OpenShift SME / Platform Engineer – L3

We're Hiring: OpenShift SME / Platform Engineer – L3

Location: Noida (On-site)

Company: Nuvem Labs

Experience: 8+ years in Red Hat OpenShift / Kubernetes Platform Operations

About the Role

Nuvem Labs is seeking a skilled and experienced OpenShift SME / Platform Engineer to lead operations, performance optimization, and high-availability design of Red Hat OpenShift clusters across enterprise environments. You will be responsible for the health, scalability, and governance of OpenShift platforms while supporting complex troubleshooting and mentoring junior team members.

You will act as the technical lead for OpenShift platform operations in a managed services model, working across hybrid cloud environments and enterprise infrastructure.

Roles & Responsibilities

·       Ensure cluster health and performance of production-grade OpenShift environments.

·       Troubleshoot issues across control plane, nodes, SDN, storage (PVC), ingress/egress, and etcd.

·       Plan and execute platform upgrades, patching, scaling, and multi-node infra management.

·       Define and manage RBAC, quotas, Operators, MachineSets, and custom resource definitions (CRDs).

·       Integrate and manage observability tools (Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, EFK/ELK).

·       Work with DevSecOps teams to automate security, backup, and governance policies.

·       Own escalation management, interface with Red Hat support, and lead L2/L1 mentoring.

·       Support disaster recovery, compliance, and business continuity planning.

Required Skills

• 5+ years in managing OpenShift or Kubernetes platform at enterprise scale.
• Hands-on experience with:
• Red Hat OpenShift (v4.x), OCP CLI, Operators, and Service Mesh
• Container runtimes (CRI-O), etcd, SDN/CNI (OVN/Kuryr), ingress controllers
• Storage (CSI, PVC, RWX, dynamic provisioning), GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux)
• Linux OS (RHEL 8+), scripting (Bash/Python/YAML), automation (Ansible/Terraform)
• CI/CD tools and pipeline troubleshooting (Jenkins, Tekton, GitLab)
• Experience in multi-node, multi-cluster, or hybrid OpenShift environments.

Preferred Qualifications

·       Certifications: Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280), RHCE, CKA, CKAD

·       Familiarity with:

Multi-tenant clusters, infra node pools, and pod security policies

o  Cloud integration: OpenShift on Azure (ARO), AWS (ROSA), or OpenStack

o  GitOps, infrastructure as code, and backup/restore design (Velero, OADP)

·       Experience working with Red Hat support and enterprise customers under strict SLAs.

Why Join Nuvem Labs?

• Drive next-gen OpenShift platform operations and automation at scale.
• Work with global customers on cutting-edge container platforms and CI/CD ecosystems.
• Grow into Platform Architect or Practice Head roles.
• Competitive salary + skill enhancement + long-term career visibility.

Interested?

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