[Remote] Principal Consultant — Enterprise Kubernetes / OpenShift Reliability

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Elantis is seeking a Principal Consultant / Technical Architect with expertise in Enterprise Kubernetes and OpenShift Reliability. The role involves leading assessments and remediation for enterprise-scale Kubernetes production crises, requiring deep technical knowledge and crisis leadership experience.ResponsibilitiesAssessment and remediation lead for enterprise-scale Kubernetes / OpenShift production crisesDesigning, operating, and troubleshooting large, multi-site Kubernetes environmentsProviding strong Red Hat OpenShift expertiseWorking with cloud-native / software-defined storage solutionsLeading crisis management for large-enterprise production issuesUnderstanding distributed systems and infrastructure networkingSkillsEnterprise Kubernetes at scale: deep experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting large, multi-site Kubernetes environments — not just pilots or single clustersStrong Red Hat OpenShift expertise: hands-on with OpenShift architecture, operators, CSI storage integration, cluster lifecycle, and the failure modes that emerge at scaleCloud-native / software-defined storage: strong working knowledge of persistent storage for Kubernetes — ideally direct Portworx experience, or comparable platforms (e.g., Ceph/Rook/OpenShift Data Foundation, Longhorn, or similar) — including the storage control plane, data path, and replication behavior under scaleProven crisis leadership: has owned and resolved at least one comparable large-enterprise production fire, with the scars and judgment that come from itDistributed-systems depth: quorum, consensus, partition behavior, and how distributed storage degrades under node churn, network instability, and scaleInfrastructure and networking fluency: comfortable reasoning across hardware, NIC/firmware, MTU, latency/packet-loss, and data-center-to-data-center varianceNeutral authority and communication: able to deliver an honest, independent verdict, assign ownership across vendors and teams without taking sides, and brief both engineers and executives crediblyDirect Portworx (Pure Storage) production experience at scaleExperience supporting VMware-to-OpenShift migrations / virtualization-to-container re-platformingBackground in or alongside a vendor Professional Services / escalation organizationExperience producing formal architecture assessments and reference architectures for regulated or mission-critical environmentsCompany OverviewElantis is an enterprise and public-sector focused AI services and technology consulting firm delivering AI engineering, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, data systems, and governed workforce solutions. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://www.bay-infotech.com.Company H1B SponsorshipElantis has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2023, 1 in 2021, 4 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.