Red Hat OpenShift Engineer Consultant

** No Third Parties, please**

** US Citizenship is required as this work is for a government agency**

** Candidates must have either an active IRS MBI Clearance or have had an active IRS MBI clearance within the last 24months to qualify. A Tier 2 Public Trust can also qualify in place of the IRS MBI.

About the Role

PSR Associates is immediately seeking a RedHat OpenShift Engineer Consultant to join our team providing support to our client.

Client Environment: Federal Government Program

Location: 100% Remote

Clearance Requirement: IRS MBI Clearance OR Tier 2 Public Trust

Employment Type: 7months+

Task Description:

Red Hat OpenShift Engineer with strong background in container orchestration, platform management and cloud-native applications with hands-on experience in managing and deploying applications on OpenShift clusters.

Primary Duties:

• Deploy, manage and scale Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters – 25%
• Configure, manage and monitor containerized applications running on Kubernetes or OpenShift – 20%
• Automate cluster provisioning, configuration and deployment pipelines using tools like Ansible, Teraform, Helm – 25%
• Integrate Kubernetes/OpenShift with CICD deployment tools iike Jenkins, Maven, GitHub –15%
• Document and troubleshoot issues with containerized applications – 15%

Required Skills/Level of Experience:

• Managing and administering OpenShift clusters – 5 years
• Proficiency in scripting languages (KSH, Bash, Python) – 4 years
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible) – 4 years
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices (Jenkins, GitLab, Maven) – 4 years
• In-depth knowledge of networking in containerized environments, load balancing, network policies and ingress/egress traffic – 4 years
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex problems – 5 years

Preferred Skills:

• Red Hat OpenShift certification or Kubernetes certification