About the role

Role Overview

Contract OpenShift Staff Engineer for 3–6 months, remote in the U.S. Join a Platform Engineering team supporting a large-scale enterprise container platform environment. The role focuses on operating Red Hat OpenShift 4.x at scale, including platform operations, deployment automation, storage management, and application onboarding.

Responsibilities

Administer and support enterprise Red Hat OpenShift 4.x platforms
Onboard and support new applications within the OpenShift environment
Perform platform upgrades, patching, and maintenance activities
Manage and maintain OpenShift operators
Support and troubleshoot deployment automation workflows using Argo CD
Administer and support Portworx storage environments
Diagnose and resolve platform, container, and application-related issues
Collaborate with engineering, application, and infrastructure teams to ensure platform stability and reliability
Participate in project planning, operational meetings, and platform initiatives
Support scheduled maintenance windows and occasional after-hours upgrade activities

Requirements

Hands-on experience administering and supporting Red Hat OpenShift 4.x
Strong Kubernetes and enterprise container platform operations experience
Experience with Argo CD and GitOps deployment methodologies
Experience administering/supporting Portworx storage solutions
Experience troubleshooting/supporting production OpenShift/Kubernetes environments
Experience working with enterprise infrastructure and cloud environments
Strong understanding of platform operations, automation, and application lifecycle management

Preferred Qualifications

Experience performing OpenShift upgrades, patching, and platform migrations
Experience managing and maintaining OpenShift operators
Experience onboarding enterprise applications to container platforms
Cloud-native technologies and modern platform engineering practices

Preferred Certifications

Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)

What Successful Candidates Can Demonstrate

Recent hands-on OpenShift 4.x administration
Direct experience with Argo CD and Portworx
Experience supporting OpenShift upgrades, platform migrations, or large-scale application onboarding
Strong production operational and troubleshooting capabilities

About Kforce Inc

Kforce Inc is a staffing and solutions firm that provides talent to clients across technology and business domains. This posting is for a client engagement, where Kforce recruits engineers to support enterprise platforms and infrastructure initiatives.

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