Platform Engineer

Toronto, ON
Hybrid
Posted Oct 4, 2026
1 position

$70–$110 / hour

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Senior · 6+ years
Apply by: Nov 1, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Office presence: 4 days per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Support, upgrade, configure, and troubleshoot on-premises Red Hat OpenShift environments, including performance tuning, system hardening, maintenance, and escalated support. Document platform architecture, contribute to container security standards and operational dashboards, and coordinate project delivery with clients and Red Hat resources.

Job details

Location: Rotational 4x/week Hybrid, Toronto (fully remote biweekly) Length: 12 Month Duration + Extension Rate: 70-110hr Why open: expected vacancy We may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with the screening, assessment, or selection of potential applicants for this position. JOB DESCRIPTION You will join the OpenShift Platform Engineering team on-premises, assisting in supporting Red Hat OpenShift 4 and 4.14 environments, working in a bare-metal environment, running models, and participating in a migration from IaaC. Expect to assist two other members after hours and participate in daily standups using JIRA. Key Responsibilities: Actively participate in upgrading OpenShift. Provide suggestions and share knowledge on configuring Red Hat OpenShift and related Open Source and vendor technologies. Assist with projects, planning, architecture designs, installation, configuration, and patching of OpenShift instances. Perform standard system administration tasks such as designing, building, supporting, and troubleshooting OpenShift. Conduct OpenShift performance tuning, optimization, and system hardening. Review company health check and maintenance scripts. Ensure best practices for infrastructure settings. Develop and maintain executive and operational dashboards to visualize progress on success metrics. Participate in escalated support activities for OpenShift-related issues. Document OpenShift architecture, design, and integrated components in internal knowledge repositories. Contribute to developing a Banking security standard for containers. Project (Delivery) Manager Responsibilities: Conduct project kickoff meetings with the client and consultant. Collaborate with the Client Project Manager to determine key objectives. Coordinate Red Hat support/engineering resources as needed. Provide briefings on resource utilization and activity. REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 6+ years of experience. Proficiency in Ansible automation, including writing and reading playbooks. Experience with on-prem OpenShift. Strong Linux administration skills. Knowledge of IBM Cloud Paks NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Experience with Ansible Platform Tower. Familiarity with DevOps tooling such as Jenkins and CICS.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires at least six years of experience, strong Linux administration skills, proficiency writing and reading Ansible playbooks, and experience with on-premises OpenShift. Knowledge of IBM Cloud Paks is also required; Ansible Platform Tower, Jenkins, and CICS experience are desirable.