Senior Infrastructure Lead

Company: Ontrac Solutions
Location: Chicago
Posted on: November 13, 2024

Job Description:

About Ontrac Solutions
Ontrac Solutions is a leading technology consulting firm, specializing in cutting-edge solutions that drive business transformation. We partner with organizations to modernize their infrastructure, streamline processes, and deliver tangible results. By creating value beyond the hype, we help businesses modernize technology and build new strategies that fuel growth. Our team is committed to innovation, collaboration, and excellence, empowering our clients to succeed in an evolving digital landscape.
The Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Lead. The ideal candidate must have a strong background in building, deploying, and optimizing platforms within Kubernetes or OpenStack environments. This is a full-time, permanent position for someone who is passionate about hands-on development and leading teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing applications in the cloud. You will be responsible for developing, launching, maintaining, and optimizing applications within Kubernetes, ensuring their efficiency and scalability. As a key technical leader, you'll also mentor your team in best practices for cloud-native development while actively working alongside them to implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute a comprehensive software development strategy for IaaS platforms, focusing on containers, cluster management, Kubernetes, and OpenStack. Ensure security, optimization, and performance throughout the lifecycle.
  
• Mentorship & Technical Excellence: Lead by example, mentoring engineers and driving best practices in software development. Cultivate a culture of innovation, technical rigor, and continuous improvement.
  
• Operational Support: Take ownership of on-call responsibilities and provide operational support to ensure platform stability and resilience.
  
• Innovation: Stay at the forefront of industry trends and emerging technologies, bringing fresh ideas to enhance platform capabilities.
  
  What We Are Looking For
  Experience:
  
  
• Leadership: 5+ years of experience managing teams, demonstrating strong leadership, and team-building skills.
  
• Technical Expertise: 10+ years in IaaS/PaaS software development, with a specialization in Kubernetes cluster management on cloud platforms.
  
• Open Source: 4+ years of hands-on experience with open-source frameworks, contributing to and leveraging the latest in cloud-native technologies.
  
• Cloud Environments: 5+ years of experience working with one of the major public and private cloud providers (OpenStack, Kubernetes, Azure, AWS, GCP).
  
• Develop, Launch, Maintain, and Optimize applications within Kubernetes: Strong in-depth knowledge of K8s architecture and orchestration.
  
  Technical Skills
  
  
• Multi-Cluster Networking: Expertise in multi-cluster networking using service mesh technologies such as Istio, Consul, or Envoy.
  
• Observability: Proficiency with metrics, observability, and operational frameworks like Grafana and Prometheus.
  
• Containerization: In-depth understanding of containerization technologies (Docker, Podman, Rancher).
  
• Advanced Technologies: Familiarity with advanced cloud-native tools such as ArgoCD, KubeVirt, and Cluster API (CAPI).
  
• Linux Systems: Deep expertise in Linux internals, command-line utilities, and systems administration.
  
• CI/CD & Automation: Proven experience optimizing CI/CD pipelines for Kubernetes using GitOps and ArgoCD.
  
• Software Development: Strong foundation in software engineering, including experience with programming languages like Go, Python, or Java.
  
• Proficiency in Kubernetes (K8s): Extensive experience managing and deploying applications within Kubernetes.
  
• Security: Hands-on experience with security protocols (Active Directory, SAML, OAuth) and DevOps methodologies.
  
• Cloud Architecture & Scripting: Solid understanding of cloud architecture principles and shell scripting.
  
• Data Center Experience: Experience working in data center environments, with a focus on OpenStack platform and layer 3 and 7 networking services.
  
• Optimization & Monitoring: Proven experience leading technical teams, mentoring junior engineers, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
  
  Education & Certifications:
  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education/work experience.
  Relevant cloud and container certifications.
  Leadership Qualities:
  
  
• Team Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading and motivating teams to achieve results.
  
• Communication: Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to effectively influence engineering and product teams.
  
  What We Offer
  Competitive Salary: $250,000 - $350,000 (commensurate with experience).
  Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
  At Ontrac Solutions, diversity is at the core of our success. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where employees feel valued and empowered to bring their unique perspectives. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer and encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.
  How to Apply
  Please submit your resume and our hiring team will be in touch.
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