Principal, Infrastructure Innovation & Automation - OpenSource / Linux

Principal, Infrastructure Innovation & Automation

SALARY: $180k - $190k flex plus 30% bonus

LOCATION: DALLAS, TX

HYBRID: 3 days onsite and 2 days remote

Looking for a candidate with 10+ years red hat linux, Kubernetes, OpenShift, ansible, terraform, CI/CD, Git Jenkins. Extensive automation IaC virtualization networking and cloud transformation AWS. The Principal, Infrastructure Innovation and Automation is a senior technical leader who defines and drives the organization s enterprise infrastructure strategy across automation, virtualization, networking, and cloud transformation. This role owns the architecture and ongoing evolution of enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms, with deep focus on Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and GitOps practices that improve platform reliability, security, and delivery speed.

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.
Qualifications:

10+ years infrastructure engineering.
7+ years Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
5+ years Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift administration.
Extensive experience leading automation initiatives.

Expert: Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, RHEL.

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).
Bachelor's degree