Senior Platform Administrator – Kubernetes & Automation (Hybrid)

Loyalty360; Salisbury (NC); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive bonus

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 consistent service quality.

Our flexible/hybrid schedule includes 3 in-person days at Salisbury, NC, and 2 remote days. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The core office location is Salisbury, NC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years administering container or shared enterprise platforms.
• 5+ years administering VMware, Nutanix, Linux Red Hat enterprise systems.
• 5+ years automating provisioning, configuration, and patching with Ansible and Red Hat Satellite.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes/OpenShift and GitOps/IaC.
• Strong observability, incident response, and change-control skills.

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

Effective communication

Incident leadership

Mentoring capabilities

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes/OpenShift

GitOps/IaC

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

VMware

Nutanix

Linux Red Hat

Job description

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 consistent service quality.

Our flexible/hybrid schedule includes 3 in-person days at Salisbury, NC, and 2 remote days. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The core office location is Salisbury, NC.