Lead Kubernetes Platform Engineer — Hybrid Cloud

NTT DATA North America; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical insurance

dental insurance

vision insurance with an employer贡献

Job summary

NTT DATA North America is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to design, automate, and operate our next‑generation hybrid cloud and Kubernetes platforms. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on solving infrastructure challenges with automation and enjoys building reusable, self‑service capabilities that improve platform reliability and developer experience.

In this hands‑on role, you will contribute to the development of scalable infrastructure patterns, modernize compute from VMs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform engineering, or DevOps roles (or equivalent via education, training, or military experience).
• 2+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience (cluster operations, deployment tooling, troubleshooting).
• 3+ years of experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Tekton.
• 3+ years working with GitOps principles and tools (ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, RHACM).
• Experience with container orchestration, hybrid cloud platforms (Azure, GCP), and Linux systems.
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience designing or consuming RESTful APIs and integrating automation into platform workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Kubernetes platforms, including cluster operations, add-ons, curated Helm charts, and deployment standards.
• Develop reusable infrastructure modules and templates using Terraform, Ansible, or similar IaC tools.
• Support hybrid cloud infrastructure (Azure or GCP) following established architectural guidelines.
• Contribute to workload migration initiatives from virtual machines to containerized environments.
• Implement declarative, API-driven infrastructure patterns aligned with GitOps workflows.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and platform lifecycle tasks to reduce manual operations and improve stability.
• Leverage observability tooling to improve performance monitoring and incident response.
• Participate in on-call rotations, root-cause analysis, and reliability-focused improvements.
• Maintain cluster security, RBAC, policy enforcement, and compliance controls in collaboration with security teams.
• Design and implement GitOps workflows using tools such as ArgoCD or RHACM.
• Build and maintain self-service platform capabilities to reduce friction for development teams.
• Integrate infrastructure automation with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Tekton, etc.).
• Provide guidance and onboarding support to teams adopting Kubernetes.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps

Azure

GCP

Python

Bash/PowerShell

Tools

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Tekton

RHACM

Job description

NTT DATA North America is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to design, automate, and operate our next‑generation hybrid cloud and Kubernetes platforms. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives on solving infrastructure challenges with automation and enjoys building reusable, self‑service capabilities that improve platform reliability and developer experience.

In this hands‑on role, you will contribute to the development of scalable infrastructure patterns, modernize compute from VMs