Senior DevOps Engineer

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We are looking for a candidate who can perform multifold responsibilities of managing On-Premise Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform infrastructure along with DevOps. Must have 5+ years of expertise in provisioning, managing, and deploying containerized applications using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Manage and administer the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform services like Operators, OpenShift Data Foundation, Pipelines, Image Registry, OpenShift Serverless, Routes, S3 Compatible Storage, etc

• Collaborate with the Development team in containerizing the applications also in addressing the vulnerabilities identified in the Static/Dynamic scan & container registry scans

• Setting up authentication methods (like LDAP etc.), defining roles and permissions using Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and creating and managing user accounts

• Configure and manage networking within the cluster such as setting up service definitions, configuring networking policies, and ensuring that applications can communicate with each other both within and outside the cluster

• Configure and manage OpenShift Container Storage (OCS)/OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF) for stateful workloads and data services across the platform. This includes setting up persistent storage, storage classes, and managing the lifecycle of storage volumes

• Keeping the OpenShift clusters up to date by performing version upgrades and optimizing the cluster's performance by fine-tuning configurations and resolving performance bottlenecks

• Manage and administer the On-Premises Elasticsearch clusters that include deployment, configuration, index management, Cross-cluster replication, Snapshot/restore, agent management, cluster upgrades, Index Templates Management, and any other relevant administrator duties

• Secure access to the Elasticsearch cluster, its data, and APIs according to required access control policies and troubleshoot various issues with the clusters (errors like unassigned shards, automation issues, to node/cluster failures)

• Maintain the Gitlab version control system and manage Gitlab repositories, permissions, Branching, Merging, Tagging, maintaining access control strategies, and resolving conflicts

• Perform Jenkins installation, upgrades, RBAC, Configuration, Plugin installation, backup/restore, Jenkins files, and CI/CD pipelines

• Perform the installation, configuration, upgrade, administration, monitoring, and maintenance of the PostgreSQL database

• Install, Configure, and Manage monitoring tools such as Grafana/Prometheus in Red Hat OpenShift clusters and push the container logs to Elasticsearch with FluentD/FluentBit

• Linux/Windows System Administration Skills including operating system installation and maintenance

• Implement concepts of Big Data (Hadoop) ecosystem such as YARN, HDFS, HBase, Zookeeper, Spark, and Hive Accountable for storage, performance tuning, and volume management of Hadoop clusters

Requirements

• Must have skills: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (Operators, OpenShift Data Foundation, OpenShift Pipelines, Image Registry) Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Elasticsearch/PostgreSQL-DB Administration, Jenkins/GitLab, Kafka, A10 Networks Load Balancing

• Experience in creating, configuring, and Maintaining Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform in On-Premises BareMetal and VMWARE environments. This includes setting up the underlying infrastructure, adding or removing nodes, and ensuring the cluster is highly available

• Strong experience in building and administering Apache/Confluent Kafka messaging platform

• Must be able to develop and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment systems using tools like Git, GitHub, Jenkins, and Helm

• Experience with writing Helm Charts, Kubernetes manifest files, and docker files

• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python) and infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform)

• Any of the following Certifications are a big plus:

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

• Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)

• Health Savings Account

• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)

• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions

• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

• Paid Time Off

• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection

• Accident Insurance

• Employee Discounts

• Pet Insurance

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

About EPAM

• EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potentia