About This Opportunity
We are seeking a highly skilled IT System Expert with strong expertise in Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the design, deployment, administration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management of OpenShift container platforms and Linux infrastructure. Experience with Oracle Solaris administration is desirable.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer, maintain, and support Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) environments.
- Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and troubleshoot Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) servers.
- Manage OpenShift clusters, including control plane and worker nodes, operators, and platform services.
- Perform cluster health monitoring, capacity planning, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Implement and maintain security hardening, RBAC, authentication, certificate management, and compliance standards.
- Support containerized application deployments and CI/CD integration.
- Perform operating system patching, upgrades, vulnerability remediation, and lifecycle management.
- Troubleshoot Linux OS, OpenShift platform, networking, storage, and container-related issues.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, application, database, and security teams to resolve complex technical issues.
- Develop and maintain automation using Ansible and shell scripting.
- Prepare technical documentation, SOPs, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
- Participate in incident, problem, change, and release management processes.
- Provide Level 3 technical support and serve as the technical escalation point for OpenShift and Linux platforms.
Required Skills
- 8-10+ years of IT Infrastructure Administration.
- Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x) administration.
- Strong administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7/8/9).
- Good understanding of Kubernetes architecture, container orchestration, and container runtime technologies.
- Experience with OpenShift Operators, Routes, Projects, Networking, Storage Classes, Persistent Volumes, and Image Registry.
- Linux system administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and security hardening.
- Experience with Ansible, Bash/Shell scripting, and infrastructure automation.
- Good knowledge of networking concepts, including DNS, TCP/IP, Load Balancers, Firewalls, and SSL/TLS.
- Experience integrating enterprise storage solutions (SAN/NFS/CSI).
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, and Kibana.
Good to Have
- Oracle Solaris (10/11) administration.
- Red Hat Satellite.
- Kubernetes certifications and container security knowledge.
Preferred Certifications
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
- Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Why join Ericsson?At Ericsson, you'll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what's possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. You'll be challenged, but you won't be alone. You'll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.
What happens once you apply? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like.Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.
Primary country and city: United Arab Emirates (AE) || Dubai
Req ID: 788282
Skills Required
- 8-10+ years of IT infrastructure administration experience
- Hands-on Red Hat OpenShift (OCP 4.x) administration
- Administration experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7/8/9)
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture and container orchestration
- Experience with OpenShift components: Operators, Routes, Projects, Image Registry, Storage Classes, Persistent Volumes
- Linux system administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and security hardening
- Ansible and Bash/Shell scripting for automation
- Knowledge of networking: DNS, TCP/IP, load balancers, firewalls, SSL/TLS
- Experience integrating enterprise storage solutions (SAN, NFS, CSI)
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging: Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Kibana
- Experience supporting containerized application deployments and CI/CD integration
- Provide Level 3 technical support and act as technical escalation for OpenShift and Linux platforms
- Oracle Solaris (10/11) administration
- Red Hat Satellite familiarity
- Kubernetes certifications and container security knowledge (CKA, RHCE, OpenShift certs)
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Retirement Support — U.S. postings outline a 401(k) with an automatic 3% company contribution plus matching that reaches 4% when employees contribute 5%. This combination is repeatedly listed in role postings and characterized as strong for the sector.
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Parental & Family Support — U.S. job descriptions frequently cite up to 16 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid parental/adoption leave at 100% pay. These benefits are positioned as exceeding many U.S. corporate policies.
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Ericsson builds the digital connectivity the world relies on. Our technology underpins the mobile networks, platforms, and systems that billions of people, businesses, and societies depend on every day. We are a global leader in communications technology, delivering mobile network infrastructure, cloud software, and wireless connectivity solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide. Our networks support connectivity across 180+ countries, helping power everyday communication as well as critical digital services at global scale. Connectivity has evolved far beyond consumer mobile use. Today, nearly 80% of the world’s population accesses the internet via mobile networks, and Ericsson is helping shape what comes next. We are advancing 5G and 5G Advanced, developing network APIs that open connectivity to the global developer ecosystem, and applying automation and AI to make networks more intelligent, efficient, and resilient. Ericsson was the first company to launch live 5G networks on five continents, and our 5G platform is now commercially live in 150+ networks across 60+ countries. We also support more than 36,000 enterprise customers, enabling secure, high-performance connectivity for industries such as manufacturing, aviation, logistics, utilities, and public safety, where reliability and performance are mission critical. Innovation is central to how we work. Ericsson has approximately 28,000 employees in research and development, backed by one of the strongest intellectual property portfolios in the industry with 60,000+ granted patents. Our engineers, researchers, and technologists work across 100+ global R&D sites, helping define how networks evolve and how digital infrastructure is built for the long term. As the world moves toward a mobile-first, AI-powered, and cloud-driven future, connectivity becomes the foundation for digital transformation across every industry. Ericsson is building that foundation, shaping the future of digital connectivity through technology that operates at global scale and supports real-world impact, today and for what comes next.
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Ericsson is a place for people who want to work on technology that powers everyday life. You’ll contribute to large-scale systems used every day, tackle complex challenges in live environments, and keep developing your skills and career in your own vision.
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