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Infrastructure Engineer - OpenShift

Cognizant · Glasgow, SCT, United Kingdom
Glasgow, SCT, United KingdomOnsite
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Glasgow, SCT, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified

Job summary

Designs, deploys, and supports virtualization and container platforms, including OpenShift and Hyper-V clusters, and helps migrate VMware workloads to modern container environments. The role automates provisioning and configuration, builds CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, monitors and troubleshoots platform health, and applies security controls. It uses technologies such as Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, Jenkins, Tekton, and ArgoCD, with responsibilities spanning networking, storage, capacity planning, documentation, and on-call support.

Qualifications

  • Knowledge of OpenShift or Hyper-V, Windows Server, Failover Clustering, and SCVMM
  • Strong RHEL administration skills
  • Scripting experience with PowerShell, Bash, or Python
  • Experience with Ansible, Git, and CI/CD tools
  • Understanding of networking, including DNS, VLANs, and load balancing
  • Understanding of storage technologies, including CSI and ODF/Ceph

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain OpenShift and Hyper-V clusters, including live migration, replication, and capacity planning
  • Automate provisioning and configuration using Ansible, Terraform, and PowerShell
  • Build CI/CD and GitOps pipelines using Jenkins, Tekton, and ArgoCD
  • Monitor platform health and troubleshoot performance, networking, and storage issues
  • Apply security and access controls, including RBAC, SCC, and patching
  • Plan and execute VMware-to-OpenShift or Hyper-V migrations
  • Document processes and support on-call rotations

Skills

AnsibleArgo CDAWSAzureBashCephGitGoGrafanaJavaJenkinsLinuxOpenShiftPowerShellPrometheusPythonRHELTektonTerraformVMwareWindowsWindows Server

Certifications

Red Hat EX280Red Hat EX180Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Work schedule

On-call rotations

Industry

Cloud infrastructureSecurity services

Relocation

No