Summary: The OpenShift/Kubernetes Engineer role is a fully remote position focused on automating the deployment and maintenance of OpenShift clusters within a banking environment. The engineer will lead infrastructure automation efforts, collaborate with technology management and support teams, and ensure documentation accuracy while mentoring junior staff. The position requires a strong technical background in system development, infrastructure lifecycle, and container technologies. Continuous learning about financial services trends and practices is also emphasized.

Key Responsibilities:

• Automate the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of OpenShift clusters through custom pipelines.
• Review new cluster configurations and pipelines for non-disruptive implementation.
• Identify and implement necessary upgrades and enhancements for optimal system performance.
• Lead infrastructure automation and continuous deployment using CI/CD pipelines.
• Document new services and ensure current documentation follows best practices.
• Collaborate with management and engineering teams to develop technical solutions.
• Engage in infrastructure architecture, design, and user acceptance testing.
• Provide mentorship to engineers and technicians.
• Maintain knowledge of bank applications and vendor technologies.
• Coordinate vendor interactions and support tickets as needed.
• Promote industry best practices and complete related duties as assigned.

Key Skills:

• Minimum of 8 years' combined higher education and/or work experience.
• Strong understanding of system development and infrastructure lifecycle.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.
• 8 years' experience in technical engineering involving infrastructure design.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into high-quality implementations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Expertise in container technologies (OpenShift/Kubernetes, Podman/Docker).
• In-depth knowledge of Linux systems configuration.
• Ability to write scripts in Python, Perl, or Bash.
• Experience with automation tools like Ansible and Terraform.
• Advanced knowledge of Azure services, especially AKS and ARO.
• Experience with GitOps (ArgoCD) for Kubernetes cluster management.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT