Cloud System Engineer IV - OpenShift Architect
Listed on 2026-07-26
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, Cybersecurity, SRE/Site Reliability
- Location 5830 University Research Court,College Park, MD, 20740,United States
- Employee Type Exempt FT
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Description
About the Opportunity
The Cloud Systems Engineer IV
- Open Shift Architect designs and supports enterprise Open Shift and Kubernetes environments that enable secure, scalable application modernization, including migration of legacy applications and virtual machines into containerized platforms using Open Shift Virtualization Engine (OVE) and Open Shift Kubernetes Engine (OKE). This role develops automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure standards while collaborating with engineers, developers, and system administrators to ensure reliable deployments and integration in a remote and on-site work environment.
This role requires participation in an on-call rotation and occasional weekend work to support mission-critical systems and operational needs.
Success in this role means delivering stable and well-governed container platforms, improving deployment automation and CI/CD reliability, and enabling smooth migration of legacy systems to cloud-native environments. It also includes strong documentation, effective cross-team collaboration, and consistent support of secure, high-performing Kubernetes operations.
Requirements
What You Will Do in This Role
The Cloud Systems Engineer IV
- Open Shift Architect designs, builds, and supports secure, scalable Open Shift and Kubernetes environments that enable cloud-native modernization, automation, and migration of legacy systems.
Responsibilities include:
- Provide scientific programming support for complex systems and scientific workloads.
- Develop automation code for CI/CD tools and deployment pipelines, and troubleshoot issues across the CI/CD lifecycle to ensure stable operations.
- Design, deploy, administer, and support Red Hat Open Shift and Kubernetes environments, including cluster provisioning, configuration, upgrades, performance tuning, monitoring, logging, capacity planning, and lifecycle management.
- Implement modern systems, applications, and underlying technology stacks using containerization and cloud-native architectures.
- Support migration of legacy applications and traditional infrastructure into containerized and cloud-based platforms, including Open Shift Virtualization (OVE) and virtual machine migration efforts.
- Collaborate with cloud architects, developers, engineers, and system administrators to ensure seamless deployment, integration, and operations of applications.
- Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management initiatives using tools such as Ansible and related automation technologies.
- Partner with Information Security teams to implement cybersecurity controls, including container security, image scanning, secrets management, identity integration, vulnerability remediation, and Zero Trust principles.
- Participate in the design and implementation of scalable, highly available infrastructure solutions supporting scientific and enterprise workloads in Agile/Dev Sec Ops environments.
- Research, design, deploy, and document new technologies, including architecture diagrams, deployment procedures, implementation plans, and technical documentation to support knowledge sharing and operational standards.
What You Will Bring
Required qualifications
- BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, Computational Science, Information Technology, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of experience developing, modernizing, and deploying scientific or enterprise applications in cloud-based environments, including migration of on-premises workloads to cloud-native and containerized platforms.
- Experience with Red Hat Open Shift, Kubernetes, containerization technologies, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes concepts including cluster operations, RBAC, networking, and workload orchestration.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar technologies.
- Experience supporting large-scale infrastructure deployments and enterprise application environments using Agile, Dev Ops, or Dev Sec Ops methodologies.
- Understanding of cybersecurity principles, including container security, vulnerability management, identity and access management, and secure system design.
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, Fortran, Perl, or related technologies.
- Strong written, verbal, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with Open Shift Virtualization (OVE), VMware, and virtual machine migration efforts.
- Experience supporting multi-cluster Open Shift or Kubernetes environments.
- Experience with high-performance computing (HPC), scientific computing, or other data-intensive applications.
- Experience implementing security controls aligned with NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, or similar federal cybersecurity frameworks.
- Red Hat, Kubernetes, cloud…
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