Associate Principal, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer in Chicago

Energy Jobline ZR; Chicago (IL); Ibrido; USD 180.000 - 230.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Bonus eligible

Descrizione del lavoro

Energy Jobline ZR is seeking a Lead Associate Principal to shape the enterprise infrastructure strategy across automation, Kubernetes, and platform engineering. The role focuses on OpenShift platforms, IaC, CI/CD, and GitOps to improve reliability, security, and delivery speed.

You will mentor senior engineers, drive platform improvements, and partner with Development, Security, Networking, and Infrastructure teams. This is a senior, onsite-focused leadership role within a hybrid work pattern.

Competenze

• 7+ years infrastructure engineering experience.
• 7+ years Red Hat Enterprise Linux experience.
• 5+ years Kubernetes/OpenShift administration.
• Experience leading automation initiatives and DevOps.

Mansioni

• Lead enterprise OpenShift architecture and platform strategy.
• Design, implement, and maintain OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.
• Define standards for RHEL, Kubernetes, and platform engineering.
• Lead automation using Ansible Automation Platform and Terraform.
• Design and maintain enterprise CI/CD platforms and GitOps workflows.
• Develop reusable automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, and compliance.
• Architect secure Kubernetes platforms with RBAC, secrets, certificates, and policy.
• Build standardized deployment patterns using Helm, Operators, and ArgoCD.
• Mentor senior engineers and lead complex troubleshooting and platform improvements.
• Partner across Development, Security, Networking, and Infrastructure teams.
• Own platform reliability and disaster recovery strategy, including capacity planning and infrastructure cost optimization.
• Communicate technical strategy, risk, and platform roadmaps to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Conoscenze

infrastructure engineering

Red Hat OpenShift

Kubernetes administration

Automation leadership

DevOps practices

CI/CD

GitOps

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Helm

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

Security and compliance

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree is a plus

Strumenti

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible Automation Platform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Tekton

ArgoCD

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Description

About the job

*Must be willing to work onsite 3 days each week*

*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full-time role*

*Position is bonus eligible*

The Lead Associate Principal, Infrastructure Innovation and Automation is a senior technical leader who defines and drives the organization’s enterprise infrastructure strategy across automation, virtualization, networking, and cloud transformation. This role drives the architecture and ongoing evolution of enterprise Kubernetes platforms, with deep focus on Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and GitOps practices that improve platform reliability, security, and delivery speed.

Responsibilities:

• Lead enterprise OpenShift architecture and platform strategy.
• Design, implement, and maintain highly available OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.
• Define standards for RHEL, Kubernetes, and platform engineering.
• Lead automation using Ansible Automation Platform and Terraform.
• Design and maintain enterprise CI/CD platforms and GitOps workflows.
• Develop reusable automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, and compliance.
• Architect secure Kubernetes platforms with RBAC, secrets, certificates, and policy.
• Build standardized deployment patterns using Helm, Operators, and ArgoCD.
• Mentor senior engineers and lead complex troubleshooting and platform improvements.
• Partner across Development, Security, Networking, and Infrastructure teams.
• Own platform reliability and disaster recovery strategy, including capacity planning and infrastructure cost optimization.
• Communicate technical strategy, risk, and platform roadmaps to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years infrastructure engineering.
• 7+ years Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• 5+ years Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift administration.
• Extensive experience leading automation initiatives.
• Proven technical leadership and mentoring.
• Expert: Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, RHEL.
• Expert: Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code.
• Expert: CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Tekton/OpenShift Pipelines).
• GitOps: ArgoCD, ApplicationSets.
• Python and Bash scripting.
• Helm, Operators, Kubernetes networking, storage, security.
• Observability (Prometheus, Grafana) and container registries.
• Deep understanding of modern infrastructure architecture, including compute, network, storage, and cloud- platforms (preferably AWS).
• Strong experience with DevOps practices and ITSM tools (change, incident, and problem management).
• Sound knowledge of information security, compliance, and risk management as it relates to infrastructure.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Master’s degree is a plus.

Certificates or Licenses:

• RHCA (Highly
• RHCE
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift