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Senior Associate OpenShift

Job in Riverwoods, Lake County, Illinois, USA
Listing for: Diverse Lynx
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-06-01
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Systems Engineer, Cloud Computing, IT Support, SRE/Site Reliability
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Associate   OpenShift

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

Red Hat Open Shift, Kubernetes operations

CI/CD automation

AWS managed relational databases (Postgre

SQL, Aurora, Maria

DB).

Job Description/ Responsibilities

We are seeking a 7-9 years of experience with Open Shift Container Platform Engineer to design, operate, and support production Open Shift clusters and associated cloud native services. This role requires hands on experience with Red Hat Open Shift, Kubernetes operations, CI/CD automation, and AWS managed relational databases (Postgre

SQL, Aurora, Maria

DB).

The engineer will independently resolve complex platform and application issues, contribute to automation and standards, and act as a technical escalation point for junior engineers while collaborating closely with application, SRE, security, and cloud teams.

Core Responsibilities

Open Shift Platform Engineering (Mid-Level Ownership)

" Operate and support production Open Shift clusters (on prem and AWS hosted)

" Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes issues

" Perform Open Shift upgrades, patching, and certificate rotations

" Support ACM managed clusters and policy enforcement

CI/CD, Git Ops & Automation

" Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Open Shift based workloads

" Support Git Ops style deployments using Helm, Git workflows

" Automate recurring platform tasks using Bash/Shell/YAML templates

" Improve reliability through Automated health checks, Deployment validations, Rollback strategies

AWS Database Support (Mid-Level Non DBA)

RDS Postgre

SQL, Aurora & MariaDB

" Provide hands on operational support for Amazon RDS Postgre

SQL, Amazon Aurora (Postgre

SQL/MySQL compatible), Amazon MariaDB

" Diagnose and resolve application to database issues, including Connection pool exhaustion, Authentication failures, Network and security group misconfigurations

" Analyze Cloud Watch metrics to identify Performance bottlenecks, Resource saturation, Replication lag

Database Operations & Reliability

" Manage and validate Automated backups and snapshots, Multi AZ failover behaviour, Read replica health

" Support non prod restore testing and disaster recovery validation

" Assist with controlled maintenance events and engine upgrades (execution under change processes)

Performance & Tuning Awareness

" Identify performance issues caused by Inefficient queries, Application connection patterns, Improper parameter settings

" Collaborate with DBA teams using Logs, Metrics, Query statistics (read only analysis)

Security, Networking & Compliance

" Enforce Kubernetes and AWS security best practices, Secrets management, Network isolation, TLS and certificate handling

" Implement least privilege access using Kubernetes RBAC, AWS IAM (service level access)

" Support audit and compliance requirements for platform and database services

Incident Management & Production Support

" Act as L2/L3 escalation for Open Shift platform incidents, AWS database related production issues

" Participate in On call rotations, Major incident bridges

" Perform root cause analysis and implement preventive fixes, Create and maintain Runbooks, Troubleshooting guides, Operational documentation

Mentorship & Collaboration

" Provide technical guidance to junior engineers

" Review changes for platform standards and best practices

" Collaborate with Application teams, Cloud infrastructure, Networking and security teams

Required Technical Skillsets (Mid Level)

Open Shift & Kubernetes

" Strong hands on experience with Red Hat Open Shift (OCP), Kubernetes primitives and controllers

" Deep understanding of Scheduling, resource management, and autoscaling, Cluster networking and ingress routing

" Experience with multi cluster operations (ACM preferred)

AWS & Cloud Infrastructure

" Solid experience with AWS services including EC2, VPC, Security Groups, IAM (roles, policies), Cloud Watch and logging

" Practical understanding of hybrid cloud connectivity

AWS Databases (Required)

" Production experience supporting RDS Postgre

SQL, Aurora, MariaDB

" Ability to independently troubleshoot Performance issues, Failovers, Connectivity problems

" Understanding of Backup/restore strategies, Multi AZ vs read replicas, Parameter group impact

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.
Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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