Lead Infrastructure Engineer

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.