Principal Platform Engineer

Summary

Join DomainTools as a Principal Platform Engineer and translate high-level platform designs into low-level technical specifications. You will be responsible for implementing, administering, supporting, and patching Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform in cloud and on-prem environments. Collaborate with architects and software delivery teams to build self-service mechanisms and CI/CD pipelines. Ensure platform stability, availability, performance, and security compliance. This role requires strong experience with Kubernetes, Linux systems, and various automation tools. The position offers a competitive salary, bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package including fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Linux systems engineering roles supporting bare metal servers and virtualization/container platforms
• 3+ years’ Kubernetes administration experience on Red Hat OpenShift
• Experience building and managing infrastructure in both public cloud and physical data center environments using IaC tools
• 5+ years’ experience with enterprise monitoring and logging solutions like Prometheus, ELK, or similar
• Proven ability to automate the right things in the simplest way possible (scripts, config management tools, CI pipelines, RHOS Operators, etc.)
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals and storage technologies
• Competency in at least one high level programming language (i.e., Golang, Python, etc.)
• Ability to communicate well orally and in written form, and publish docs that are easily understood by stakeholders
• Experience supporting customer-facing SaaS products
• Willingness to dive in and own problems that are new, ambiguous, and/or complex
• Proven ability to prioritize where improvements are most needed; sees the forest for the trees
• High team standards around communication, giving and receiving feedback, continuous improvement, and operational excellence

Responsibilities

• Translate high level platform design into low level technical design and implement, administer, support, and patch corresponding platforms
• Work closely with Engineering Architects to enable capabilities defined on roadmaps and blueprints supporting platform programs and initiatives
• Improve the reliability and scalability of infrastructure
• Design, build, support, install, and configure Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform in both Cloud and On-Prem Environments
• Install, configure, and monitor applications and services in the OpenShift cluster
• Continuously assess technical components to recommend platform improvements, translating high-level design and RHOS best practices into low-level technical configuration
• Ensure the ongoing stability, availability, performance, and security compliance of the platform to meet customer SLAs; author and execute test cases to validate
• Collaborate with software delivery teams and architects to build and support self-service mechanisms, CI/CD pipelines, and k8s operators that simplify and accelerate service delivery, in accordance with DevOps and Agile frameworks
• Maintain the catalog of services for the platform in collaboration with Engineering
• Instrument and optimize application, system, and cluster performance
• Forecast and plan capacity increases to ensure resource availability for engineering teams while meeting budget targets
• Help build and implement Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity plan; conduct related testing of recovery procedures
• Help determine Platform roadmap, manage projects and ticket-based work; ensure these are clearly communicated with stakeholders at all levels
• Provide thought leadership on DevOps and Platform Engineering-centric system and process design, giving constructive input to engineers and leaders on proposals and best practices
• Build internal documentation and artifacts describing the mechanisms used for deployment, monitoring, and operators
• Mentor and help develop engineers in a highly demonstrative and collaborative way
• Participate in an on-call rotation with fellow team members

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental and vision insurance premiums
• 401k retirement plan with company matching
• Basic life insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Additional well-being benefits