*Remote Contract Opportunity*

Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their OpenShift/Kubernetes Engineer position! This is a 12+ month contract opportunity and can be remote in the United States (EST working hours). This role will be a W2 employee of Lighthouse Technology Services.

Overview

A leading financial services organization is seeking an experienced OpenShift/Kubernetes Engineer to join a team responsible for managing and maintaining the firm’s enterprise container platform. This individual will bring expert-level knowledge of the OpenShift/Kubernetes ecosystem and best practices for cluster deployments. A key aspect of this role involves exploring emerging technologies and providing recommendations on how to effectively integrate them. The ideal candidate will have strong technical credentials and hands-on experience in containers, networking, storage, compute, and cloud infrastructure design and implementation, along with excellent communication skills.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Automate the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of OpenShift clusters using custom CI/CD pipelines.
• Review new cluster configurations and pipelines to ensure effective and non-disruptive outcomes.
• Recommend and implement system upgrades and enhancements for optimal performance.
• Lead infrastructure automation efforts and continuous deployment in a private virtualized environment.
• Document newly deployed services and infrastructure; maintain and update existing documentation to reflect best practices.
• Collaborate with technology leadership, senior engineers, and support teams to implement scalable technical solutions.
• Contribute to infrastructure architecture, design, standards, and policies.
• Translate business and functional requirements into structured technical solutions.
• Provide mentorship and coaching to engineers, technicians, and integrators.
• Stay current with banking technologies, development environments, and financial services trends.
• Coordinate with vendors and manage support tickets when needed.
• Promote and follow industry standards and best practices.

What You'll Need to Have:

• A combined minimum of 8 years of higher education and/or professional experience.
• Strong understanding of system development, infrastructure lifecycle, systems design, and IT Service Management principles.
• Expert knowledge/experience with container technologies including OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Podman/Docker (build, configure, support)
• In-depth Linux systems expertise, including configuration and administration.
• Ability to write maintainable scripts in Python, Bash, or Perl.
• Experience with automation tools including Ansible and/or Terraform HCL.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure services, particularly Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO).
• Experience with GitOps workflows using ArgoCD to manage Kubernetes clusters at scale.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or a related field preferred.

Pay Range: $68-$83+/hr

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