Senior Platform Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & Virtualization Lead

Royal Caribbean Group; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Caribbean Group’s IT Department seeks a highly talented Senior Platform Engineer to join our Windows Server technology team in Miramar, FL. The role focuses on providing core infrastructure for compute needs, and supporting tools and services for global business partners.

You will work across systems, taking on cross-functional challenges and delivering value across the organization. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in virtualization, 5+ years in Windows Server, and hands-on IaC

Qualifications

• Expert level knowledge of Hyper-V and VMWare virtualization technology (8+ years of experience).
• 3+ years of experience in hybrid cloud computing environments (Azure/AWS).
• 5+ years of experience managing a Windows Server environment.
• 3+ years working with Cisco UCS server platform.
• 3+ years managing hyperconverged server infrastructure.
• Experience with automation tools simplifying deployments of Windows and VMware resources to on-prem and cloud.
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell.
• 5+ years of Group Policy and Desired State Configuration authoring experience.
• Experience with automation tools simplifying deployments of Windows and VMware resources to on-prem and cloud.
• 3+ years hands‑on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management systems including Terraform, PowerShell DSC, Puppet, Ansible, etc.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and customer‑service skills.
• Must possess and have proven troubleshooting skills and independently manage projects and issues.
• Detail oriented, organized, and the ability to multi‑task.

Responsibilities

• Maintain RCG’s internal, globally distributed virtual compute environment focusing on performance, availability, cybersecurity compliance, and business growth.
• Design and maintain monitoring, reporting and capacity planning using internal systems.
• Design and maintain a virtualization DR strategy aligned with production strategies.
• Collaborate with hardware vendors and internal teams to deliver compute/storage strategies aligned with cybersecurity standards.
• Build partnerships with business and product teams to provide a first-class compute infrastructure.
• Plan and lead the implementation of complex application and core server designs.
• Develop and champion automation to improve processes.
• Lead and guide a team of systems engineers and propose changes to support objectives.
• Stay current with industry trends to propose technical approaches for IT systems.

Skills

Hyper-V virtualization

VMware virtualization

Hybrid cloud (Azure/AWS)

Windows Server

Cisco UCS

Hyperconverged infra

Automation tooling

PowerShell scripting

GPO & DSC

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Python

PowerCLI

Ansible

BASH

Multi-cloud management

SDLC knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AppDynamics

Splunk

Job description

Royal Caribbean Group’s IT Department seeks a highly talented Senior Platform Engineer to join our Windows Server technology team in Miramar, FL. The role focuses on providing core infrastructure for compute needs, and supporting tools and services for global business partners.

You will work across systems, taking on cross-functional challenges and delivering value across the organization. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in virtualization, 5+ years in Windows Server, and hands-on IaC