Senior Red Hat OpenShift Engineer

Senior Red Hat OpenShift Engineer

Location: Stockholm

We are looking for a Senior Engineer with deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift to join our team as a consultant.

The ideal candidate will quickly understand our technical environment, integrate smoothly into the team, and contribute hands-on from day one.

You will play a key role in supporting, improving, and optimizing our OpenShift platform while sharing best practices and architectural insights.

Scope & Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, operate, and troubleshoot Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x) environments Perform day-2 operations including cluster administration, upgrades, and disaster recovery Support the team with architecture guidance, best practices, and continuous improvements Manage authentication integrations (LDAP / SSO) and OpenShift Operators Contribute to efficient onboarding and rapid knowledge transfer Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes and platform-level issues Work closely with DevOps, SRE, and platform teams to ensure stability and scalability Core Technical Expertise Required Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x)

•             Expert-level knowledge of OpenShift architecture, IPI & UPI installations, upgrades, and disaster recovery

•             Strong experience with day-2 operations, cluster and node administration

Deep knowledge of the OpenShift ecosystem, including:

•             OpenShift Virtualization

•             OpenShift GitOps (Argo CD)

•             OpenShift Pipelines (Tekton)

Kubernetes

Expert understanding of Kubernetes core components (etcd, API server, scheduler, controller manager) Proven ability to troubleshoot complex workload- and cluster-level issues Advanced experience with:

•             Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)

•             Dynamic admission controllers

•             Scheduling strategies and patterns

Infrastructure as Code & Automation:

Advanced expertise with Ansible for automation, configuration management, and OpenShift deployments Strong proficiency in Terraform for provisioning cloud and on-premise infrastructure Container Ecosystem & Networking Deep experience with container runtimes (CRI-O, Docker) Expertise in image management and registries (Quay, Artifactory) Strong understanding of:

•             Container networking (CNI)

•             Ingress controllers and egress routing

•             Service mesh technologies

Observability & Monitoring

•             In-depth experience implementing and operating observability stacks at scale, including:

•             Prometheus

•             Grafana

•             EFK / ELK Stack

Required Foundational Knowledge:

Experience: 7 years in senior-level Linux, DevOps, or SRE roles, with at least 4 years focused on Kubernetes and OpenShift Cloud Platforms: Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, including networking and IAM

Security: Strong knowledge of container and Kubernetes security best practices:

•             RBAC

•             Pod Security Standards

•             Network Policies

•             Vulnerability scanning

•             Scripting: Proficiency in Bash and/or Python for automation and scripting

Location: Hybrid, majority of time on site