Lead Infrastructure Engineer - OpenShift Platform

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Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Container Platform Engineer with deep experience in RedHat OpenShift and a strong background in cloud-native technologies. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable container platforms that support modern application development and deployment practices. This role requires a blend of platform engineering, DevOps, and cloud expertise to ensure high availability, security, and performance across our containerized environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage container platforms using RedHat OpenShift across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

• Implement and manage service meshes using Istio for secure and reliable service-to-service communication.

• Integrate and manage cloud-native security tools such as Wiz.io, Kyverno, and Cilium.

• Support and manage Kubernetes clusters on AKS, EKS, and Rancher.

• Develop and maintain Kubernetes Operators to automate operational tasks.

• Implement GitOps workflows using Argo CD and manage progressive delivery strategies with Argo Rollouts.

• Monitor and optimize platform performance using Prometheus, Datadog, and ElasticSearch.

• Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform and manage CI/CD pipelines with GitLab.

• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to ensure platform reliability and compliance.

• Troubleshoot complex issues across the container stack and provide root cause analysis.

• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to continuously improve platform capabilities.

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
- Six to eight years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Containerization & Orchestration: Proficiency in working with container technologies such as Docker, and orchestration platforms including OpenShift, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
• Linux Systems: Solid experience with Linux-based environments, including system administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting skills using Python and Shell (Bash) to automate operational tasks, build CI/CD pipelines, and manage infrastructure as code.
• Cloud-Native Architecture: Familiarity with cloud-native principles and microservices architecture, with the ability to design and support scalable, resilient systems.
• DevOps Mindset: Experience working in DevOps or SRE environments, with a focus on continuous integration, continuous delivery, and infrastructure automation.  Using tools like ArgoCD, Argo Rollouts, and Gitlab
• Monitoring & Logging: Exposure to observability tools and practices for monitoring, logging, and alerting in distributed systems using Prometheus, Grafana, and DataDog.

Location Expectations

The role offers a hybrid/flexible schedule, which means there's an in-office expectation of 3 or more days per week and the flexibility to work outside the office location for the other days.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)