OpenShift Platform Engineering Lead for AI/ML Workloads

Latham & Watkins LLP; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare, life and disability

401k plan

11+ paid holidays and PTO accrual

Well-being programs

Professional development

Employee discounts

Affinity groups and networks

Job summary

Latham & Watkins LLP is seeking a Manager of Infrastructure – Platform Engineering in the US, with hybrid in Los Angeles or Las Vegas. You will lead container hosting and AI/ML workloads, shaping architecture and standards, while coaching engineers and delivering secure, scalable infrastructure.

Responsibilities include designing reference architectures, driving CI/CD and IaC, and collaborating across security, networking, and storage teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Information Technology or related field; equivalent work experience may be considered.
• Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes certifications are preferred.
• ITIL Foundation certification or equivalent service management experience preferred.
• Deep hands-on Kubernetes/OpenShift architecture experience; OpenShift AI experience preferred.
• Experience leading engineers, mentoring, hiring involvement, and performance conversations.
• Experience designing for AI/ML workloads on Kubernetes and virtualization transitions (OpenShift Virtualization).

Responsibilities

• Own delivery prioritization for the Platform Engineering pillar within defined strategy and backlogs.
• Lead high-level and low-level designs, reference architectures, and global standards for container hosting and AI/ML workloads.
• Act as embedded member of Platform Engineering, collaborating on OpenShift, IaC, and CI/CD delivery.
• Develop hybrid patterns where container platform intersects with Azure estate.
• Author Architecture Decision Records guiding technology direction and cost impact.
• Lead vendor/product evaluations and draft ADRs.
• Create and maintain technical docs, diagrams, patterns, ADRs, and operational guidance.
• Collaborate with security, networking, storage, monitoring, and service management teams.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to engineers; promote collaborative work practices.
• Protect highly sensitive information in accordance with policies.

Skills

Kubernetes & OpenShift architecture

AI/ML platform architecture

Infrastructure as code (Terraform)

ITIL Foundations

Leadership & mentoring

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Information Technology or related field

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Terraform

VMware Cloud Foundation

OpenShift AI

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Latham & Watkins LLP is seeking a Manager of Infrastructure – Platform Engineering in the US, with hybrid in Los Angeles or Las Vegas. You will lead container hosting and AI/ML workloads, shaping architecture and standards, while coaching engineers and delivering secure, scalable infrastructure.

Responsibilities include designing reference architectures, driving CI/CD and IaC, and collaborating across security, networking, and storage teams.