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Lead Associate Principal, Infrastructure Innovation & Automation

Chicago - 125 S Franklin💼 Full-time💰 $136,500–$136,500🗓 2026-09-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior technical leader defining and driving enterprise infrastructure strategy across automation, virtualization, networking, and cloud transformation, with a focus on Kubernetes platforms.

Role type

Senior IC infrastructure engineering lead (Kubernetes/OpenShift)

Builds

Enterprise Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks

Domain

Financial services infrastructure, cloud-native platforms

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, RHEL, Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, CI/CD, GitOps, Python, Bash scripting, Helm, Operators, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana

Preferred skills

AWS cloud platforms, RHCA certification, Master's degree

Technologies

OpenShift, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Tekton, ArgoCD, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise OpenShift architecture and platform strategy; Design and maintain highly available Kubernetes platforms; Define standards for RHEL and platform engineering; Lead automation initiatives; Architect secure Kubernetes platforms; Mentor senior engineers; Partner across Development, Security, and Networking teams; Own platform reliability and disaster recovery strategy.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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