Senior Platform Engineer On-Site Virtualization & Automation

O'Reilly Auto Parts; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Purchase Plan

401k with Employer Contributions

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Tuition Educational Assistance

Career Growth Opportunities

Paid Time Off

Job summary

O’Reilly Auto Parts seeks a Sr Platform Engineer in Springfield, MO to manage the lifecycle of enterprise virtualization platforms and core infrastructure services. You will leverage automation and telemetry to maintain reliability, optimize capacity, and support IT initiatives.

This on-site role emphasizes delivering scalable platforms and automated provisioning pipelines. The position requires overseeing platform upgrades, capacity planning, and collaboration with engineering teams to drive

Qualifications

• Manages and develops all aspects of enterprise virtualization platforms to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
• Oversees and manages all stages of a virtualization platform's lifecycle, from initial provisioning to retirement, ensuring efficient processes, timely delivery, and adherence to quality standards.
• Plans, organizes, prioritizes, and oversees infrastructure automation and platform maintenance activities to efficiently meet objectives.
• Communicates and articulates platform architectures, virtualization trade-offs, and root-cause analyses in a clear, compelling, and tailored manner to address specific challenges or meet organizational needs.

Responsibilities

• Monitor virtualization platform lifecycle including cluster capacity planning and upgrades.
• Deliver platform features, automated provisioning pipelines, and IaC-based infrastructure capabilities.
• Analyze telemetry and logs to identify optimization opportunities and stability improvements.
• Edit runbooks, DR procedures, and SOPs per guidelines.
• Support cross-functional teams with platform expertise and adoption of standardized patterns.

Skills

Enterprise virtualization

Lifecycle management

Automation and IaC

Platform reliability

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Platform capacity planning

Project delivery

Job description

O’Reilly Auto Parts seeks a Sr Platform Engineer in Springfield, MO to manage the lifecycle of enterprise virtualization platforms and core infrastructure services. You will leverage automation and telemetry to maintain reliability, optimize capacity, and support IT initiatives.

This on-site role emphasizes delivering scalable platforms and automated provisioning pipelines. The position requires overseeing platform upgrades, capacity planning, and collaboration with engineering teams to drive