Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Specialist

Project Information: Industry: Infrastructure for Banking. Hybrid: 3 days per week in Warsaw office. Start: up till Jan/Feb 2027. Contract lenght: Long term, 12/24 months contracts with prolongations. Project Context: - Our Client is building a strategic virtualization platform based on Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization as an alternative virtualization offering alongside its existing VMware landscape. - The new platform will be developed in close cooperation with Red Hat, which will provide architecture and design guidance. - VMware remains part of the environment and will continue operating in parallel. The goal is not migration away from VMware but establishing an additional enterprise virtualization platform. - The organization already has experience with Red Hat technologies through existing container platform initiatives in other departments. Position Overview: We are looking for an experienced Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Operations Specialist to help establish and operate a new enterprise virtualization platform. This is primarily an operational role rather than an architecture-focused position. The successful candidate will play a key role in building operational excellence, defining best practices, supporting platform adoption, and mentoring virtualization engineers within the team. Main Responsibilities: - Strengthen and develop operational capabilities for the Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization platform. - Drive platform administration, incident management, troubleshooting, and capacity planning activities. - Work closely with the Virtualization Team to establish operational processes and production readiness. - Contribute to Infrastructure as Code standards, operational documentation, and automation initiatives. - Act as a subject matter expert and mentor for other virtualization specialists within the Warsaw-based team. - Collaborate with Red Hat and internal stakeholders to support platform implementation and ongoing operations. Key Requirements: - 5+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise virtualization and infrastructure operations. - Experience with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, Red Hat virtualization technologies, or related virtualization platforms. - Strong Linux administration background. - Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized platforms. - Understanding of enterprise networking, storage, and security concepts. - Ability to work in operational environments and support mission-critical infrastructure. Nice to Have: - Experience with OpenShift administration and operations. - Hands-on exposure to KubeVirt. - Experience designing enterprise platform solutions and architectures. - Knowledge of enterprise technology roadmaps and platform transformation initiatives. - Previous experience mentoring technical teams. - Experience working with Red Hat support and professional services teams. Team Structure: - Warsaw Team: 1 Operations Specialist and 3 VMware Specialists (growing to 5 team members). - The role involves close collaboration with both local and international stakeholders. Working Hours: Standard business hours (08:00–18:00 CET), collaborating with both local and global teams.