Senior Compute Engineer (Red Hat OpenShift)

Stefanini Group is seeking a Senior Compute Engineer specialized in Red Hat OpenShift to strengthen our Compute Operations team and provide Level 3 (L3) expert support for enterprise customers running critical workloads on container and virtualization platforms. This role is a key technical position focused on day-to-day operations, stability, and continuous improvement of OpenShift-based platforms. The engineer will act as the highest escalation point for complex incidents and problems, support platform lifecycle activities (upgrades, patching, performance tuning), and contribute to platform modernization initiatives - including VMware-to-OpenShift virtualization transformation programs. The ideal candidate combines strong troubleshooting skills, deep infrastructure understanding, and hands-on OpenShift expertise, with the ability to work in a structured operational environment (ITIL/ managed services), while also supporting automation and standardization.

Mandatory Technical Skills: Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift administration and operations. Strong Linux background (RHEL preferred), including troubleshooting OS performance, services, networking, and storage. Solid understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals: pods, deployments, services, ingress, namespaces, RBAC, operators. Experience troubleshooting infrastructure-related issues across compute, network, storage, and platform services. Experience working in production environments with uptime and SLA commitments. Mandatory Professional Skills: Proven ability to operate as Level 3 support, including deep troubleshooting, structured root cause analysis and ownership until resolution. Ability to communicate clearly with customers (technical and non-technical stakeholders) and internal teams (L1/L2/architects/project teams). Strong documentation discipline and operational mindset. Preferred/ Nice-to-Have Skills: Experience with OpenShift Virtualization (KubeVirt) and VM-based workloads. Experience supporting VMware environments and understanding virtualization concepts: vSphere architecture, clusters, HA/DRS, storage/datastores, VM lifecycle. Experience with automation tools: Ansible / Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, GitOps tools (ArgoCD), Infrastructure as Code practices. Experience with enterprise storage and CSI integrations. Experience with enterprise networking topics (DNS, routing, firewall constraints, load balancing).

We are a company, A GROUP, that breathes collaboration and offers a dynamic environment where you will learn by doing, grow alongside the team, and have space to contribute with ideas and projects. More than just talking about digital transformation, we believe in real transformation that starts with people and impacts real businesses. If you are looking for a place to develop, innovate, and be part of something bigger, the Stefanini Group is your place.

We are the Stefanini group, a global tech consulting company of Brazilian origin that believes in the power of people to transform businesses through technology. We are present in over 40 countries and operate with the purpose of co-creating solutions TOGETHER WITH OUR CLIENTS that accelerate results and improve the experience of people and organizations. Here, we like to say that technology is not the end, but the means: what really matters are the people who drive it all. Our mindset is AI First, meaning we invest in cutting-edge technology in everything we do, focusing on results for our clients.