Senior Platform Engineer: Automation & Kubernetes (Hybrid)

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

Job summary

The Platform Administrator IV at Ahold Delhaize USA leads complex platform changes, drives automation, and sustains high availability across engineering and product teams. This senior role partners to ensure consistent service quality and scalable infrastructure.

The position offers a flexible/hybrid schedule with 3 in-person days at Salisbury, NC, and 2 remote days, with current authorization 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 of experience administering container or shared enterprise platforms.
• 5+ years of experience administering VMware, Nutanix, Linux Red Hat enterprise systems.
• 5+ years of experience automating 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

Experience administering container or—

Experience administering enterprise**

Observability

Incident leadership

Communication & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

VMware

Nutanix

Linux (Red Hat)

Job description

The Platform Administrator IV at Ahold Delhaize USA leads complex platform changes, drives automation, and sustains high availability across engineering and product teams. This senior role partners to ensure consistent service quality and scalable infrastructure.

The position offers a flexible/hybrid schedule with 3 in-person days at Salisbury, NC, and 2 remote days, with current authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis.