Senior Engineer

Title- Engineer - OpenShift Duration- 12+ months Location-Irving, TX, Charlotte, NC, Chandler, AZ About this role: We are seeking a highly skilled and forward‑thinking Engineer to join our Technology Operations team. This role is ideal for someone who excels in Kubernetes and OpenShift platform operations, drives operational excellence, and leads initiatives that improve stability, automation, and service reliability. You will play a key role in operating and improving our cloud‑native platforms, reducing operational toil, and ensuring the resilience and compliance of critical infrastructure services. In this role, you will: • Platform Operations Leadership: Lead day‑to‑day Kubernetes and OpenShift platform operations, including cluster maintenance, upgrades, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting. • Incident Response & Problem Management: Serve as an operational lead during incidents, driving rapid diagnosis, resolution, root‑cause analysis, and long‑term corrective actions. • Operational Automation: Develop or enhance automation (Python, Bash, GitOps workflows, or AI‑assisted tools) that eliminates manual effort and streamlines run processes. • OpenShift Platform Readiness: Lead OpenShift cluster lifecycle activities, including new cluster builds, configuration, onboarding, upgrades, and cluster decommissioning, ensuring consistency, reliability, and compliance across environments. • Collaboration & Enablement: Partner with engineering, SRE, security, and development teams to implement repeatable operational patterns, guardrails, and platform readiness standards. • Security, Compliance & Governance: Ensure platform operations follow organizational policies, security standards, audit controls, and regulatory requirements. • Continuous Improvement: Identify operational gaps, recurring issues, or inefficiencies and lead initiatives to enhance reliability, resiliency, and operational maturity. Required Qualifications: • 5+ years of Systems Operations, Cloud Operations, or Technology Architecture experience • 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting Kubernetes or OpenShift platform operations • 2+ years of Linux system operations experience • 2+ years of experience with containerization technologies (Docker or similar) Desired Qualifications: • Strong analytical and operational problem‑solving skills • Experience with OpenShift platform management and lifecycle operations • Experience with ACM (Advanced Cluster Management), Git/GitOps • Hands-on experience with operational tooling such as Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, Jira, or GitHub • Demonstrated ability to influence operational improvements across teams Job Expectations: • Participation in on-call rotations • Onsite/hybrid presence required from one of the posted locations EEO: “Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment based on – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”