Senior OpenShift Administrator

Openshift Administrator

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Open Shift Platform Operations

• Administer, maintain, and optimize Red Hat Open Shift Container Platform (OCP) clusters deployed on-premises (bare-metal / VMware) and in Microsoft Azure (ARO – Azure Red Hat Open Shift).
• Perform cluster lifecycle management including upgrades, patching, node scaling, and certificate rotation with minimal disruption to production workloads.
• Monitor cluster health using Open Shift built-in tools, Prometheus, Grafana, and enterprise observability stacks; respond to and resolve platform-level incidents
• Manage Open Shift networking components including SDN/OVN-Kubernetes, routes, ingress controllers, and network policies.
• Administer Open Shift storage integrations (OCS/ODF, persistent volumes, storage classes) for stateful workloads
• Enforce RBAC, security context constraints (SCC), and image policy controls aligned to client security standards.

Deployment & Dev Ops Support

• Support CI/CD pipeline integrations with Open Shift (Tekton Pipelines, ArgoCD / Open Shift Git Ops, Jenkins)
• Collaborate with application and Dev Ops teams on containerization best practices, Helm chart management, and Operator lifecycle management (OLM).
• Maintain and improve Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates using Ansible, Terraform, or Open Shift/Kubernetes manifests.
• Participate in change management processes; ensure all platform changes meet lead-time requirements and are communicated proactively to client stakeholders.

Multi-Cloud Kubernetes (Advantageous)

• Support or advise on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster operations including node pool management, Azure AD integration, and Azure CNI/policy add-ons.
• Provide operational support for Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) environments including Autopilot/Standard cluster management and GCP IAM integration.
• Contribute to cross-platform standardization efforts for observability, security, and Git Ops practices across Open Shift, AKS, and GKE.

Technical Skills

• Red Hat Open Shift Container Platform (OCP) 4.x — cluster installation, upgrade, and day-2 operations.
• Kubernetes core concepts: workloads, services, ingress, RBAC, name spaces, custom resources, and operators.
• Networking: OVN-Kubernetes, load balancers, DNS, TLS/certificate management.
• Storage: OCS/ODF, CSI drivers, persistent volume provisioning.
• Monitoring & logging:
  Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch/Loki, Open Shift cluster logging operator.
• Scripting and automation:
  Bash, Python, Ansible.
• Infrastructure-as-Code:
  Terraform or equivalent.
• Source control and Git Ops:
  Git, ArgoCD / Open Shift Git Ops.
• Container image management:
  Quay, Open Shift internal registry, image scanning

This role will require a minimum of 3 days per week in the office. Hiring locations:
Tampa, Orlando or Columbus.

Here's what you need:

• A minimum of 8 years of hands-on experience administering Red Hat Open Shift in production enterprise environments including demonstrated experience with Open Shift on-premises deployments (bare-metal, VMware vSphere, or IPI/UPI installations).
• A minimum of 5 year of experience with Azure Red Hat Open Shift (ARO) or Open Shift deployments in Microsoft Azure cloud.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Bonus points if:

• Strong background supporting large, complex client environments with high availability and compliance requirements (healthcare, financial services, or similar regulated industries preferred).
• Experience with Linux system administration (RHEL/CoreOS) and container runtime fundamentals.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below. We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 09/22/2026.

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