OpenShift Platform Engineer

Location: Columbus, OH (Onsite)

Role Purpose: Own the deployment, upgrade, and operational stability of the Azure API Management (APIM) Self-Hosted Gateway running on OpenShift. Ensure zero impact to consumers while maintaining production-grade reliability, scalability, and security.

Key Responsibilities: Perform upgrades of Azure APIM Self-Hosted Gateway on OpenShiftEnsure zero downtime and no consumer impact during upgrades Validate routing via F5, WAF, and ezGateway paths Harden gateway deployments with focus on:

• Security
• ScalabilityHigh availability (HA)
• Enable and support L2/L3 operational readiness
• Collaborate with platform, networking, and security teams
• Must-Have Experience:
• OpenShift Expertise (Mandatory)
• Strong hands-on experience with OpenShift 4.x administration
• Deep understanding of:
• Routes, Services, Security Context Constraints (SCCs), Network PoliciesTLS termination (edge, passthrough)
• Pod security and RBACKubernetes Skills:
• Helm-based deployments and upgrades
• Rolling upgrades and rollback strategies
• Resource tuning (CPU/memory), readiness/liveness probes, and auto-scaling
• Azure APIM Self-Hosted Gateway:
• Understanding of gateway architecture and lifecycle
• Experience with upgrade planning and version compatibility
• Certificate management between gateway and Azure APIMTroubleshooting gateway connectivity and performance issues
• Observability & Monitoring:
• Experience with pod logs, events, and health checks
• Integration with monitoring/logging tools such as:
• Splunk
• DynatracePrometheusProduction Support:
• Strong production support mindset
• Experience in:
• Runbook creation and maintenance
• Incident triage and resolution
• Root cause analysis (RCA)