Senior Platform Admin: Automation & Kubernetes (Hybrid)

Ahold Delhaize USA; Salisbury (NC); Hybrid; USD 92,640 - 138,960; Full time

Job summary

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

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at our Salisbury, NC location and 2 remote days, with core offices in Salisbury, NC and Quincy, MA. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States full-time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 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.

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.

Skills

Container platforms

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Observability

Incident management

Mentoring

Communication

Platform administration

GitOps

Platform reliability

Scaling/auto scaling

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/IT/Engineering or related field

Tools

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

VMware

Nutanix

Job description

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

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at our Salisbury, NC location and 2 remote days, with core offices in Salisbury, NC and Quincy, MA. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States full-time.