OpenShift Virtualization Administrator

About the role

The Red Hat OpenShift Administrator will manage and optimise containerised and virtualised workloads within OpenShift environments, bridging traditional virtualization with cloud‑native platforms to ensure high availability and performance.

Key responsibilities

• Administer, configure and manage Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation (KubeVirt) environments.
• Deploy, monitor and maintain virtual machines inside OpenShift clusters.
• Install, patch, troubleshoot and tune Linux‑based systems (RHEL preferred).
• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated application and infrastructure deployment.
• Develop automation workflows using Ansible for configuration management and orchestration.
• Collaborate with DevOps and development teams to integrate virtualisation solutions into cloud‑native architectures.
• Monitor system health, resolve incidents and ensure uptime of infrastructure services.
• Implement security best practices, access controls and compliance standards.
• Support scaling, backup strategies and disaster‑recovery planning.

Required profile

• Strong experience as a Linux Administrator, preferably with RHEL.
• Hands‑on experience with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation (KubeVirt) and container platforms.
• Proven ability to build and manage CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Solid experience with Ansible for automation and configuration management.
• Good understanding of virtualization concepts, containers and Kubernetes architecture.
• Experience with system monitoring, logging and troubleshooting tools.
• Familiarity with networking concepts such as DNS, load balancing and VLANs in containerised environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT or related field, or equivalent experience.

Required skills

• Linux (RHEL)
• Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation / KubeVirt
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI)
• Ansible
• Virtualisation concepts
• Containers
• System monitoring and logging tools
• Networking (DNS, load balancing, VLANs)