Role – Lead Consultant

Technology - OpenShift (On-Prem & Azure)

Business Unit – MFGADM

Compensation – Competitive (including bonus)

Job Description

Today, the corporate landscape is dynamic and the world ahead is full of possibilities! None of the amazing things we do at Infosys would be possible without an equally amazing culture, the environment where ideas can flourish and where you are empowered to move forward as far as your ideas will take you.

At Infosys, we assure that your career will never stand still, we will inspire you to build what's next and we will navigate further together. Our journey of learnability, values and trusted relationships with our clients continue to be the cornerstones of our organization and these values are upheld only because of our people.

Your role

We are seeking a highly motivated and hands-on Lead Consultant with strong expertise in OpenShift (on-premises and Azure cloud) to join our team. This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, migrating, and automating platform and application workloads on OpenShift.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience managing large-scale, mission-critical Kubernetes environments and a passion for building reliable, scalable, and secure platform solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage OpenShift clusters across on-premises and Azure environments
• Lead platform modernization, migration, and transformation initiatives to OpenShift
• Automate deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management of applications and infrastructure
• Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of Kubernetes/OpenShift environments
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and automation scripts
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across container platforms
• Implement and enforce security, compliance, and operational best practices
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams to optimize application deployment
• Support and enhance observability, logging, and monitoring frameworks

Required

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift (on-prem and Azure cloud)
• Proven experience managing large-scale Kubernetes infrastructure
• Experience with cluster installation, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management
• Solid understanding of containerization technologies (Docker/CRI-O)
• Expertise in platform automation using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Strong troubleshooting skills in distributed environments
• Working knowledge of networking, storage, and security in Kubernetes

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in programming/scripting (e.g., Shell Script, Python, Golang, NodeJS, Java)
• Experience with Azure cloud services (AKS, networking, identity, etc.)
• Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux, Crossplane)
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
• Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)
• Certification in Kubernetes/OpenShift (CKA, CKAD, RHCA, etc.)

Staff

Besides the professional qualifications, we respect and place equal importance to the candidate's personality which facilitates success in customer environments. Few traits we look for are:

• High analytical skills
• A high degree of initiative, flexibility and adaptability
• High customer orientation
• Quality awareness
• Good verbal and written communication skills

About Infosys

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in 59 countries to navigate their digital transformation.

With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer clients, in 59 countries, as they navigate their digital transformation powered by cloud and AI. We enable them with an AI-first core, empower the business with agile digital at scale and drive continuous improvement with always-on learning through the transfer of digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem. We are deeply committed to being a well-governed, environmentally sustainable organization where diverse talent thrives in an inclusive workplace.