Join the Team: Senior Open Shift Engineer at Workwarp
Are you a seasoned expert in OpenShift and containerization, looking for a new challenge that will take your career to the next level? Do you have a passion for designing and implementing automated, containerized cloud application platform solutions? Look no further! Workwarp is seeking a highly skilled Senior Open Shift Engineer to join our team, and we want you to be a part of it.
About Us
At Workwarp, we're dedicated to revolutionizing the way businesses operate in the digital age. Our team of experts is passionate about delivering cutting-edge solutions that make a real difference. We're a remote-friendly company that values flexibility, collaboration, and innovation. Our culture is built on a foundation of respect, empathy, and trust, and we're committed to providing a work environment that's both challenging and rewarding.
Position at a Glance:
- Location: Remote
- Position: Senior Open Shift Engineer
- Company: Workwarp
- Start Date: Immediate openings available
- Compensation: Competitive salary and benefits package
Job Summary
We're looking for a Senior Open Shift Engineer to assist with application migrations to our containerized Platform-as-a-Service offering. As a Senior Open Shift Engineer, you will be responsible for engineering, support, and thought leadership related to the platform, automation, and other related activities. You will implement automated, containerized cloud application platform solutions, assist application teams with onboarding to the OpenShift platform, and serve as a subject matter expert on the OpenShift platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with application migrations to Workwarp's containerized Platform-as-a-Service offering, ensuring seamless integration and minimal downtime.
- Provide engineering, support, and thought leadership related to the platform, automation, and other related activities, driving innovation and excellence.
- Implement automated, containerized cloud application platform solutions, focusing on application concerns including cloud-ready distributed application architectures, migrating workloads to containers, and integrating container platforms with automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Assist application teams with onboarding to the OpenShift platform, including managing resource requirements, capacity analysis, and troubleshooting support.
- Serve as a subject matter expert with the ability to explain and translate relevant details of the OpenShift platform and its components to those less familiar.
- Build, test, and administer highly available RedHat OpenShift Container Platform clusters, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Work with vendors to develop solutions, feature enhancements, and define technical infrastructure environment specific to the organization.
- Work with vendors to troubleshoot the platform and issues related to integrations with other internal systems.
- Monitor hardware, VM, and container metrics for maintaining cluster health and identifying thresholds for scaling.
- Develop and automate repeatable tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Consult with development users to determine requirements and recommend solutions.
- Assist with the configuration and maintenance of interfaces for related tool integrations.
- Perform tuning of infrastructure components, ensuring optimal performance.
- Review project deliverables for completeness, quality, and compliance with established project standards.
- Document and communicate the status of progress against plans, taking corrective action if necessary.
- Identify, clarify, and resolve project activity issues and risks, escalating as needed.
- Uphold enterprise policy guidelines and recommend new and improved guidelines as appropriate.
- Partner with architects to design and engineer solutions for internal customers.
Requirements:
- Master's degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 2 years of experience in Containerization or related.
- Experience in planning and automating highly available OpenShift clusters lifecycle including build, upgrade, and delegation in AWS and on-premises data centers.
- Experience in automating OpenShift cluster lifecycle in AWS using CloudFormation, Lambda, and Step functions.
- Experience in planning and automating Ansible Tower environment lifecycle and supporting teams on Ansible Playbook development for automating CI/CD and on-premises infrastructure lifecycle management.
- Experience in developing and publishing pipeline examples for Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD for application build, test, and deployments.
- Experience in developing GitOps based solution to manage Kubernetes objects and Argo CD application using Git and GitLab.
- Experience in developing, updating, and publishing HELM charts for deploying Kubernetes and OpenShift infrastructure resources using Argo applications.
- Experience in developing custom dashboards and implementing alerting and logging solutions for the OpenShift clusters.
Nice-to-haves:
- Airline experience is preferred.
What We Offer:
Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%.
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave.
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits.
- Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages.
- Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health.
Career Growth and Learning:
- Opportunities for career growth and professional development.
- Access to training and development programs.
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
Work Environment and Culture:
- Remote-friendly company with flexible work arrangements.
- Values-driven culture that prioritizes respect, empathy, and trust.
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment.
Why Join Us:
At Workwarp, we're committed to creating a work environment that's both challenging and rewarding. We value our employees and prioritize their growth and development. If you're looking for a new challenge that will take your career to the next level, we want to hear from you.
How to Apply:
If you're excited about this opportunity and think you'd be a great fit, please submit your application today! We can't wait to hear from you.
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