Senior Principal - Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Dell Technologies•Austin, TX

About The Position

Senior Principal - Kubernetes Platform Engineer Be a part of a team that’s ensuring Dell Technologies' product integrity and customer satisfaction. Our IT Software Engineer team turns business requirements into technology solutions by designing, coding and testing/debugging applications, as well as documenting procedures for use and constantly seeking quality improvements. Dell Technologies is seeking an accomplished Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead and evolve our mission‑critical Kubernetes on Bare Metal platform that powers internal applications, Federal workloads, and product engineering teams. This is a high‑visibility role influencing core platform strategy, architecture, reliability, and automation for one of Dell’s most critical infrastructure services. You will be the technical authority (SME) for our enterprise container ecosystem—driving innovation, solving complex engineering challenges at scale, and elevating the developer experience for thousands of internal customers. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a Senior Principal - Kubernetes Platform Engineer on our Software Engineer-IT Team in Round Rock, Texas. What you’ll achieve In this Senior Principal role, you will shape the future of our container platform and ensure its resilience, scalability, and operational excellence. You will work at the intersection of platform engineering, infrastructure architecture, and Kubernetes operations on bare metal systems. You will:

Requirements

8–12+ years of professional experience in Kubernetes based Infrastructure/platform engineering
Hands-on experience with patches, upgrades, and maintenance of Kubernetes platforms
U.S. Citizen (required for participation in Federal projects)
Hands‑on expertise with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) using Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools in on‑premise/bare‑metal environments
Deep proficiency in Linux internals, storage fundamentals, and Kubernetes, including: Calico, CNI, BGP/eBGP, Storage, RBAC, Pod Security, Operators, Operator SDK / Fabric8 APIs
Strong programming skills in Shell, Python, Helm, and related automation frameworks
Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure services such as HA/DR, DNS, Load Balancers, Firewalls, TLS, and Git‑based workflows
Experience with observability and telemetry tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Splunk, etc.)
Demonstrated success working in Agile teams—both independently and in highly distributed environments

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
Experience with AI and emerging Agentic AI tooling for automation or operations

Responsibilities

Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for Dell’s Kubernetes on Bare Metal container platform across IT, Federal, and Product engineering organizations
Partner with application teams to enable adoption, tune platform capabilities, and troubleshoot complex distributed systems issues
Architect, design, and implement automation‑first solutions for provisioning, scaling, and operating bare‑metal Kubernetes clusters
Develop high‑quality technical solutions aligned with business and platform roadmaps
Lead design reviews, technical deep dives, and incident retrospectives to drive continuous improvement
Mentor, train, and guide junior and mid-level engineers to elevate overall team capability
Act as a domain expert in Kubernetes, container networking, platform reliability, and infrastructure automation