NetApp Openshift Engineer - London/Sheffield/Edinburgh/Remote - £500 per day Umbrella CONTRACT
We are recruiting for a NetApp Openshift Engineer on contract to work for a leading Banking Group. The role will be based 3 days per week in either London, Sheffield, Birmingham or Edinburgh offices and 2 days remotely.
Key responsibilities and required skills focus on using NetApp Trident for dynamic storage provisioning within OpenShift and managing NetApp ONTAP (on-premises or in the cloud).
Job Responsibilities
- NetApp Trident Management: Installing, configuring, and managing the NetApp Trident storage orchestrator (CSI driver) to enable dynamic provisioning of persistent volumes (PVs) for stateful applications.
- OpenShift Administration: Managing Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) clusters (installing, updating, scaling).
- Storage Configuration: Configuring NetApp storage backends (NFS/SAN) to support container applications.
- OpenShift Virtualization: Supporting the migration of virtual machines (VMs) to OpenShift using NetApp storage, including cold/warm migrations and live migration support.
- Data Protection: Implementing data protection and disaster recovery strategies using NetApp Trident Protect (formerly Astra Control) and NetApp SnapMirror technologies.
- Automation: Utilizing Ansible Automation Platform to automate deployment and management tasks.
- Cloud Integration: Supporting hybrid cloud setups involving NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Azure NetApp Files, Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, or FSx for NetApp ONTAP in AWS.
Key Skills and Qualifications
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes & OpenShift: Understanding of OCP architecture, node management, and operator-based services (OperatorHub).
- NetApp Portfolio Expertise: Proficiency in NetApp ONTAP, FlexPod, and/or Trident CSI.
- Container Storage Interface (CSI): Practical experience with CSI-compliant storage provisioning.
- Linux System Administration: Experience with RHEL or RHEL CoreOS.
- Virtualization Experience: Familiarity with VMware vSphere, Red Hat Virtualization, or KubeVirt.
- Automation Tools: Experience with Ansible or Terraform.