OpenShift Virtualization / KVM Platform Engineer

Role Summary

The OpenShift Virtualization / KVM Platform Engineer is responsible for the administration, maintenance, and support of the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and KVM infrastructure supporting customer production environments. The role focuses on platform stability, lifecycle management, performance optimization, security compliance, automation, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Administration

• Administer and maintain Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and KVM platforms.
• Perform proactive platform health checks, monitoring, and capacity management.
• Execute platform patching, upgrades, and lifecycle maintenance activities.
• Manage OpenShift backup and restore operations.

Virtualization Operations

• Provision, migrate, optimize, and decommission virtual machines.
• Monitor and tune virtual machine performance.
• Support workload placement and resource utilization management.
• Troubleshoot virtualization-related issues and performance bottlenecks.

Linux & Infrastructure Support

• Administer and support Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
• Perform Linux patching, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Manage platform-level incidents, changes, problem records, and root cause analyses.

Security & Compliance

• Conduct vulnerability assessments and remediation activities.
• Implement CIS hardening standards and security best practices.
• Ensure compliance with operational and security requirements.

Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Ansible.
• Drive operational efficiency through automation and process improvements.

Required Skills & Experience

Primary Skills

• Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization
• Red Hat KVM
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Patching and upgrading of virtualization platforms
• VM provisioning, migration, and performance tuning
• OpenShift backup and recovery
• Incident, change, and problem management
• Ansible Automation
• CIS Hardening

Secondary Skills

• Windows Server Administration
• Active Directory
• Networking fundamentals
• Storage fundamentals
• HPE DL Servers

Preferred Attributes

• Positive attitude and eagerness to learn.
• Good communication and customer service skills.
• Willing to travel or relocate to different customer sites when/if required.
• Team player with good problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

• Degree or Diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 4-6 years of relevant infrastructure and platform administration experience.
• Hands-on experience supporting OpenShift Virtualization and/or KVM environments in production.
• Experience working within enterprise or managed services environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.