We are looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer with strong expertise in OpenShift Administration, DevOps automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud-native technologies.
The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience managing large-scale OpenShift environments, automating infrastructure deployments, building CI/CD pipelines, implementing GitOps-driven delivery models, and supporting cloud migration initiatives.
This role requires a strong engineering mindset with expertise across Linux, Kubernetes/OpenShift, automation, platform engineering, and enterprise infrastructure solutions. The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, standardizing, and automating technology platforms while ensuring scalability, security, availability, and operational excellence.
RequirementsKey Responsibilities
• Design, install, configure, manage, and automate large-scale OpenShift clusters.
• Develop and implement automation solutions for platform provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform, Ansible, and automation frameworks.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and support modern DevOps delivery practices.
• Implement GitOps-driven configuration management and application deployment approaches.
• Support application migration initiatives from traditional environments to cloud and container platforms.
• Design standardized technology stacks and reusable platform components.
• Develop automation solutions to enable zero-touch and unattended deployments.
• Perform platform capacity planning, performance optimization, and scalability improvements.
• Collaborate with architects, application teams, security teams, and infrastructure teams to deliver enterprise platform solutions.
• Participate in technical design discussions and provide recommendations on platform architecture.
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues related to OpenShift, Kubernetes, networking, security, and integrations.
• Support production stability by improving automation, reliability, monitoring, and operational processes.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, open-source adoption, and continuous platform improvements.
Required Technical SkillsOpenShift / Kubernetes• Strong hands-on experience in Red Hat OpenShift Administration.
• Experience installing, configuring, upgrading, and managing enterprise-scale OpenShift clusters.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts and container technologies.
• Understanding of OpenShift virtualization (KubeVirt).
• Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator certification is preferred.
DevOps & AutomationStrong hands-on experience with:
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• Ansible
Experience with:
• Configuration management
• Infrastructure automation
• Orchestration tools
• CI/CD pipeline implementation
• Strong understanding of GitOps-driven configuration management and deployment practices.
• Experience with:
- ArgoCD
- Helm Charts
- Automated deployment workflows
Strong scripting experience with:
• Bash
• PowerShell
• Python
• Groovy (Jenkins pipeline scripting)
• Hands-on experience migrating applications to cloud environments.
• Understanding of cloud connectivity, SD-WAN, private connectivity, and hybrid cloud architectures.
• Strong conceptual understanding of infrastructure components and enterprise data center environments.
Networking & Security KnowledgeExperience with:
• REST/SOAP API communication concepts.
• DNS:
- Authoritative DNS
- Non-authoritative DNS
- Dynamic DNS
- Bind DNS
- DNS Forwarders
• SSL/TLS communication:
- SSL handshake
- Cipher suites
- Encryption algorithms
• Certificates:
- SAN certificates
- Client authentication certificates
- Keystores
- Mutual SSL
• Load balancers
• Site selectors
• Firewalls
Experience with:
• Active Directory:
- Security OUs
- Policies
• Vault technologies:
- CyberArk
- HashiCorp Vault
• High Availability architecture and implementation.
Repository & Monitoring ToolsExperience with:
• Artifact management tools:
- Red Hat Satellite
- Spacewalk
- Nexus
• ELK Stack and Beats:
- Audit Beat
- File Beat
• OS compliance standards:
- CIS Benchmarks
• 8+ years of experience in technology engineering / platform engineering roles.
• Strong experience working in large enterprise environments.
• Proven experience managing enterprise OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience implementing automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code solutions.
• Experience working with Agile delivery methodologies.
Preferred Experience• Experience in enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.
• Experience working with financial services or large-scale regulated environments.
• Exposure to SRE principles and DevOps operating models.
• Experience contributing to open-source technologies.
Key Competencies• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strategic thinking with a research and development mindset.
• Strong ownership of technical delivery and platform improvements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, and application teams.
• Understanding of project delivery methodologies and Agile practices.
Skills Required
- 8+ years in technology engineering or platform engineering roles
- Hands-on Red Hat OpenShift administration and enterprise-scale cluster management
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes and container technologies
- Experience installing, configuring, upgrading, and managing OpenShift clusters
- Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Configuration management and automation with Ansible
- CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance using Jenkins
- GitOps-driven configuration management and experience with ArgoCD
- Helm charts and automated deployment workflows
- Strong scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy (Jenkins pipelines)
- Experience migrating applications to cloud and hybrid cloud architectures
- Understanding of cloud connectivity, SD-WAN, private connectivity, and enterprise data center infrastructure
- Networking and security knowledge: REST/SOAP APIs, DNS (Bind, authoritative, dynamic), SSL/TLS, certificates, load balancers, firewalls
- Experience with Active Directory, security OUs, and policies
- Experience with vault technologies such as CyberArk and HashiCorp Vault
- High availability architecture design and implementation experience
- Familiarity with artifact management and monitoring tools: Red Hat Satellite, Spacewalk, Nexus, ELK Stack, Auditbeat, Filebeat
- Knowledge of OS compliance standards such as CIS Benchmarks
- Experience working in large enterprise environments and using Agile delivery methodologies
- Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator (preferred)
- Experience in enterprise cloud transformation initiatives (preferred)
- Experience in financial services or regulated environments (preferred)
- Exposure to SRE principles and DevOps operating models (preferred)
- Experience contributing to open-source technologies (preferred)
What We Do
Global Software Solutions Group Veracious product line is a series of robust banking platforms that provide core banking, payment systems, custom process automation, and document management solutions for banks and financial institutions in Middle East & Africa. This cutting-edge product line features the Veracious Payments Hub, Digital Banking and the DMS, all built on the Torus Lowcode development platform software. Global Software Solutions Group is a software solutions provider that aims to solve mission-critical problems that financial institutions face today. Our software solutions bring together our Low Code platform, the payments product line and customized service offerings to solve mission-critical statements in core banking, payments, process automation, and document management. The Payments Hub is GSS's flagship product.
