Description
Summary:
Seeking a hands-on Red Hat OpenShift Engineer to design, architect, and implement a multi-tenant OpenShift as a Service platform from scratch for AI-focused clients.
Highlights:
1. Design and build an OpenShift as a Service platform from scratch
2. Lead migration of existing on-prem and Azure workloads to OpenShift
3. Optimize performance for AI-heavy workloads on GPU-enabled infrastructure
**Role Overview**
We are building a high\-performance, multi\-tenant OpenShift cluster on bare metal in our AI\-optimized data center. Our goal is to offer **OpenShift as a Service** to private AI\-focused clients who wish to host their compute\-intensive workloads in a scalable, secure, and isolated environment.
We're looking for a hands\-on **Red Hat OpenShift Engineer** who can **design, architect, and implement this platform from scratch** using industry best practices. Once the cluster is built, this role will also lead the **migration of existing on\-prem and Azure workloads to the new OpenShift environment**.
**Key Responsibilities**
* **Design, architect, and build** a multi\-tenant OpenShift cluster on bare metal
* Configure and maintain all aspects of the OpenShift platform for high availability, scalability, and security
* Define and implement **networking, storage, ingress, monitoring, and logging**
* Develop detailed **architecture documents, blueprints, and SOPs**
* Lead and execute **migration of existing workloads** from on\-premise and Azure environments to OpenShift
* Ensure smooth onboarding for multiple AI\-focused client tenants with isolated environments
* Support DevOps team with **advanced Linux/OpenShift troubleshooting**
* Implement and enforce **RBAC, tenant isolation, resource quotas**, and compliance controls
* Optimize performance for AI\-heavy workloads running on GPU\-enabled infrastructure
* Own operational stability, platform upgrades, and monitoring
**Required Skills \& Experience**
* **5\+ years** of deep hands\-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes
* Proven experience designing, building, and managing **bare metal OpenShift clusters**
* Solid understanding of **Linux internals**, container runtimes, networking, and troubleshooting
* Experience with **application migration** from both **on\-premise** and Azure environments into OpenShift
* Strong experience with **multi\-tenancy architecture**, including workload isolation and security
* Familiarity with storage (CSI), networking (CNI), and service mesh implementations
* Proficiency in **monitoring and observability tools** (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
* Experience with **Infrastructure as Code** (Ansible, Terraform) and CI/CD automation
* Strong documentation and communication skills
**Certifications (Required)**
* **Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration**
* **Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)** or equivalent Linux certification
**Nice to Have**
* Familiarity with AI/ML compute environments (e.g., GPU workloads, NVIDIA operators)
* Experience with hybrid cloud or edge computing models
* Exposure to enterprise\-grade security, compliance, and policy enforcement