Role description

OCP Virtualization and IaC Engineer.

- Kubernetes architecture (control plane, nodes, etc.)

- Pods, deployments, services, namespaces

- Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs)

- Networking (CNI, services, ingress)

- Storage concepts (Persistent Volumes, Storage Classes)

- Operators (especially OpenShift Operators)

### OpenShift-specific:

- OpenShift CLI (`oc`)

- Security Context Constraints (SCCs)

- Routes and ingress controllers

- Cluster installation and lifecycle management

- OpenShift Operators and Operator Hub

Virtualization Fundamentals

### Key areas:

- Hypervisors (KVM is critical for OpenShift Virtualization)

- VM lifecycle management

- CPU, memory, and NUMA optimization

- Storage for VMs (block vs file)

- Networking models (bridge, NAT, SR-IOV)

### Technologies to know:

- KVM/QEMU (underlying tech)

- libvirt concepts

- VMware / Hyper-V (for migration context)

OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) Skills

### Core concepts:

- VirtualMachine (VM) and VirtualMachineInstance (VMI)

- DataVolumes and CDI (Containerized Data Importer)

- Templates and catalogs

- Live migration of VMs

- Node scheduling and placement

### Practical skills:

- Creating and managing VMs via YAML or web console

- VM disk import/export and cloning

- Integration with Kubernetes workloads

Networking Expertise

### Key topics:

- Kubernetes networking basics

- Multus CNI (multiple network interfaces per VM)

- Network policies and segmentation

- Load balancing for VM workloads

Storage & Data Management

### Skills needed:

- StorageClasses and dynamic provisioning

- CSI drivers (PowerFlex/PowerMax)

- Block vs file storage trade-offs





- Snapshotting and backups

- Disaster recovery strategies

Migration & Modernization

### Key tools and concepts:

- Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV)

- VM migration from VMware or other platforms

- Data synchronization and cutover planning

Security & Compliance

### Key areas:

- RBAC (role-based access control)

- Network policies

- Secrets and certificate management

- VM isolation and multi-tenancy

- Compliance (e.g., CIS benchmarks, audit logging)

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

### Tools & skills:

- YAML and Kubernetes manifests

- Helm charts

- GitOps (Argo CD / OpenShift GitOps)

- Ansible (especially Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform)

- CI/CD pipelines for VM and platform provisioning

- OpenShift Pipelines/Tekton

Monitoring, Logging, and Troubleshooting

### Skills:

- Prometheus & Grafana (OpenShift monitoring stack)

- Logging (ELK / Loki / Splunk)

- Debugging failed VMs and pods

- Performance tuning (CPU, memory, I/O)

- Capacity planning

Skills

openshift,kubernetes,devops,infrastructure management,

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📌 Specialist I - DevOps Engineering (India)
🏢 UST
📍 India