Specialist I - DevOps Engineering

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

Important 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,

About UST

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