Platform Automation Administrator IV

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Salisbury (NC)

On-site

USD 93,000 - 139,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA is seeking a Platform Administrator IV to lead complex platform changes, optimize performance, and advance automation. The role partners with engineering and product teams to sustain high availability and service quality.

The work arrangement includes 3 in-person days at Salisbury, NC and 2 remote days, with full-time US work authorization. Responsibilities include upgrading clusters, tuning resources, automating provisioning, and enforcing enterprise standards.

Qualifications

5+ years administering container or shared enterprise platforms.
5+ years administering VMware, Nutanix, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
5+ Years of experience Automate provisioning, configuration, and patching using Ansible and Red Hat Satellite.
Proficiency with Kubernetes/OpenShift and GitOps/IaC.
Strong skills in observability, incident response, and change controls.
Effective communication and mentoring capabilities.

Responsibilities

Lead complex platform changes, upgrades, and policy rollouts.
Optimize resource utilization and platform reliability via tuning and autoscaling.
Automate provisioning and compliance checks with IaC and GitOps.
Maintain security practices: RBAC, secrets management, and image controls.
Monitor SLOs/SLIs and drive incident resolution and root cause analyses.

Skills

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

VMware/Nutanix/Linux

Kubernetes/OpenShift

GitOps/IaC

Observability/Incident response

Communication/Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology / Engineering

Tools

VMware

Nutanix

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Job description

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Overview

The Platform Administrator IV is a senior practitioner who leads complex platform changes, optimizes performance, and advances automation. The role partners with engineering and product teams to sustain high availability and consistent service quality. Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations are Salisbury, NC. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

Lead cluster upgrades, node pool changes, ingress/egress updates, and policy rollouts.
Optimize resource utilization and platform reliability via tuning, quotas, and autoscaling.
Automate provisioning, configuration, and compliance checks with IaC and GitOps.
Implement secrets management, RBAC, and image/security controls aligned to enterprise standards.
Manage virtual environments (VMware, Nutanix, Red Hat) and enterprise storage platforms
Resolve advanced incidents and mentor junior teammates on troubleshooting and RCAs.
Maintain high-quality documentation, diagrams, SOPs, and CMDB accuracy.
Monitor SLOs/SLIs, capacity, and health dashboards; recommend corrective actions.
Support lifecycle planning (upgrades, deprecation, refresh) and multi-tenant governance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field or equivalent years of work experience.
5+ years of experience administering container or shared enterprise platforms.
5+ years of experience administering (VMware, Nutanix, Linux Red hat) enterprise Systems
5+ Years of experience Automate provisioning, configuration, and patching using Ansible and Red Hat Satellite
Proficiency with Kubernetes/OpenShift (networking, storage classes, controllers), and GitOps/IaC.
Strong skills in observability, incident response, and change controls.
Effective communication, incident leadership, and mentoring capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications