Software Engineering Group Mgr. - Kubernetes CaaS PlatformDormont Manufacturing Co • Farmers Branch, Texas, United States
Software Engineering Group Mgr. - Kubernetes CaaS Platform
Dormont Manufacturing Co
- Farmers Branch, Texas, United States
- Farmers Branch, Texas, United States
About
Locations: Pittsburgh PA, Strongsville OH, Birmingham AL, Phoenix AZ, or Dallas TX (preferred). PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
Key Responsibilities
Define the roadmap for container platforms (Kubernetes) and container‑as‑a‑service (CaaS) to support enterprise workloads.
Design, deploy, and manage highly available, secure, and scalable containerized infrastructure.
Oversee the product development process, collaborating with engineering to convert market requirements into technical specifications for container runtime, security, and orchestration.
Promote widespread adoption among engineering teams, providing mentorship and guidance to engineers.
Represent customers, study industry trends, and inform product development and adoption.
Oversee product metrics to enhance performance, usability, and reliability of containerized workloads across various environments.
Develop and set standards for container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes; establish best practices for CI/CD pipelines, microservices deployment, and observability.
Enforce container security best practices, scanning images, securing runtime, and meeting enterprise standards.
Partner with DevOps, security, and networking teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines, container runtime environments, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
Enhance cluster efficiency and resource management, minimizing on‑prem and cloud expenses while strengthening system performance and reliability in accordance with SLOs/SLAs.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
10+ years in technology, with extensive experience leading Container Platform Engineering teams in an agile software product development environment.
10+ years of expert‑level knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), public cloud providers, and platform engineering domains.
Experience in Agile software development environments, preferably with developer platform products.
Strong background in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and DevOps tooling (e.g., Helm, ArgoCD, GitOps).
Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on‑prem solutions (OpenShift, bare‑metal Kubernetes, etc.).
Proven ability to build technical strategy and lead in a matrixed organization.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex technical information to non‑technical stakeholders.
Ability to lead cross‑functional teams and manage multiple stakeholders effectively.
Preferred Skills
Deep expertise in Kubernetes cluster architecture, workload orchestration, networking, RBAC, and security best practices.
Hands‑on knowledge of hybrid and multi‑cloud environments and experience integrating Kubernetes with enterprise systems.
Deep experience with Agile methodologies and backlog/project management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, ADO).
Licenses and Certifications
Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or CKS) strongly preferred.
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe POPM preferred.
Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP) a plus.
Salary Base Salary: $100,000.00 – $211,600.00. Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data, and individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with payment based on company, business, and/or individual performance.
Benefits Comprehensive benefits include medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature); employee and spouse/child life insurance; short‑ and long‑term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement; child/elder care backup; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; and a robust wellness program with financial incentives.
Paid time off includes maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year (unless otherwise required by law); and 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level.
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Equal Employment Opportunity PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law. This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.
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- English
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