Title : OpenShift Engineer
Location : California Preferred (Remote is also fine)
Rate : $46/hr on W2
Senior OpenShift Virtualization Engineer
(VMware Migration & Platform Modernization)
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior OpenShift Virtualization Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and operationalization of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization as a strategic virtualization platform. This role will serve as a technical leader for evaluating, migrating, and modernizing enterprise virtual infrastructure, with a primary focus on transitioning workloads from VMware vSphere/ESXi environments to OpenShift Virtualization.
The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in KVM-based virtualization, Red Hat OpenShift, KubeVirt (optional), enterprise infrastructure, and large-scale VMware migration programs. The engineer will be responsible for designing migration strategies, automating deployment processes, validating platform readiness, and ensuring production-grade operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Engineering
- Architect, deploy, and maintain highly available OpenShift Virtualization clusters.
- Design scalable virtualization platforms supporting both virtual machine and container workloads.
- Configure and optimize storage, networking, security, monitoring, and backup solutions within OpenShift environments.
- Develop standards, reference architectures, operational procedures, and platform governance models.
VMware Migration Leadership
- Lead migrations from VMware ESXi/vSphere to OpenShift Virtualization.
- Assess existing VMware environments and create migration roadmaps.
- Define migration waves, dependency mapping, rollback plans, and validation procedures.
- Utilize Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV/Forklift) to automate workload migrations. Migration tooling is a key capability highlighted in vendor documentation.
- Execute proof-of-concept, pilot, and production migration activities.
- Validate workload performance, functionality, availability, and disaster recovery after migration.
Automation & Infrastructure as Code
- Develop automation using:
- Ansible Automation Platform
- GitOps methodologies
- Terraform
- OpenShift Operators
- CI/CD pipelines
- Automate cluster deployment, lifecycle operations, VM provisioning, and configuration management.
Storage & Data Services
- Engineer storage integrations using enterprise storage platforms.
- Implement CSI-based storage solutions and persistent storage strategies.
- Design migration procedures for VMDK-to-PVC conversion, storage class mapping, and data movement workflows. These capabilities are central to VMware-to-OpenShift migration processes documented by Red Hat and NetApp.
Operations & Reliability
- Establish monitoring, logging, alerting, capacity planning, and performance management practices.
- Support high availability, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity requirements.
- Develop operational runbooks and troubleshooting guides.
- Participate in architecture reviews and strategic infrastructure planning.
Technical Leadership
- Provide mentorship to infrastructure, virtualization, and platform engineering teams.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for OpenShift Virtualization and KubeVirt (optional).
- Collaborate with application owners, security teams, storage engineers, and cloud platform teams.
- Present technical recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
Experience
- 8+ years of enterprise infrastructure engineering experience.
- 5+ years supporting VMware vSphere and ESXi environments.
- 3+ years of hands-on Red Hat OpenShift administration and engineering experience.
- Proven experience leading VMware-to-OpenShift Virtualization migration initiatives.
- Experience migrating production workloads involving:
- Windows Server
- Linux platforms
- Tier-1 business applications
- Enterprise databases
Technical Skills
OpenShift
- Red Hat OpenShift Platform
- OpenShift Virtualization
- Operators and Operator Lifecycle Management
VMware
- VMware ESXi
- VMware vSphere
- VMware vCenter
- VM lifecycle management
- Datastore and networking architecture
- vMotion and migration planning
Migration Technologies
- Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV/Forklift)
- Workload discovery and assessment
- Migration planning and execution
- Cutover and rollback procedures
- VM conversion methodologies
Automation
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Git
- GitOps frameworks
- Python, Bash, or PowerShell
Storage & Networking
- CSI storage integrations
- SAN/NAS technologies
- Enterprise storage platforms
- Software-defined networking
- VLANs, load balancing, DNS, and identity integration
Preferred Qualifications
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration
- Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- VMware VCP or VCAP certification
- Experience with NetApp, Pure Storage, Dell PowerFlex, or similar enterprise storage platforms
- Experience supporting environments with 1,000+ virtual machines
- Experience implementing hybrid cloud and platform modernization strategies
Desired Leadership Characteristics
- Strategic thinker with strong architecture skills.
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale infrastructure transformation programs.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proven ability to influence technical direction and drive adoption of new platforms.
- Ability to balance operational stability with modernization objectives.
Success Metrics
- Successful migration of VMware workloads to OpenShift Virtualization.
- Reduction in operational complexity through automation.
- Achievement of platform performance and availability targets.
- Delivery of repeatable migration frameworks and processes.
- Adoption of OpenShift Virtualization as a strategic enterprise platform.
- Improved infrastructure agility through convergence of VM and container workloads.
Notes:- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.
Benefits: Danta offers a compensation package to all W2 employees that are competitive in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, the option to elect healthcare insurance (Dental, Medical, Vision), Major holidays and Paid sick leave as per state law.
The rate/ Salary range is dependent on numerous factors including Qualification, Experience and Location.
