Senior Platform Engineer: Automation, Kubernetes & Infra

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Quincy (MA); Hybrid; USD 92,640 - 159,720; Full time

Job summary

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

Our flexible/hybrid schedule includes 3 in-person days at Salisbury, NC or Quincy, MA 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, IT, engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience administering container or shared enterprise platforms.
• 5+ years of experience administering VMware, Nutanix, and Linux Red Hat enterprise systems.
• 5+ years automating provisioning and patching with Ansible and Red Hat Satellite.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes/OpenShift, GitOps/IaC.
• Strong observability, incident response, and change controls.
• Effective communication 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 platform administration

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Observability & incident response

Leadership & communication

GitOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

VMware

Nutanix

Red Hat Linux

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Job description

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

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