Experience: 8+ Years
Location: BLR GTP
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer with strong expertise in OpenShift administration, cloud migration, automation, and infrastructure management. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience managing large-scale OpenShift clusters, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and driving DevOps/GitOps practices in enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Install, configure, automate, and manage large-scale Red Hat OpenShift Clusters.
- Design and implement infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins.
- Lead and support application migrations to cloud platforms.
- Implement and maintain GitOps-driven configuration management and deployment processes.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize OpenShift platform performance, availability, and security.
- Work closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure platform stability and scalability.
- Implement high availability and disaster recovery strategies for critical services.
- Manage containerized workloads and OpenShift virtualization (KubeVirt).
Required Skills & Expertise
- Strong hands-on experience with OpenShift Administration.
- Expertise in Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with cloud migration and container platform operations.
- Good understanding of REST/SOAP APIs, including developing API consumers and publishers.
- Strong knowledge of infrastructure concepts and enterprise platform architecture.
- Understanding of OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt).
- Expertise in DNS concepts:
- Authoritative & Non-Authoritative DNS
- Dynamic DNS & BIND DNS
- DNS Forwarders
- Strong understanding of SSL/TLS communications, including:
- SSL Handshake
- Cipher Suites
- Encryption Algorithms
- Experience with Active Directory administration, Security OUs, and Group Policies.
- Knowledge of Certificates Management:
- SAN Certificates
- Client Authentication
- Keystores
- Mutual SSL (mTLS)
- Experience managing Load Balancers, Firewalls, and Site Selectors.
- Hands-on experience with Vault solutions such as CyberArk and HashiCorp Vault.
- Strong understanding of High Availability (HA) and resilient infrastructure design.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in enterprise-scale Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
- Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes certifications are highly desirable.
- Strong troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Mandatory Skills: OpenShift Administration, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, GitOps, Cloud Migration, Kubernetes/OpenShift, DNS, SSL/TLS, Active Directory, Vault (CyberArk/HashiCorp), High Availability.
SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidate Application Notice
Skills Required
- 8+ years of professional experience
- Strong hands-on experience with OpenShift administration
- Experience managing enterprise-scale Red Hat OpenShift clusters
- Expertise with Terraform
- Expertise with Jenkins
- Expertise with Ansible
- Experience implementing GitOps and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with cloud migration and container platform operations
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and OpenShift environments
- Experience with REST and SOAP APIs, including API consumers and publishers
- Strong knowledge of infrastructure concepts and enterprise platform architecture
- Understanding of OpenShift Virtualization and KubeVirt
- Strong DNS knowledge, including BIND DNS, DNS forwarders, and dynamic DNS
- Strong understanding of SSL/TLS communications, cipher suites, handshakes, and encryption algorithms
- Experience administering Active Directory, security OUs, and Group Policies
- Experience managing certificates, SAN certificates, client authentication, keystores, and mutual SSL
- Experience managing load balancers, firewalls, and site selectors
- Hands-on experience with CyberArk or HashiCorp Vault
- Strong understanding of high availability and resilient infrastructure design
- Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes certification
- Strong troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Synechron Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is frequently characterized as competitive, particularly relative to large service-consulting peers and in certain in-demand skill areas. Compensation sentiment appears strongest when staffing is stable on strong client engagements and for market-aligned roles in major hubs.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is often portrayed as a strong point in the U.S., with broad coverage and relatively favorable out-of-pocket experiences. Core medical, dental, and vision options are consistently described as meeting or exceeding a baseline expectation for consulting roles.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity was made broadly accessible through a company-wide RSU grant tied to a major revenue milestone. This is positioned as a notable upside even if it is framed as a one-time recognition event rather than an ongoing program.
Synechron Insights
What We Do
At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,700+, and has 48 offices in 19 countries within key global markets. For more information on the company, please visit our website: www.synechron.com.
