Senior Openshift Consultant (m / f / d)

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Job Title : OpenShift Consultant (Multi-Cluster Deployment, Migration & Disaster Recovery)

The OpenShift Consultant will lead and support the design, deployment, and lifecycle management of enterprise‑grade OpenShift environments across multiple data centers (production and DR). The role requires deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift 4.x (including OpenShift Virtualization), advanced cluster management, persistent storage integration, and cross‑site DR planning and testing. The consultant will also participate in the migration of existing workloads and applications to the new containerized platform, ensuring high availability (HA), scalability, and business continuity through multi‑cluster architecture and site‑level failover designs.

Key Responsibilities

• Migration & Modernization : Design & implement Red Hat OpenShift 4.x clusters across multiple sites with HA configuration for master and worker nodes. Implement OpenShift Virtualization for worker nodes and integrate with VMware‑based master infrastructure. Configure persistent storage using the CSI driver to enable scalable and resilient workloads. Plan and execute application and workload migration from legacy environments to OpenShift clusters. Conduct compatibility assessment, containerization readiness, and performance validation. Support hybrid migration paths involving VMs, stateful containers, and OpenShift Virtualization workloads. Document migration runbooks and rollback strategies.
• Disaster Recovery & High Availability : Design and validate multi‑cluster DR architectures spanning main and DR data centers. Implement replication, failover, and cluster synchronization mechanisms between sites. Support DR drills, recovery time objective (RTO) testing, and business continuity readiness for container workloads. Coordinate with infrastructure and storage teams for cross‑site data consistency and recovery validation. Perform backup for containerized applications using tools such as Kasten K10, Velero, OADP.
• Automation & Operations : Develop CI / CD pipelines for automated deployment, scaling, and patch management. Integrate monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana) with OpenShift clusters. Provide training, documentation, and handover to operations and managed‑service teams. Participate in monthly and quarterly service reviews, capacity planning meetings, and performance analysis sessions.

Required Skills & Experience

Preferred Qualifications

Soft Skills

About Halian

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Senior Openshift Consultant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Location : Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Salary : SAR12,000.00 - SAR15,000.00 (per month)

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