OpenShift & DevOps Platform Manager: Roles, Responsibilities, Skills & Career Guide 2026

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Highlights:

7.00 – 15.00 Years, 22.00 – 25.00 INR (Lacs)/Yearly, Full-time Bengaluru

Skills

Openshift
Openshift with Kubernetes
DevOps Automation
DevOps and Deployment
Cicd Pipeline
Jenkins
Openshift Administration
Helm
Grafana
Ansible
Production Support

Roles & Responsibility

Job Description: OpenShift & DevOps Platform Manager

Experience Required: 10–15 years

Role Level: Technical Lead/ Manager

Location: Bangalore

Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced OpenShift & DevOps Platform Lead/Manager to lead the design, implementation, automation, and operations of enterprise container platforms based on Red Hat OpenShift. The candidate will be responsible for managing OpenShift clusters, leading DevOps transformation, building CI/CD pipelines, and managing a team supporting mission-critical production environments.

This role requires deep expertise in Kubernetes/OpenShift, automation, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and strong leadership experience managing production platform teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Ownership & Leadership

Lead and manage OpenShift platform operations across Production, DR, and Non-Production environments
Manage and mentor DevOps and OpenShift engineers (L2/L3 support)
Define platform standards, governance, and best practices
Ensure platform availability, scalability, and performance
Drive DevOps transformation and automation initiatives

OpenShift Cluster Management

Design, deploy, configure, and manage Red Hat OpenShift clusters (OCP 4.16 and above)
- Manage cluster components including:
- Control plane and worker nodes
- Operators and CRDs
- Ingress, Routes, and Load Balancers
- Persistent storage and volumes
Perform cluster upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management
Troubleshoot cluster, node, and application issues
Ensure cluster security, compliance, and performance

DevOps & CI/CD Implementation

Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as:
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- GitHub Actions
Automate application build, test, and deployment processes
Implement GitOps workflows using ArgoCD or similar tools
Enable automated deployments to OpenShift clusters

Infrastructure Automation & IaC

Implement Infrastructure as Code using:
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Helm charts
Automate cluster provisioning, configuration, and scaling
Automate operational tasks such as patching, deployment, and configuration

Containerization & Kubernetes Management

Support containerized workloads using Docker / Podman
Manage Kubernetes objects including:
- Pods
- Deployments
- StatefulSets
- Services
- ConfigMaps and Secrets
Troubleshoot container and orchestration issues

Incident Management & Platform Reliability

Own platform availability and reliability
Lead critical incident resolution (P1/P2)
Drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and preventive measures
Improve MTTR, uptime, and platform stability
Ensure SLA and SLO compliance

Security & Compliance

Implement RBAC, security policies, and access controls
Manage secrets, certificates, and secure deployments
Ensure platform compliance with security and audit requirements
Implement vulnerability management and patching

Monitoring & Observability

Implement and manage monitoring tools such as:
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK / EFK stack
- OpenShift built-in monitoring
Configure alerting and logging
Monitor platform health and performance

Cloud & Infrastructure Integration