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Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engineer

Location: India, Pune

Work Experience: 8+ Years

Requirements:

OpenShift Platform:

  • Strong knowledge of Red Hat OpenShift 4.x.
  • Hands-on with Operators, Projects, YAML, CRDs, and Node architecture.
  • Familiarity with OCP networking (OVN, ingress/egress, services & routes).

OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt):

  • Experience with VM creation, editing, cloning, and lifecycle operations.
  • Knowledge of VM templates, DataVolumes, PVC handling.
  • Hands-on experience with MTV/MTC for VM migration.

Networking:

  • Understanding of VM interfaces, bridge networking, and Multus basics.
  • Knowledge of VLANs, routes, and firewall fundamentals.
  • Understanding how VM networking maps to OCP networking.

Storage:

  • Experience with Persistent Volumes (PV/PVC) and CSI drivers.
  • RBD/Ceph experience is a strong plus.
  • Ability to create and map storage classes for VM disks.

Linux & Virtualization:

  • Strong Linux administration skills (RHEL/CentOS).
  • Understanding of QEMU/KVM fundamentals.
  • Experience with image conversion (qcow2/raw) and virt tools.

Preferred Skills & Certifications:

  • Red Hat Certifications: RHCSA, RHCE, EX280, EX318 (OpenShift Virtualization).
  • Kubernetes Certifications: CKA/CKAD.
  • Experience migrating workloads from VMware, OpenStack, or KVM.
  • Experience with YAML, Ansible, or automation tools.
  • Background in large-scale infra or cloud migration projects.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, Information Systems, or a closely related discipline.

Job Description:

Migration Execution:

  • Perform end-to-end VM migration using Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV/MTC).
  • Conduct VM discovery, assessment, compatibility checks, and classification.
  • Work with application owners to prepare migration waves and schedules.
  • Lead pilot, POC, and production migrations.

Environment Build & Configuration:

  • Configure and manage OpenShift Virtualization operators & CRDs.
  • Set up storage classes & disk mappings (RBD, Ceph, SAN/NAS).
  • Configure network mappings, VM interfaces, Multus (if used).
  • Validate resource allocation, CPU/memory tuning, and performance baselines for migrated VMs.

Troubleshooting & Issue Resolution:

  • Diagnose VM migration errors, performance issues, and KubeVirt VM runtime problems.
  • Troubleshoot storage-related, networking-related, or driver-related migration failures.
  • Work with Platform Engineers to resolve node-level or cluster-level issues.

Pre/Post Migration Activities:

  • Conduct migration readiness checks (networking, storage, OS compatibility).
  • Perform post-migration validation including boot verification, functionality & performance.
  • Validate network reachability & end-to-end application behavior.
  • Provide rollback & fallback support when required.