Senior Platform Engineer (Virtualization) (Onsite Role)

O'Reilly Automotive Stores; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Stock Purchase Plan

401k with employer contributions

Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance

Tuition educational assistance

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

O'Reilly Automotive Stores in Springfield, MO seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to manage enterprise virtualization platforms and core infrastructure services from design to retirement. The role emphasizes automation, telemetry, and platform reliability, with on-site work in Springfield, MO.

The engineer will implement automated provisioning, IaC, and capacity planning, collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize performance and reduce downtime.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing enterprise virtualization platforms end-to-end.
• Experience with lifecycles, provisioning, and platform retirement.
• Ability to design, implement, and optimize virtualization architectures.
• Strong automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) skills.
• Excellent capacity planning and data analysis capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor all aspects of the virtualization platform life cycle, including host clustering, capacity planning, platform lifecycle upgrades, and storage/network integrations.
• Define and deliver enterprise virtualization platforms, software-defined networking, and storage environments to meet internal engineering needs.
• Deliver defined platform features, automated provisioning pipelines, and infrastructure capabilities using IaC and automation frameworks.
• Research telemetry data, system logs, and incident reports to identify optimization and reliability opportunities.
• Explore bottlenecks and high-availability issues, identifying causes and remediation plans.
• Execute deployment and maintenance plans for virtualization components, managing schedules and risks.
• Analyze large datasets on resource utilization to identify capacity constraints and performance improvements.
• Edit runbooks, disaster recovery procedures, and SOPs per guidelines.
• Support project milestones and infrastructure sprint goals, coordinating with IT stakeholders.
• Review backlogs and reprioritize tasks to reduce downtime and improve resilience.
• Provide technical training and support to cross-functional teams to adopt virtualization capabilities.
• Demonstrate automated provisioning workflows and self-service tooling to drive standardization.

Skills

Enterprise virtualization

Lifecycle management

Automation

Telemetry analysis

Capacity planning

Cluster management

Storage integration

Infrastructure as Code

Platform monitoring

Disaster recovery

Job description

Springfield, MO 65802

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O'Reilly Automotive Stores

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O'Reilly Automotive Stores

Springfield, MO 65802

A Sr Platform Engineer will assist in all aspects of lifecycle management of enterprise virtualization platforms and core infrastructure services (from design to deployment, and through to retirement), leveraging automation and systems telemetry to maintain platform reliability, optimize capacity, and support enterprise technology initiatives.

This position will be located in Springfield MO and cannot be performed remotely

Responsibilities and Duties

Monitor all aspects of the virtualization platform life cycle, including host clustering, capacity planning, platform lifecycle upgrades, and storage/network integrations. Perform analyses to stay abreast of infrastructure and virtualization trends to ensure platform efficiency and reliability.

Define and deliver enterprise virtualization platforms, software-defined networking, and storage environments that meet internal engineering needs by selecting the best possible approaches within established infrastructure systems.

Deliver defined platform features, automated provisioning pipelines, and infrastructure capabilities from a designated part of the engineering program, utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation frameworks.

Research data from platform telemetry, monitoring tools, system logs, and incident reports to identify opportunities for infrastructure optimization, stability improvements, and platform enhancements.

Explore virtualization bottlenecks, compute constraints, or high-availability failover issues, establishing potential causes, remediation plans, and mitigation strategies.

Execute the deployment and maintenance plans for virtualization platform components, managing project schedules, identifying operational risks, and communicating status to IT stakeholders.

Collect, analyze, and interpret large datasets related to virtual resource utilization, compute/memory contention, and storage I/O patterns; identify trends to uncover capacity constraints and performance improvement opportunities.

Edit technical runbooks, disaster recovery procedures, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) in line with organizational documentation guidelines.

Work within an established project management plan to achieve platform delivery milestones and infrastructure sprint goals.

Review the backlog of infrastructure maintenance, patching, and technical debt tasks; reprioritize work and deployment of platform resources to reduce downtime and increase system resilience.

Provide advice, technical training, and assistance to cross-functional systems and application teams to resolve complex platform queries and ensure virtualization capabilities are properly understood and adopted.

Demonstrate core platform capabilities, automated provisioning workflows, and self-service virtualization tooling to engineering teams to drive adoption of standardized infrastructure patterns.

Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditations, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant virtualization technology, emerging container/hybrid platforms, external regulations, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Skills

Required

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.

Analyzes and researches infrastructure conditions, capacity trends, and emerging platform technologies to develop a comprehensive understanding that benefits the organization.

Determines and analyzes trends from telemetry and monitoring data to assist in compiling reports that support infrastructure decision-making.

Identifies potential stakeholders across application, networking, and security teams, analyzes their expectations, and develops strategies for managing stakeholder requirements.

Reviews and evaluates architectural standards and system requirements to develop appropriate virtualization implementation plans or deliver actions required.

O’Reilly Auto Parts has a proven track record of growth and stability. O’Reilly is full of successful career stories and believes in a strong promote-from-within philosophy, encouraging you to grow your career along with the organization.

Total Compensation Package

• Competitive Wages & Paid Time Off
• Stock Purchase Plan & 401k with Employer Contributions Starting Day One
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance with Optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Tuition Educational Assistance Programs
• Opportunities for Career Growth

O’Reilly Auto Parts is an equal opportunity employer. The Company does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry (including immigration status or citizenship), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions,) age (40 and over), veteran status, uniformed service member status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or another protected status as defined by local, state, or federal law, as applicable.

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