As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.
Job Description
Job Title: Senior VMware/ Openshift Engineer
Locations : West Coast, USA ( PST or MST Time zones)
Our Corporate IT team is responsible for the stability, security, and scalability of the technology infrastructure supporting SS&C's global corporate offices. We’re looking for a skilled VMware/ OpenShift Administrator to manage and optimize our container orchestration platform. As a VMware/ OpenShift Administrator, you will play a pivotal role in deploying, configuring, and maintaining OpenShift clusters while ensuring smooth operation and high availability of our applications. You will collaborate with development and operations teams to enhance our infrastructure and support continuous integration and delivery workflows.
SS&C combines proprietary technology with deep industry expertise to support complex financial and health care operations. Our teams design, implement, and operate solutions that help clients manage data, automate processes, and scale their businesses with confidence.
You will work with industry experts, modern platforms, and evolving technologies, gaining exposure to real-world operational challenges and large-scale enterprise environments.
How You Will Make an Impact
- Install, configure, and maintain OpenShift clusters on-premises.
- Monitor cluster performance and troubleshoot issues to ensure optimal operation.
- Manage user access and permissions within the OpenShift environment.
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployment.
- Work with development teams to optimize applications running on OpenShift.
- Create and maintain documentation related to OpenShift configurations and procedures.
- Stay updated with the latest OpenShift and Kubernetes features and best practices.
- Collaborate with security teams to implement best security practices for containerized applications.
- Conversions from VMware to OpenShift
Ability to Manage a VMware environment
- Hands-on experience with OpenShift Virtualization ( KubeVirt ), including running and managing VM workloads on Kubernetes (not limited to container orchestration)
- Strong experience with VMware (vSphere/ ESXi ) in hybrid environments
- Proven production experience with VM migration tooling (e.g., MTV or virt-v2v)
- Experience deploying and operating OpenShift Virtualization on bare metal
- Production use of GitOps (Argo CD or Flux) for cluster and VM manifest management
- Experience with observability stacks: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Splunk
- Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines supporting infrastructure/platform delivery
- Strong understanding of networking and storage in containerized and virtualized environments
Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and cross-team collaboration skills
What Sets You Apart (preferred qualifications)
- Red Hat certification: EX316 (OpenShift Virtualization) or EX280 (OpenShift Administration)
- VMware certification: VCP-DCV or VCAP
Experience with VMware
- OpenShift Virtualization ( KubeVirt ) migration or modernization initiatives
Deeper familiarity with KubeVirt architecture and VM lifecycle on Kubernetes
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Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.
SS&C Technologies offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, and parental leave; and professional development reimbursement opportunity.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
