Senior OpenShift​/Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain, and continuously improve the Bank’s enterprise Open Shift and Kubernetes platform.
• Ensure platform stability, scalability, security, and performance across hybrid cloud environments.
• Perform complete platform lifecycle management including installation, upgrades, patching, maintenance, and decommissioning.
• Participate in a rotating on‑call support schedule within a four‑person team.
• Design, implement, and operate enterprise‑grade Kubernetes/Open Shift environments.
• Manage networking, storage, security, and cluster services.
• Develop reusable container platform standards, templates, and base images.
• Support business application teams in adopting cloud‑native technologies and containerized workloads.
• Provide architectural guidance for high availability, disaster recovery, and workload resilience.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Build reusable automation frameworks using Ansible, Terraform, and Git Ops methodologies.
• Improve operational efficiency through scripting and automation.
• Standardize platform configuration management and orchestration.
• Design and maintain Git Ops workflows using Argo CD.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines into infrastructure deployment processes.
• Promote Dev Ops best practices across infrastructure and application delivery teams.
• Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to enable automated application deployment.
• Integrate security scanning, compliance controls, and observability into the platform.
• Ensure alignment with Bank security standards, governance, and change management processes.
• Design resilient platform architectures supporting disaster recovery and business continuity.
• Contribute to the Bank’s hybrid cloud strategy and platform roadmap.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements.
• Drive automation initiatives across the infrastructure landscape.
• Promote engineering best practices and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Infrastructure, Security, Networking, Storage, Cloud, and Application Development teams.
• Support development teams building cloud‑native, serverless, and containerized applications.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Open Shift/Kubernetes platform engineering within enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in Open Shift, Kubernetes, Linux administration, container technologies, and hybrid cloud platforms.
• Hands‑on experience with OVN‑K, Ceph/CSI, Quay, Argo CD/Git Ops, Velero, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Proficiency in Bash, Python, and Go scripting.
• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, CI/CD, Git, and Dev Ops practices.
• Strong understanding of automation, platform lifecycle management, and cloud‑native technologies.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with data centre infrastructure, networking, virtualization, and public cloud integration. (Preferred)
• Knowledge of OAuth, token‑based authentication, and REST API integrations. (Preferred)
• Experience working in Agile environments and contributing to technology strategy and platform modernization. (Preferred)