About this opportunity
Ericsson is a global leader in telecom, enabling the Networked Society across 175 countries. We're hiring a Cloud System Expert (Senior OpenShift Engineer) to lead migration, modernization, and operation of enterprise container platforms (Red Hat OpenShift) across on prem and multi cloud environments. This is a hands on technical leadership role focused on transforming legacy workloads to cloud native platforms with high availability, security, and automation.
What you will do• Lead migrations from KVM/VMware/OpenStack, on prem Kubernetes, and OpenShift 3.x to OpenShift 4.x.• Assess and modernize monolithic apps for containerization, microservices, or replatforming with minimal downtime.• Design, deploy and manage scalable, multi cluster OpenShift architectures across on prem and public clouds.• Implement automation for migrations and operations using Ansible, Terraform, Helm, and GitOps (ArgoCD/FluxCD).• Define resource quotas, autoscaling, and performance tuning for production workloads.• Enforce security and compliance: RBAC, network/pod policies, image scanning, and CIS/NIST alignment.• Build observability and CI/CD: Prometheus/Grafana, centralized logging (ELK/Loki), Jenkins/GitLab CI, ArgoCD.• Mentor and lead cross functional teams; document runbooks, best practices, and migration plans.
The skills you bring
• Strong hands on experience with OpenShift (OCP 4.x+), Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration.• Proven application migration knowledge: Lift & Shift, Replatforming, Refactoring for cloud native.• Cloud platform experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) with OpenShift deployments and hybrid/multi cloud design.• Automation and IaC skills: Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Bash/Python scripting.• GitOps experience (ArgoCD/FluxCD) and CI/CD pipeline implementation.• Security and observability expertise: image scanning (Trivy/Clair/Quay), RBAC, Prometheus/Grafana, logging stacks.• Strong leadership, communication, and mentoring capabilities.
"All academic credentials must be from recognized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification."
Skills Required
- Hands-on experience with OpenShift (OCP 4.x+)
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Experience migrating from KVM/VMware/OpenStack and OpenShift 3.x to 4.x
- Application migration strategies (Lift & Shift, Replatforming, Refactoring)
- Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) with OpenShift/hybrid multi-cloud design
- Automation and IaC: Terraform, Ansible, Helm
- Scripting: Bash and/or Python
- GitOps experience (ArgoCD/FluxCD) and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab CI)
- Security and compliance: image scanning (Trivy/Clair/Quay), RBAC, network/pod policies, CIS/NIST alignment
- Observability: Prometheus/Grafana and centralized logging (ELK/Loki)
- Strong leadership, communication, and mentoring capabilities
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Ericsson Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage options are described as broad, with multiple medical plan choices (often three) plus dental and mental health resources. U.S. materials also reference PPO and HDHP options, and some teams contribute to HSAs.
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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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What We Do
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.
Why Work With Us
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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