Senior Red Hat OpenShift Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a highly seasoned Senior Red Hat Open Shift Engineer with extensive experience supporting mission-critical platforms in the financial markets sector. The ideal candidate will bring over 10 years of expertise in enterprise Linux environments, cloud-native solutions, and hybrid infrastructure. This role requires deep technical knowledge, a proven ability to operate in high-pressure, low-latency environments, and the versatility to support both on-premises and cloud-based systems.

• Open Shift & Kubernetes:
  Architect, deploy, and maintain highly available Red Hat Open Shift clusters for production trading and financial applications.
• Linux Engineering:
  Provide advanced support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems, including kernel tuning, performance optimization, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Protocols & Infrastructure Services:
  Configure and troubleshoot authentication protocols (LDAP, Kerberos, SSSD); manage name resolution services (DNS, BIND, CoreDNS); maintain time synchronization across distributed systems (NTP, Chrony, PTP).
• Cloud Expertise:
  Design and manage workloads in AWS and Azure, with strong knowledge of security, networking, and storage integration. Implement hybrid and multi-cloud strategies to meet enterprise compliance and resilience requirements.
• Enterprise Hardware & Storage:
  Support and optimize infrastructure running on Dell Power Edge servers.
• Manage and troubleshoot enterprise storage platforms for performance, replication, and capacity planning.
• Automation & CI/CD:
  Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Ansible, Helm, and Git Ops methodologies to streamline deployments and operations.
• Resilience & Compliance:
  Ensure systems meet financial industry standards for security, availability, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with developers, traders, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, low-latency solutions.

• 10+ years of professional experience in Linux engineering and system administration.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Red Hat Open Shift and or Kubernetes in production.
• Optimization and Performance focus engineering and design.
• Design once, use many design logic.
• Strong background in financial services or capital markets IT environments.
• Proven expertise with AWS and Azure infrastructure services.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise server hardware (Dell Power Edge) and enterprise storage systems (Dell EMC).
• In-depth understanding of authentication, DNS, and time synchronization protocols in complex environments.
• Proficiency in automation and scripting (Ansible, Terraform, Pulumi, Bash, Python, or similar).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders.

• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or Open Shift Administrator/Architect certification.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
• Kubernetes Certified Administrator (CKA) or Kubernetes Certified Security Specialist (CKS).

$200,000 - $250,000 a year