System Administrator IV

Platform Administrator IVAhold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.Primary PurposeThe Platform Administrator IV is a senior practitioner who leads complex platform changes, optimizes performance, and advances automation. The role partners with engineering and product teams to sustain high availability and consistent service quality. Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations are Salisbury, NC. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.Duties and ResponsibilitiesLead cluster upgrades, node pool changes, ingress/egress updates, and policy rollouts.Optimize resource utilization and platform reliability via tuning, quotas, and autoscaling.Automate provisioning, configuration, and compliance checks with IaC and GitOps.Implement secrets management, RBAC, and image/security controls aligned to enterprise standards.Manage virtual environments (VMware, Nutanix, Red Hat) and enterprise storage platformsResolve advanced incidents and mentor junior teammates on troubleshooting and RCAs.Maintain high-quality documentation, diagrams, SOPs, and CMDB accuracy.Monitor SLOs/SLIs, capacity, and health dashboards; recommend corrective actions.Support lifecycle planning (upgrades, deprecation, refresh) and multi-tenant governance.Required QualificationsBachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field or equivalent years of work experience.5+ years of experience administering container or shared enterprise platforms.5+ years of experience administering (VMware, Nutanix, Linux Red hat) enterprise Systems5+ Years of experience Automate provisioning, configuration, and patching using Ansible and Red Hat SatelliteProficiency with Kubernetes/OpenShift (networking, storage classes, controllers), and GitOps/IaC.Strong skills in observability, incident response, and change controls.Effective communication, incident leadership, and mentoring capabilities.Preferred QualificationsRelevant certifications (VMware/Nutanix/CKA/CKAD/OpenShift) and experience with service mesh or API gateways.Salary RangeME/NC/PA/SC Salary Range: $92,640 - $138,960IL/MA/MD/NY Salary Range: $106,480- $159,720 All ADUSA job offers take multiple factors into consideration including, but not limited to salary range, internal equity, a candidate's qualifications, geographic region, job-related knowledge and skills. This position is eligible for an incentive bonus based on company performance as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.