Job description
Job Title: Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) Day 2 Administrator
Location: Pune/Mumbai/Bangalore/Chennai (Client location)
Experience: 4-6 years
Employment Type: Full-time / Contract
Start Date: Immediate
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) Day 2 Administrator with deep expertise in managing container platforms and strong proficiency in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). This role is critical for managing and supporting Red Hat-based production environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and security post-deployment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform Day 2 operations and administration of Red Hat OpenShift clusters (on-prem or cloud).
- Monitor cluster health, performance, and utilization using Prometheus/Grafana and other OpenShift tools.
- Implement patching, upgrades, and security hardening of OCP clusters and RHEL hosts.
- Troubleshoot container, pod, and node-level issues in OpenShift.
- Automate administrative tasks using Ansible, shell scripts, or other automation tools.
- Work with CI/CD pipelines integrated with OpenShift.
- Collaborate with DevOps and platform engineering teams for environment stability and continuous improvement.
- Manage user access, role-based access control (RBAC), and cluster configurations.
- Ensure compliance, logging, and auditing with Red Hat and enterprise security standards.
Required Skills:
Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (v4.x preferred)
Proficiency in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7/8/9)
Experience in Kubernetes administration and containerization concepts
Familiarity with OpenShift CLI (oc), Helm, Operators, and CRDs
Understanding of networking (SDN/CNI), persistent storage, and Ingress controllers
Experience with logging (EFK stack), monitoring, and alerting tools
Automation experience using Ansible, Bash/Shell scripting
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280)
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP-based OCP deployments
- Knowledge of DevSecOps practices and integrating security tools