Kyndryl
Kyndryl
Kyndryl is an IT infrastructure services company that helps enterprise organizations design, operate, and modernize complex technology environments. Its work spans consulting, cloud services, cybersecurity, data and AI, and digital workplace transformation, supporting organizations in industries including automotive, healthcare, banking, and logistics. Kyndryl combines infrastructure expertise with technology partnerships to address mission-critical systems, reduce operational complexity, and help businesses adapt to changing technology needs.

Senior OpenShift Platform Administrator - Kyndryl, Hybrid Hoofddorp

Maintain Kyndryl’s mission-critical OpenShift platform and supporting infrastructure for enterprise customers. Manage Kubernetes, security, automation, monitoring, and lifecycle operations in a senior hybrid role.

Description

  • Build, monitor, secure, and maintain a stable OpenShift platform and its underlying IT infrastructure
  • Administer and maintain Red Hat OpenShift environments to optimize availability, performance, and manageability
  • Support projects and improvement initiatives involving container onboarding, platform development, and server and platform security
  • Create manageable, standardized, and scalable environments while improving platform administration practices
  • Assist users, development teams, and application teams with incidents, technical issues, and security vulnerabilities
  • Handle incidents, outages, and technical changes through to permanent resolution
  • Monitor the availability, performance, capacity, and stability of the OpenShift platform and its underlying infrastructure
  • Analyze problems, perform root-cause investigations, and recommend lasting improvements
  • Manage the platform lifecycle, including patching, upgrades, and version control
  • Contribute to OpenShift architecture, networking, storage, and security
  • Implement and maintain security controls such as RBAC, security policies, certificates, and network segmentation
  • Automate and standardize administrative tasks using Ansible, Bash, and other tools
  • Collaborate with development, application, and IT infrastructure teams while occasionally supporting complex technical issues
  • Help advance the OpenShift platform and its administration processes

Requirements

  • Higher professional education level, preferably with a completed ICT-related degree
  • At least three years of relevant experience in a comparable Linux, platform, or infrastructure administration role
  • Technical knowledge of data center and infrastructure environments, including storage, networking, and virtualization
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CoreOS
  • Experience administering Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift environments
  • Understanding of OpenShift and Kubernetes concepts, including Pods, Deployments, Services, Routes, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Operators, RBAC, and Persistent Volumes
  • Experience with container technologies such as Podman, Docker, or other OCI-compliant platforms
  • Experience with OpenShift lifecycle management, including patching, upgrades, version control, and troubleshooting
  • Experience monitoring and analyzing availability, performance, and capacity in OpenShift and Linux environments
  • Knowledge of OpenShift networking, storage, and security
  • Experience with scripting and automation using tools such as Ansible, Bash, or Python
  • Knowledge of ITIL 4 and incident, change, and problem management principles
  • Strong analytical skills, independence, and the ability to investigate and permanently resolve technical problems
  • Willingness to continuously develop expertise in OpenShift, Kubernetes, Linux, and container technologies
  • Relevant Red Hat OpenShift certification, such as EX280, or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and experience
  • RHCSA and/or RHCE certification
  • Preferred: experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, OpenShift Operators and OLM, OpenShift security and storage, monitoring and logging, Git and CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Agile/Scrum, and hybrid or cloud environments

Benefits

  • Flexible and supportive working environment
  • Well-being support through Be Well programs addressing financial, mental, physical, and social health
  • Personalized development objectives with continuous feedback
  • Access to advanced learning opportunities
  • Certification opportunities with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon
  • Coaching and practical, hands-on experience
  • Culture that supports hybrid work

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