Alcon

Sr Principal, Platform Engineering

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2 days ago
Fort Worth, TX, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Define platform architecture strategy across hybrid cloud, datacenter, manufacturing, and edge environments.
  • Lead technical direction for cloud platforms, Kubernetes, security, automation, and observability while developing platform standards, roadmaps, and best practices.
  • Drive Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, CI/CD, and automation initiatives.
  • Partner with security teams to embed governance, compliance, and risk controls.
  • Design reliable, secure, cost-effective platforms and establish reusable patterns and guardrails.
  • Review technical designs, mentor engineers, solve complex technical challenges, and align platform investments with strategic goals.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to platform capabilities and operations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of directly related experience, with stated alternatives including high school plus 15 years, associate degree plus 11 years, master’s degree plus 4 years, or PhD plus 3 years.
  • Seven years of relevant experience.
  • Fluent English reading, writing, comprehension, and communication skills.
  • Preferred experience leading enterprise cloud, Kubernetes, platform engineering, or DevSecOps initiatives.
  • Preferred expertise with AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, EKS, AKS, OpenShift, RKE2, or similar platforms.
  • Preferred experience with manufacturing, industrial, distributed-site, or edge computing environments and with platform governance, automation, virtualization, and cloud security.
  • Preferred hands-on experience with Terraform, Helm, Argo CD, Ansible, JFrog, policy and governance tools, and scripting languages such as Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash, or JavaScript.
  • Relevant AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Terraform certifications are preferred.

Benefits

  • Health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and other benefits are provided.
  • The position is located in Fort Worth, Texas.

Tech Stack

AnsibleArgo CDAWSAzureBashGoHelmJavaScriptKubernetesOpenShiftPowerShellPythonTerraform

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