Lead, Infrastructure Engineer
Salary: Open + Bonus
Location: Chicago, IL or Coppell, TX
Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote
Qualifications
· Bachelor's degree
· 7+ years infrastructure engineering.
· 7+ years Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
· 5+ years Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift administration.
· Expert: Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code.
· Expert: CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Tekton/OpenShift Pipelines).
· GitOps: ArgoCD, ApplicationSets.
· Python and Bash scripting.
· Helm, Operators, Kubernetes networking, storage, security.
· Observability (Prometheus, Grafana) and container registries.
· Deep understanding of modern infrastructure architecture, including compute, network, storage, and cloud-native platforms (preferably AWS)
· Strong experience with DevOps practices and ITSM tools (change, incident, and problem management)
Responsibilities
· Lead enterprise OpenShift architecture and platform strategy.
· Design, implement, and maintain highly available OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.
· Define standards for RHEL, Kubernetes, and platform engineering.
· Lead automation using Ansible Automation Platform and Terraform.
· Design and maintain enterprise CI/CD platforms and GitOps workflows.
· Develop reusable automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, and compliance.
· Architect secure Kubernetes platforms with RBAC, secrets, certificates, and policy.
· Build standardized deployment patterns using Helm, Operators, and ArgoCD.
· Mentor senior engineers and lead complex troubleshooting and platform improvements.
· Partner across Development, Security, Networking, and Infrastructure teams.
· Own platform reliability and disaster recovery strategy, including capacity planning and infrastructure cost optimization.
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