Senior Platform Engineer - Hybrid | Automation & Infra

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Performance incentive bonus

Job summary

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of a global food retailer, is seeking a Platform Administrator IV to lead complex platform changes and optimize performance from Salisbury, NC. You will partner with engineering and product teams to sustain high availability and automate provisioning and compliance checks.

The role supports hybrid work with 3 in-person days at core location and 2 remote days, and requires 5+ years of experience administering enterprise platforms, plus strong Kubernetes/OpenShift

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 and GitOps/IaC.
• Strong observability, incident response, and change control skills.
• 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

Platform administration

Kubernetes/OpenShift

IaC automation

Ansible

Incident leadership

Communication

Education

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

Tools

VMware

Nutanix

Linux Red Hat

Red Hat Satellite

Job description

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of a global food retailer, is seeking a Platform Administrator IV to lead complex platform changes and optimize performance from Salisbury, NC. You will partner with engineering and product teams to sustain high availability and automate provisioning and compliance checks.

The role supports hybrid work with 3 in-person days at core location and 2 remote days, and requires 5+ years of experience administering enterprise platforms, plus strong Kubernetes/OpenShift