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Posted 03 July, 2026

OpenShift Platform Engineer

VARITE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
Bangalore or remote, Karnataka, IN Full Time
Reference: 26-36711-2522-2

Company Name: VARITE India Private Limited

About The Client:

Computacenter plc is a British multinational that provides information technology services to public- and private-sector customers. It is a UK company based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index

About The Job:
  • We are seeking an experienced OpenShift Platform Engineer to join our Openshift platform team on a contract basis, providing critical backfill support. The role focuses on the operational management, support, and continuous improvement of our enterprise OpenShift platform running on x86 infrastructure, within a highly regulated financial services environment.
  • The successful candidate will be hands-on, operationally strong, and proactive, with a solid SRE mindset to enhance platform reliability, performance, and user experience for internal application teams.
Essential Job Functions:
  • Manage and support Red Hat OpenShift clusters hosted on x86 infrastructure.
  • Provide day-to-day operational support for the OpenShift platform, ensuring high availability and performance and BAU maintenance.
  • Implement and enhance automation across platform operations (provisioning, scaling, patching, incident response).
  • Maintain and improve platform reliability, observability, and resilience using SRE principles.
  • Contribute to incident, problem, and change management processes in line with regulated environment standards.
  • Partner with application teams to support onboarding, troubleshooting, and platform usage.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex platform and application issues across the stack (compute, storage, networking, containers).
  • Work closely with infrastructure teams supporting VMware virtualised environments.
  • Ensure compliance with security, audit, and regulatory requirements.
  • Produce and maintain clear technical documentation and operational runbooks.
Qualification:
  • Proven experience managing OpenShift on x86-based infrastructure & container technologies.
  • Strong focus on incident management, root cause analysis, and recovery.
  • Experience working with VMware vSphere / virtualised infrastructure environments.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across:
    • Networking
    • Storage
    • Container orchestration
    • Platform performance
  • Demonstrable experience in production operations & support environments
  • Experience supporting internal application teams consuming platform services.
  • Ability to work under pressure in critical service environments.
  • Experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, scripting).
  • Competence in at least one scripting/programming language (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling.
Domain Experience
  • Proven experience working within financial services or similarly regulated environments.
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Governance, risk, and compliance requirements
    • Change control and audit practices
    • Secure platform operations
Desirable Skills
  • Exposure to SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, observability).
  • Experience with monitoring and logging tools
  • Familiarity with hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
  • Knowledge of security best practices in container platforms.
  • Red Hat certifications (e.g., RHCSA, RHCE, OpenShift certification) are advantageous.
Soft Skills
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills.
  • Ability to work with cross-functional teams (platform, infrastructure, applications).
  • Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
Key Attributes
  • Hands-on, “get things done” operator.
  • Strong ownership and accountability.
  • Customer-focused, supporting internal platform users (application teams).
  • SRE mindset – focused on improving reliability, reducing toil, and automating repetitive tasks.

How to Apply: Interested candidates are encouraged to respond/submit their updated resumes, and for additional job opportunities, please visit Jobs In India – VARITE.

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If you're not available or interested in this opportunity, please pass this along to anyone in your network who might be a good fit and interested in our open positions. VARITE offers a Candidate Referral program, where you'll receive a one-time referral bonus based on the following scale if the referred candidate completes a three-month assignment with VARITE.

Experience Level Bonus Referral:
0-2 years INR 5,000
2-6 years INR 7,500
6+ years INR 10,000

About VARITE: VARITE is a global staffing and IT consulting company providing technical consulting and team augmentation services to Fortune 500 Companies in USA, UK, CANADA and INDIA. VARITE is currently a primary and direct vendor to the leading corporations in the verticals of Networking, Cloud Infrastructure, Hardware and Software, Digital Marketing and Media Solutions, Clinical Diagnostics, Utilities, Gaming and Entertainment, and Financial Services.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
VARITE is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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