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Insight Global

Platform Engineer

Hybrid

Toronto, Canada

Mid level

Freelance

23-02-2026

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Skills

Jira DevOps Jenkins Ansible Architecture Linux System Administration OpenShift Linux Administration

Job Specifications

Location: 3x/week Hybrid, Toronto

Length: 12 Month Duration + Extension

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.

About the Company

Insight Global is an international professional services and staffing company specializing in delivering talent and technical solutions to Fortune 1000 companies across the IT, Non-IT, Healthcare, and Engineering industries. Fueled by staffing and talent experts, Evergreen, our professional services brand, brings technical advisors and culture consultants to help customers tackle their biggest challenges. With over 70 locations across North America, Europe, and Asia, and global staffing capabilities in 50+ countries, our tea... Know more