Senior DevOps Engineer (OpenShift)

Description

We are looking for an experienced senior DevOps engineer with strong expertise in OpenShift platform administration, Kubernetes, and CI/CD engineering to support large-scale business platforms and payments initiatives.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience managing enterprise container platforms, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automating deployment processes, and supporting mission-critical payment applications. The role requires working in a fast-paced environment where frequent releases and high-velocity payment changes are delivered while ensuring platform stability, security, and high availability.

Requirements

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical applications.
• Administer and manage OpenShift container platform environments.
• Deploy, configure, and manage Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize Jenkins pipelines using Groovy scripting and shared libraries.
• Implement GitOps deployment strategies using Argo CD.
• Create, maintain, and manage Helm charts for Kubernetes application deployments.
• Manage source code repositories and branching strategies using Git.
• Support application deployment, release management, and environment provisioning.
• Monitor platform health, troubleshoot deployment issues, and optimize application performance.
• Work closely with development, QA, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to streamline software delivery.
• Support high-frequency production releases and mission-critical payment platform deployments.
• Ensure platform security, scalability, availability, and compliance with enterprise standards.
• Participate in release planning, production support, incident management, and root cause analysis.
• Automate operational tasks and continuously improve DevOps processes and engineering practices.
• Document deployment procedures, platform architecture, and operational standards.

Required technical skills

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes administration.
• Strong experience administering Red Hat OpenShift platform (OpenShift Container Platform).
• Expertise in Jenkins CI/CD pipeline development and administration.
• Strong hands-on experience writing Groovy-based Jenkins pipelines.
• Experience developing and maintaining Jenkins shared libraries.
• Strong experience with Argo CD (GitOps deployment).
• Hands-on experience creating and managing Helm charts.
• Strong proficiency with Git version control, branching strategies, and repository management.
• Experience deploying and managing containerized applications in enterprise Kubernetes environments.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD best practices and DevOps automation.
• Experience troubleshooting deployment failures, pipeline issues, and platform incidents.
• Strong Linux administration knowledge.
• Experience working with REST APIs and deployment automation.

Nice to have

• Experience with Istio service mesh.
• Experience with 3scale API management.
• Exposure to payment platforms or financial services environments.
• Experience supporting high-volume transaction systems.
• Knowledge of enterprise monitoring and logging tools.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar).
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Required competencies

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work in fast-paced, high-pressure production environments.
• Strong ownership mindset with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and critical production releases.
• Collaborative team player with strong problem-solving capability.
• Ability to work independently while supporting cross-functional engineering teams.

Preferred domain experience

• Banking
• Payments
• Financial services
• Enterprise digital platforms
• Mission-critical production systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent industry experience).