Temporary Senior Associate, OpenShift Engineer

Temporary Senior Associate, Open Shift Engineer

Overview

KPMG is seeking a Temporary Senior Engineer, Technology Operations Center for a twelve-month assignment to join our Digital Nexus technology organization. This role focuses on expert-level Open Shift platform support and collaboration with application teams to optimize Open Shift deployments.

• Provide expert-level technical support to application teams using the Open Shift platform; troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Open Shift virtualization or other virtualization platforms.
• Work with application teams to understand requirements and provide guidance to optimize Open Shift deployments.
• Maintain deep technical and business knowledge of industry directions and trends.
• Collaborate with operations and middleware teams to ensure timely issue resolution; participate in on-call rotation to provide 24/7 support for critical issues.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, knowledge base articles, and best practices; contribute to automation tool/script development to improve support processes.
• Mentor and train other support engineers to improve their technical skills and knowledge of Open Shift.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold a respectful work environment.

• Minimum three years of recent experience managing medium- to large-scale container platforms (including rollout, automation, and scaling) and providing technical support for enterprise applications.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred.
• Practical experience with Open Shift (installation, configuration, troubleshooting) and solid understanding of containerization and Kubernetes; experience engineering CI/CD processes in an enterprise environment (e.g., Git Hub Actions or Jenkins).
• Scripting experience with Shell, Bash, Python, or Power Shell; knowledge of SDLC lifecycle; virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware, KVM) is a plus; coding experience with software development languages is preferred.
• Strong verbal/written communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills; ability to collaborate with clients, IT management, and team members.
• Detail-oriented with excellent technical writing, time management, and ability to mentor less experienced team members.
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  General Business

KPMG is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

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Follow-up:
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