Senior OpenShift Virtualization Engineer

Phoenix Business, Inc

Fremont, CA

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8 days ago

Job Description

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.

Numbers & Facts

Location

Fremont, CA

Skills

Administrative Skillsunmatched
Ansibleunmatched
Applications Securityunmatched
Automationunmatched
Bash Scriptingunmatched
Capacity and Performance Managementunmatched
Cloud Storageunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Configuration Managementunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
DNS (Domain Name System)unmatched
Data Mappingunmatched
Data Recoveryunmatched
Dell Computersunmatched
Disaster Recoveryunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Engineeringunmatched
Forkliftunmatched
Gitunmatched
Hardware Virtualizationunmatched
High Availabilityunmatched
Hybrid Cloudunmatched
Identify Issuesunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Linux Operating Systemunmatched
Load Balancingunmatched
Machine Toolunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Metricsunmatched
Microsoft Windows Serverunmatched
NetApp Storage Systemsunmatched
Network Architecture/Engineeringunmatched
Network Attached Storage (NAS)unmatched
Network Securityunmatched
Operations Planningunmatched
Operations Processesunmatched
Proof of Conceptunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
Red Hat Linux Operating Systemunmatched
Security Monitoringunmatched
Standards Developmentunmatched
Storage Area Network (SAN)unmatched
Storage Softwareunmatched
Strategic Planningunmatched
System Migrationunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Technical Presentationunmatched
VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network)unmatched
VMWareunmatched
VMWare Certified Professional (VCP)unmatched
VMWare ESX/ESXiunmatched
VMWare vCenterunmatched
VMWare vSphereunmatched
Validation Planunmatched
Virtual Machine (VM)unmatched
Virtualizationunmatched
Windows PowerShellunmatched
Workload Automationunmatched

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