Design, deploy, configure, upgrade, troubleshoot, and optimize OpenShift clusters on bare-metal infrastructure. Provide architectural guidance, integrate networking, storage, security, high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring, logging, and CI/CD capabilities. Automate platform operations with Ansible, advise client teams, resolve technical issues, and support operational readiness in a hands-on engineering role.
Job
Description – Senior OpenShift SME (Bare Metal Deployments)
Location: Dublin 18 (3 days onsite per week)
Duration: End of year with possible extension
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior OpenShift SME with extensive
experience in OpenShift deployments on Bare Metal infrastructure. The
ideal candidate will be both a strategic advisor and a hands-on engineer,
capable of designing, deploying, troubleshooting, and optimizing OpenShift
environments.
Key Technical Skills
- Red Hat OpenShift (7+
years)
- OpenShift deployment on Bare Metal
- Kubernetes
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Container Platforms & Containerization
(Docker/CRI-O)
- Infrastructure Architecture
- Cluster Installation & Configuration
- Networking (DNS, Load Balancing, VLANs,
Firewalls)
- Storage Integration (Ceph, SAN, NFS or similar)
- High Availability (HA) & Disaster Recovery
- Automation (Ansible)
- CI/CD integration
- Monitoring & Logging (Prometheus, Grafana,
ELK)
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deploy OpenShift clusters on bare
metal infrastructure.
- Provide architectural guidance and best practice
recommendations.
- Perform hands-on installation, configuration,
upgrades, and troubleshooting.
- Support infrastructure integration, networking,
storage, and security.
- Work closely with client teams to resolve
technical issues and optimise platform performance.
- Implement automation where possible and support
operational readiness.
Required Experience
- 7+ years of experience with OpenShift and container platforms.
- Strong experience delivering OpenShift on Bare
Metal environments.
- Proven experience with Kubernetes administration.
- Experience in enterprise infrastructure and
platform engineering.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving
skills.
- Experience advising clients on infrastructure and
platform architecture.
- Comfortable working in a hands-on technical
delivery role.
Experience Required: 7+ years with
OpenShift, including significant hands-on experience deploying and managing OpenShift
on Bare Metal infrastructure.
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