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MSP Owner: Rob Finton
Location: St.Louis,MO - 100% remote
Duration: 6 months
skill id: 10844487
GC or USC are preferred as customer may look to hire directly after 12 months
Competencies: 5+ Years
Windows Powershell
Digital : Kubernetes
Digital : OpenShift Container Platform
Unix Administration
Customer Focus
Role Summary:
We are looking for a highly skilled System Engineer to support and enhance enterprise infrastructure platforms in a client-facing environment. This role requires strong expertise in OpenShift Container Platform, and Linux Administration. The engineer will work closely with a distributed team of engineers, engage with client stakeholders on a daily basis, and serve as an on-call escalation engineer to ensure rapid resolution of critical issues and high service availability.
Technical/Functional Skills Required Skills -
• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (installation, upgrades, cluster administration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management).
• Strong experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration (build, patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting in enterprise environments).
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes architecture and core concepts (pods, deployments, networking, storage, RBAC).
• Experience with automation and configuration management using shell scripting.
• Experience supporting production environments, including change management, incident response, root cause analysis, and participation in on-call rotations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills; ability to work directly with clients and cross-functional engineering teams.
Good to Have -
• Experience developing and maintaining Ansible playbooks and automation frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios)
• Understanding of security best practices, including system hardening, vulnerability management, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with Rundeck or similar orchestration tools
Experience Required
5+ years of experience in System Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Platform Engineering roles.
Roles & Responsibilities
• Design, build, configure, and maintain our on-premises OpenShift Container Platform clusters.
• Design, build, configure, and maintain Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server infrastructure across on premises as well as Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure environments.
• Automate server build, configuration, and deployment processes using shell scripting and Ansible automation, ensuring standardization, repeatability, and reduced manual effort.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance orchestration using Rundeck to support automated operational activities.
• Act as an on-call escalation engineer on a rotational basis, providing after-hours support and ensuring faster resolution of high-severity incidents.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and performance tuning for OpenShift Container Platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Engage in daily client interactions, providing technical updates, participating in operational discussions, and supporting service reviews.
• Collaborate closely with a team of engineers across infrastructure, cloud, security, and application domains to deliver reliable and scalable solutions.
• Support change management activities, releases, and production deployments in alignment with client and organizational standards.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, build standards, automation artifacts, and operational runbooks.
• Continuously identify opportunities for automation, optimization, and service improvement to enhance platform stability and client satisfaction
Generic Managerial Skills:
Liaison with Customer IT & Business Team
Good Communication & Presentation Skills
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience, Project Code :