Principal Engineer & Manager, Private Cloud Platforms

Motorola Solutions•Allen, TX

4d•$150,000 - $170,000•Onsite

About The Position

The On-Premise Infrastructure Engineering team is responsible for designing and implementing local continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines within dedicated on-premise environments. They are also responsible for the development and operation of common platform services centered on RedHat OpenShift and Kubernetes, which are leveraged by our software solutions. This includes managing the full stack of physical and virtual infrastructure, encompassing Networking, Storage, and Compute, to ensure the reliability and security of environments where our services run. The team also provides monitoring and support for these internal platform services to ensure 24/7 availability for our customers. As a Manager, Platform Engineering on this team, you will be a hands-on leader responsible for developing services, tools, and processes that support our engineering teams. We are looking for a technical lead who is motivated by automation and infrastructure-as-code, but possesses the deep foundational knowledge required to manage bare-metal and virtualized on-premise stacks. You will be working on a results-oriented team where you are expected to lead by example—balancing people management with active technical contribution. Your efforts will help shape the engineering culture and best practices across Motorola Solutions’ Software Enterprise organization.

Requirements

Deep technical knowledge of Linux Administration and container orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift) is mandatory.
Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in Network Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Systems Architecture.
Proven experience with Layer 3/4 Networking design, firewall management, and on-premise storage protocols.
Solid coding and scripting skills (Python, Shell) to automate data center operations.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving, and agile environment with a strong level of curiosity.
Strong level of curiosity and interest to learn
Excellent communications skills and the ability to present complex topics to nontechnical audiences
Self motivated and able to maintain focus in a pressured environment
Expertise in RedHat OpenShift (OCP) and upstream Kubernetes cluster design, deployment, and management in a non-cloud environment.
Advanced Linux Administration (RHEL preferred), including performance tuning, kernel parameters, and system security.
Deep understanding of Layer 3/4 Networking, including BGP, Load Balancing (NGINX, HAProxy, or F5), and Firewall management.
Proficiency in Python and Shell scripting to automate manual data center tasks and infrastructure provisioning.
Experience with Ansible or Terraform (specifically for on-premise providers like VMware or Bare Metal).
Git/GitOps workflows and managing on-premise CI/CD instances (e.g., GitLab or Jenkins).
Must be able to obtain background clearance as required by government customer.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Software Defined Storage (SDS) such as Ceph, Rook, or traditional SAN/NAS (NetApp/Dell EMC).
Deep experience with VMware vSphere or KVM hypervisors.
Integration with Active Directory, LDAP, and SSSD for centralized authentication.
Implementing on-premise monitoring stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana).
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) or Architect (RHCA)
Experience with air-gapped environments and hardening standards (CIS Benchmarks/STIGs).

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership: Act as a hands-on guide for the team, participating in architectural design and troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues.
On-Premise Operations: Lead the deployment and maintenance of RedHat OpenShift and Kubernetes clusters in private data center environments.
Infrastructure Design: Direct the implementation of L3/L4 networking (load balancers/firewalls) and software-defined storage solutions.
Reliability & Performance: Define and meet strict scalability, availability, and security goals for local environments.
Collaboration: Rapidly build and evolve major platform features in collaboration with Product Management and other engineering stakeholders.
Governance: Assist in reviews and audits conducted at various points in the software life cycle to ensure compliance and security.