Remote Sr. OpenShift Virtualization Administrator

Job Description

Job#: 3048344

Candidates must be U.S. citizens able to obtain and/or maintain a Department of Defense security clearance as a condition and continuation of employment.

Location: Washington, D.C. (Hybrid)

This position leads enterprise virtualization operations on Red Hat Open Shift Virtualization (Container-native Virtualization / Kube Virt). The role is accountable for the design, administration, and continuous optimization of Open Shift Virtualization to deliver secure and high-performing virtual machine services. This position supports 24x7x365 operational readiness, incident response, and coordination with the Enterprise Operations Center and adjacent infrastructure teams. The role is a key technical leader for an in-flight migration from VMware to Open Shift Virtualization, with responsibility for both steady-state platform operations and execution of migration waves.

• Lead administrative and design activities for Open Shift Virtualization (CNV) deployed on Red Hat Open Shift Container Platform.
• Deploy, configure, and maintain the Open Shift Virtualization operator, Kube Virt components, CDI, and associated cluster services.
• Manage full VM lifecycle operations on Kube Virt, including provisioning, live migration, cloning, snapshots, patching, and decommissioning.
• Configure VM networking and storage to meet performance and availability requirements.
• Provide subject matter expertise troubleshooting complex issues across the full stack.
• Monitor platform health, performance, and capacity using the Open Shift monitoring stack to proactively identify and remediate operational risk.
• Lead technical teams supporting daily system operations for Open Shift Virtualization services and concurrent migration-wave execution.
• Plan and execute VMware-to-Open Shift Virtualization migration waves using the Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV / Forklift).
• Enforce secure configuration and patch compliance across Open Shift and Virtualization components.
• Apply Git Ops and infrastructure-as-code patterns to VM and cluster configuration.

• A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering).
• 9-12 years of experience supporting server virtualization technology in enterprise environments, including hands-on experience with Open Shift Virtualization / Kube Virt.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams supporting system operations.
• Experience planning and managing workloads for virtualization operations.
• Hands‑on experience administering Red Hat Open Shift Container Platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
• Administrative and design leadership for Open Shift Virtualization (CNV / Kube Virt).
• Deployment and configuration of the Open Shift Virtualization operator.
• Senior troubleshooting expertise across the Open Shift cluster layer and the VM guest layer.
• Workload and project management for a virtualization team.
• Incident coordination in a 24x7x365 enterprise operations environment.

• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Open Shift Virtualization (EX316) or equivalent is required.
• Candidates holding VMware Certified Professional
  - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) will be considered with a commitment to obtain EX316 post-hire within a defined timeframe.

• Hands‑on experience executing VMware-to-Open Shift Virtualization migrations using the Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV / Forklift).
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) on RHEL 9.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
• Experience with Argo CD / Open Shift Git Ops and Ansible Automation Platform.
• Red Hat Open Shift Data Foundation (ODF) / Ceph storage…