Redhat Openshift Virtualization Administrator

Company Overview

​At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Job Description

**Position Overview:**

The Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Administrator is responsible for the deployment, management, and operational support of virtualization solutions within the company's IT infrastructure, with a specific focus on Red Hat OpenShift and its ecosystem. The role involves ensuring high availability, superb performance, and security of applications running in the virtualized environment.

**Key Responsibilities:**

• Install, configure, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift clusters, including the underlying virtualization platform and associated storage solutions.

• Administer and monitor the health, performance, and security of the OpenShift environment, including nodes, pods, and services.

• Design and implement strategies for deployment scaling, redundancy, high-availability, and disaster recovery.

• Collaborate with development teams to facilitate containerization of applications and services, ensuring best practices are followed.

• Automate routine tasks through scripting and the use of automation tools like Ansible, Jenkins, or similar.

• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for system installations, configurations, upgrades, and best practices.

• Resolve complex issues involving the infrastructure, including root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures.

• Ensure compliance with security policies and procedures, including regular system updates and patches.

• Participate in capacity planning and performance tuning to optimize the virtualization environment for operational efficiency.

• Collaborate with cross-functional IT teams to support continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

• Stay current with the latest developments in OpenShift, Kubernetes, and containerization technologies.

• Provide technical support and training to IT staff and end-users when necessary.

• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide off-hours support as needed.

• Install, configure, and maintain Linux operating systems across the organization, while ensuring optimal performance.

Basic Requirements

**Qualifications:**

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent work experience.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in administering Red Hat OpenShift and virtualization technologies.

• Strong understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration.

• Proficiency in virtualization platforms such as Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), VMware, or KVM.

• Experience with automation/configuration management using Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or similar.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and version control systems like Git.

• Knowledge of Linux/Unix administration and scripting (e.g., Bash, Python).

• Experience with monitoring solutions like Prometheus, Grafana, or Nagios.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Preferred certifications: Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), or other relevant certifications.

Travel Requirements

Relocation Provided

Position Type

Referral Payment Plan

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.