Senior Platform Automation & Reliability Engineer

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Salisbury (NC); Hybrid; USD 92,640 - 138,960; Full time

Job summary

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

The position features a flexible/hybrid schedule with 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or related field or equivalent years of 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 using Ansible and Red Hat Satellite.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes/OpenShift and GitOps/IaC.
• Strong 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

Observability

Incident response

Change controls

Effective communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

Kubernetes/OpenShift

GitOps

IaC

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 across enterprise systems. The role partners with engineering and product teams to ensure high availability and consistent service quality.

The position features a flexible/hybrid schedule with 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.