Lead Platform Engineer, Systems Engineering

OverviewJob PurposeThe Kubernetes Platform Engineering (KPE) team builds and operates ICE's internal container orchestration platform powered by Red Hat OpenShift. KPE Features, the Solutions Engineering sub-team, serves as the primary interface between the platform and its consumers across ICE's various business units.We are looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to join KPE Features. In this role, you will own and drive platform capabilities that enable development teams to deploy and operate workloads at enterprise scale. You’ll work across the full platform stack from GitOps pipelines and policy enforcement to observability infrastructure, while providing technical leadership and mentorship to others on the team.ResponsibilitiesOwn and deliver platform features and enhancements, driving work from design through deployment and documentationLead onboarding of new teams and workloads onto the platform via self-service and GitOps-based provisioning workflowsMaintain and evolve ArgoCD-based GitOps pipelines and Kustomize overlay configurations across multiple clustersImplement and tune Kyverno admission control policies to enforce security and operational standards across the platformBuild and maintain observability tooling, including Grafana dashboards, Tempo distributed tracing, and alertingCollaborate with KPE-Infrastructure and KPE-Enablement sub-teams on cluster lifecycle events, upgrades, and cross-cutting platform concernsEngage with platform consumers and stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutionsOwn and maintain platform documentation, runbooks, and internal knowledge bases on ConfluenceParticipate in 2nd or 3rd level support for on-call rotationKnowledge and Experience6+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or a related disciplineHands-on experience with Kubernetes in a production environment; OpenShift experience strongly preferredExperience with Kubernetes configuration and templating tools such as Kustomize or HelmComfort operating in Linux environments and working with YAML-heavy configuration managementStrong communication skills. This team writes documentation and communicates changes to a broad consumer baseDeep proficiency in multiple platform disciplines:K8s Observability — Grafana dashboards, Prometheus alerting pipelines, distributed tracing (Tempo, Jaeger), log aggregation (Loki, Vector, Cortex), and related logging/monitoring practicesK8s GitOps & Release Engineering — GitHub, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Kustomize, Helm, and Git-based delivery workflowsK8s Infrastructure Engineering — Kubernetes on bare metal, cluster networking (CNI, OVN-Kubernetes, network policy), storage and CSI drivers, and hardware-layer operationsK8s Security & Policy Enforcement — Policy-as-code tooling (Kyverno, OPA/Gatekeeper), admission webhooks, and container security practicesPreferred Knowledge and ExperienceRed Hat OpenShift Certified Administrator (EX280) or equivalent certificationExperience supporting internal platform consumers or operating in a shared-services modelAnsible and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP)Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM)Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (ACS)Experience with HyperShift or OpenShift Hosted Control Planes strongly preferredPodman and container image build/management workflowsExperience developing custom Kubernetes operatorsNew York Base Salary RangeThe expected base salary for this role, if located in New York, is between $165,000 - 190,000 USD. The base salary range does not include Intercontinental Exchange’s incentive compensation.  While we provide this range as general guidance, at ICE we compensate employees based on the skillset and experience of the individual. Regular full-time ICE employees are eligible for a suite of competitive employee benefits, including healthcare coverage (medical, dental and vision), a 401(k) plan, life insurance, time off, and paid leave for qualifying circumstances. Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.