Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

Lead, Infrastructure Engineer

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Salary: Open + Bonus

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Location: Chicago, IL or Coppell, TX

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Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days remote

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Qualifications

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• Bachelor's degree

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• 7+ years infrastructure engineering.

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• 7+ years Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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• 5+ years Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift administration.

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• Expert: Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code.

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• Expert: CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Tekton/OpenShift Pipelines).

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• GitOps: ArgoCD, ApplicationSets.

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• Python and Bash scripting.

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• Helm, Operators, Kubernetes networking, storage, security.

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• Observability (Prometheus, Grafana) and container registries.

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• Deep understanding of modern infrastructure architecture, including compute, network, storage, and cloud-native platforms (preferably AWS)

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• Strong experience with DevOps practices and ITSM tools (change, incident, and problem management)

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Responsibilities

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• Lead enterprise OpenShift architecture and platform strategy.

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• Design, implement, and maintain highly available OpenShift/Kubernetes platforms.

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• Define standards for RHEL, Kubernetes, and platform engineering.

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• Lead automation using Ansible Automation Platform and Terraform.

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• Design and maintain enterprise CI/CD platforms and GitOps workflows.

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• Develop reusable automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, and compliance.

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• Architect secure Kubernetes platforms with RBAC, secrets, certificates, and policy.

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• Build standardized deployment patterns using Helm, Operators, and ArgoCD.

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• Mentor senior engineers and lead complex troubleshooting and platform improvements.

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• Partner across Development, Security, Networking, and Infrastructure teams.

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• Own platform reliability and disaster recovery strategy, including capacity planning and infrastructure cost optimization.

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