Senior Systems Engineer
Ensono
| Company | Ensono |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Pune |
| Remote | On-site (inferred) |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Senior |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 15 May 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (greenhouse) |
Description
Role Summary
The Senior OpenShift Virtualization Engineer is responsible for the design, administration, and operational support of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environments in enterprise, mission-critical landscapes. This role is a senior-level position, providing technical leadership for virtualized workloads running on OpenShift, supporting day-to-day operations, platform stability, migrations, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
OpenShift Virtualization Administration & Operations
Design, deploy, and administer Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization environments supporting enterprise and mission‑critical workloads.
Provision, configure, and manage virtual machines on OpenShift, including CPU, memory, storage, networking, and lifecycle operations (create, modify, migrate, decommission)
Administer and maintain OpenShift cluster components relevant to virtualization, including control plane, worker nodes, and virtualization operators.
Implement and manage high availability (HA), resiliency and DR for virtualized workloads, ensuring alignment with application SLAs.
Co-ordinate upgrades, patching, and maintenance of OpenShift clusters and virtualization components in accordance with change management processes.
Optimize cluster and VM performance, capacity utilization, and resource consumption (CPU, memory, storage, and network)
Troubleshoot complex issues related to VM startup failures, live migration, storage performance, networking, and cluster health.
Function as a senior technical escalation point for OpenShift Virtualization–related incidents and operational challenges. Help the team with knowledge sharing and mentoring the junior members
Manage case escalation with Red Hat support for issue resolution.
Automation & Scripting
Develop and maintain scripts and automation to support provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and operational tasks.
Migration & Integration
Support VM migrations from VMware or other hypervisors to OpenShift Virtualization
Assist in planning and executing virtualization modernization initiatives.
Maintain coexistence and interoperability between OpenShift Virtualization and existing hypervisor platforms.
Security, Monitoring & Compliance
Implement and maintain platform security best practices in alignment with enterprise standards.
Support audit, compliance, and operational reporting requirements.
Collaboration & Documentation
Work closely with platform, cloud, storage, and network teams.
Create and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and standard operating procedures.
Required Skills & Experience
Core Technical Skills
Strong, senior-level experience with OpenShift Virtualization
Proven experience operating OpenShift clusters in enterprise environments
Hands-on experience with scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, or equivalent)
Deep understanding of virtualization concepts (compute, storage, networking, HA, DR)
Required Certifications
Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization (RHCSOA)
Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator (RHCOA)
Desired / Nice-to-Have Skills
VMware vSphere administration experience
Experience with other hypervisors (e.g., Nutanix, KVM, etc.)
Exposure to container-native storage and networking solutions
Experience supporting hybrid or multi-platform virtualization environments.
Experience Level
8+ years of infrastructure or virtualization experience, with significant hands-on OpenShift exposure
Work Environment
Enterprise, managed services, and client-facing environments
Participation in on-call rotations and support outside standard business hours as required.
Collaborative, fast-paced, and delivery-focused
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