Remote Principal OpenShift Platform Architect

First Citizens

Raleigh (NC)

Remote

USD 170,000 - 199,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

First Citizens is seeking a Principal OpenShift Engineer to lead the architecture, administration, automation, security, and operational excellence of enterprise Red Hat OpenShift platforms across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

The ideal candidate will drive platform strategy, establish best practices, mentor engineering teams, and partner with architects, security, developers, and business stakeholders to deliver a world-class container platform.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with 10+ years in leading system engineering teams.
Alternative: High School/GED with 14+ years in hands-on leadership of system engineering teams.
10+ years of infrastructure/platform engineering experience.
7+ years Kubernetes/OpenShift administration experience.
Experience managing large-scale production OpenShift environments.
Proven experience supporting highly regulated, mission-critical applications.

Responsibilities

Define and implement cloud architecture strategy aligned with business goals.
Lead technical advisory on cloud infrastructure projects, guiding best practices in scale, resilience and performance.
Coordinate end-to-end cloud projects with engineering, DevOps, security, and operations teams.
Develop strategies for cost optimization and performance improvements.
Maintain high-quality documentation, diagrams, and standards for cloud infrastructure.
Provide mentorship to cloud engineers and 24/7 on-call support for cloud infrastructure.