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Principal Infrastructure Engineer

USA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-29 → 2026-09-30

Core

Design, build, and maintain enterprise-grade Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms to support cloud-native application teams.

Role type

Principal Infrastructure Engineer (Kubernetes/OpenShift)

Builds

Production-grade container orchestration platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and automated infrastructure.

Domain

Cloud-native infrastructure, Container orchestration, Enterprise Linux

Required skills

Red Hat OpenShift administration, Kubernetes administration, Linux systems administration, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm), Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Container runtimes (Docker), Networking (TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancers), Monitoring and logging (Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Splunk), Scripting (Bash, Python), Security hardening and compliance

Preferred skills

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, OpenShift Service Mesh (Istio), GitOps (ArgoCD), Multi-cluster management, Storage solutions (Ceph, NFS, SAN), Vulnerability management, Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP), Red Hat certifications (RHCE, CKA, CKAD)

Responsibilities

Install, configure, and maintain OpenShift clusters and worker/control plane nodes; Administer Kubernetes workloads, networking, and storage; Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code automation; Implement security controls, RBAC, and compliance initiatives; Monitor platform performance and availability; Participate in on-call support, incident response, and root cause analysis; Collaborate with DevOps, Cloud Engineering, and Application Development teams.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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