OpenShift & Kubernetes Engineer at Bluechip Technologies Limited

BlueChip Technologies is a leading business application firm focused exclusively on assisting organizations in planning, designing, implementing and operating business application solutions and strategies that are central to creating and maintaining a competitive business advantage.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: OpenShift & Kubernetes Engineer

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Contract

Job Description

• This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer passionate about container orchestration, DevOps, and platform reliability.
• You’ll design, automate, and optimize large-scale OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters that power mission-critical applications across multiple environments.

Responsibilities
Cluster Architecture & Deployment:

• Design, implement, and maintain highly available Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters (on-prem and hybrid cloud).
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads, ensuring scalability, fault tolerance, and optimal performance.
• Implement multi-tenancy, ingress, and network policies to secure and segment workloads.

Automation & CI/CD Integration:

• Develop and manage infrastructure-as-code using tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Helm.
• Integrate OpenShift with CI/CD pipelines using GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Tekton, Jenkins) to streamline continuous deployment.
• Automate cluster operations—provisioning, scaling, patching, and backup—through scripting (Bash/Python) and API integrations.

Monitoring & Reliability:

• Implement observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and EFK/ELK stacks for proactive monitoring and alerting.
• Conduct capacity planning, performance tuning, and regular health checks on cluster resources.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for critical platform issues (P1/P2 escalations).

Security & Compliance:

• Enforce RBAC, Pod Security Policies, and NetworkPolicies to ensure least privilege access and compliance.
• Implement image scanning and vulnerability management using tools like Aqua Security, Trivy, or Clair.
• Collaborate with the InfoSec team to align container platform security with organizational standards (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001).

Collaboration & Documentation:

• Partner with development, DevOps, and cloud teams to optimize deployment pipelines and application performance.
• Maintain detailed technical documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to platform engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in container orchestration and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Proven experience deploying and administering Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) and Kubernetes at scale.
• Expertise in Linux system administration and network fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, firewalls, ingress/egress).
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps principles, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Proficiency with automation and scripting tools (Ansible, Terraform, Helm, Bash, Python).
• Experience integrating Kubernetes with cloud providers (AWS EKS, Azure AKS, or GCP GKE).
• Familiarity with container security, policy management, and compliance frameworks.
• Solid understanding of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering practices.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and collaboration skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.