Job
Description – Senior OpenShift SME (Bare Metal Deployments)
Location: Dublin 18 (3 days onsite per week)
Duration: End of year with possible extension
Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior OpenShift SME with extensive
experience in OpenShift deployments on Bare Metal infrastructure. The
ideal candidate will be both a strategic advisor and a hands-on engineer,
capable of designing, deploying, troubleshooting, and optimizing OpenShift
environments.
Key Technical Skills
- Red Hat OpenShift (7+
years)
- OpenShift deployment on Bare Metal
- Kubernetes
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Container Platforms & Containerization
(Docker/CRI-O)
- Infrastructure Architecture
- Cluster Installation & Configuration
- Networking (DNS, Load Balancing, VLANs,
Firewalls)
- Storage Integration (Ceph, SAN, NFS or similar)
- High Availability (HA) & Disaster Recovery
- Automation (Ansible)
- CI/CD integration
- Monitoring & Logging (Prometheus, Grafana,
ELK)
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Design and deploy OpenShift clusters on bare
metal infrastructure.
- Provide architectural guidance and best practice
recommendations.
- Perform hands-on installation, configuration,
upgrades, and troubleshooting.
- Support infrastructure integration, networking,
storage, and security.
- Work closely with client teams to resolve
technical issues and optimise platform performance.
- Implement automation where possible and support
operational readiness.
Required Experience
- 7+ years of experience with OpenShift and container platforms.
- Strong experience delivering OpenShift on Bare
Metal environments.
- Proven experience with Kubernetes administration.
- Experience in enterprise infrastructure and
platform engineering.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving
skills.
- Experience advising clients on infrastructure and
platform architecture.
- Comfortable working in a hands-on technical
delivery role.
Experience Required: 7+ years with
OpenShift, including significant hands-on experience deploying and managing OpenShift
on Bare Metal infrastructure.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience with Red Hat OpenShift and container platforms
- Significant hands-on experience deploying and managing OpenShift on bare-metal infrastructure
- Proven experience with Kubernetes administration
- Experience in enterprise infrastructure and platform engineering
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Experience advising clients on infrastructure and platform architecture
- Ability to work in a hands-on technical delivery role
What We Do
Test Triangle is a Dublin-headquartered technology services company founded in 2012. It helps organizations transform operations through IT service management, digital transformation, software testing and quality assurance, cloud solutions, consulting, managed services, and recruitment. The company also provides application testing, DevOps, robotic process automation, software and mobile development, technology training, staffing, and resource augmentation across Ireland, the UK, and international markets.
