewals, lifecycle maintenance
• OpenShift networking: Routes, Ingress/Ingress Controllers, DNS, Load Balancers
• Storage in Kubernetes/OpenShift: PV, PVC, CSI drivers; NFS and iSCSI concepts
• VMware-based OpenShift support (e.g., vSphere environments)
• Backup and recovery tooling: Velero or OADP or Dell PPDM
• Monitoring/observability: Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana
• Scripting/automation with Bash/Shell
• Incident management participation and basic ITSM process understanding

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Poland, PL