Distinguished Engineer – Cloud

Verizon

. Independently lead requirements, analysis, design, and development for observability components of an 80,000-server platform .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeUnited StatesSeniorLead💰 $137,000 - $263,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing and operating Kubernetes and OpenShift environments, with a strong focus on observability, metrics, and log management. Proficient in developing automation and tooling for cloud-native architectures and infrastructure monitoring at scale.

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Kubernetes AdministrationOpenShift ExpertisePrometheus-Compatible Metrics SystemsLog Management with ELK/SplunkPython Software Development

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Hard Skills

Kubernetes AdministrationOpenShift ExpertisePython Software DevelopmentPrometheus-Compatible Metrics SystemsLog Management with ELKGrafana Dashboard DesignGitOps with ArgoCDCapacity PlanningNetwork MonitoringCloud-Native Application Architecture

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingRoot-Cause AnalysisStakeholder AdvocacyDocumentation Development

Tools & Technologies

VictoriaMetricsAnsibleHelmGitLabKafkaRedfish/BMCHashiCorp VaultExternal Secrets OperatorMinIONeo4j

Certifications & Qualifications

OpenStack CertificationKubernetes Certification

Industry Keywords

ObservabilityInfrastructure MonitoringCloud PlatformsNFVSDNMulti-TenancyCapacity PlanningDistributed Cluster OperationHybrid CloudStatistical Reasoning

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudGrafanaKafkaKubernetesNeo4jOpenShiftOpenStackPrometheusPythonSplunkVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Independently lead requirements, analysis, design, and development for observability components of an 80,000-server platform
Own the architecture and day-to-day operation of Verizon Cloud Platform infrastructure metrics and log observability
Operate a multi-zone VictoriaMetrics cluster for long-term capacity planning across OpenShift and NetApp storage
Consolidate independent log clusters into a cross-site-replicated logging platform
Design and maintain recording-rule pipelines, cross-repository metric filtering, and dashboards
Manage lab systems that model production and monitor development environments
Build custom automation and internal tooling to extract and model Kubernetes, network topology, and hardware inventory data
Evaluate and test commercial, open-source, and internally developed solutions
Collaborate with stakeholders and advocate for solutions using data and analysis
Lead projects that simplify processes, reduce expenses, free capital, and advance network architecture
Engineer, design, administer, and operate OpenShift/Kubernetes environments
Manage ArgoCD GitOps deployment pipelines across production OpenShift clusters
Lead secrets-management architecture and migrations across multi-cluster environments
Own monitoring and automation for bare-metal hardware health and lifecycle data using Redfish/BMC
Develop documentation, automation, and test plans for test, deployment, and operations teams
Respond to and drive root-cause resolution for production incidents affecting the metrics/logging platform

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience
Eight or more years of relevant experience, demonstrated through work and/or military experience or specialized training
Production experience administering Kubernetes clusters at scale, including OpenShift or vanilla Kubernetes
Experience with Prometheus-compatible metrics systems such as Prometheus, Thanos, Cortex, VictoriaMetrics, or similar, including recording rules, federation, and multi-cluster/multi-tenant architectures
Experience in log management using ELK, Splunk, VictoriaLogs, or similar notification systems such as Icinga or Alertmanager
Software development experience in Python
Experience operating network or infrastructure monitoring at carrier/hyperscale scale
Experience with enterprise monitoring and log collection cycles
Experience building and maintaining standalone services in Python or equivalent
Knowledge of cloud-native application architecture and cloud platforms
Knowledge of NFV and SDN products, technologies, architectures, and vendors
OpenStack and Kubernetes certification-level technical knowledge and expertise
Experience with public, private, and/or hybrid cloud processes
Development experience using GoLang
Experience with Ansible, Helm, or ArgoCD
GitOps experience with ArgoCD and app-of-apps patterns across multiple production Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters
Proficiency with Git-based version control workflows, particularly GitLab, at production scale
Direct experience with VictoriaMetrics and/or VictoriaLogs, distributed cluster operation, multi-tenancy, and capacity/retention planning at multi-terabyte-per-day ingest scale
Experience with NetApp, MinIO, or other enterprise/object storage systems
Grafana dashboard design and observability/visualization best practices
Experience with Kafka and stream-processing pipelines in operational monitoring
Experience with graph databases such as NebulaGraph or Neo4j for infrastructure or network topology modeling
Familiarity with Redfish/BMC-based hardware monitoring and bare-metal fleet management
Experience with External Secrets Operator, HashiCorp Vault, or comparable secrets-management platforms in Kubernetes environments
Familiarity with OIDC/identity federation patterns such as Dex or Keycloak
Quantitative and statistical reasoning, including metric aggregation, cardinality, memory/cost impact, and capacity validation

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision benefits
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Basic and supplemental life insurance
AD&D insurance
Identity theft protection
Pet insurance
Group home and auto insurance
Matched 401(k) savings plan
Up to 8 company-paid holidays per year
Up to 6 personal days per year
Paid parental leave
Adoption assistance
Tuition assistance
Other incentives
Potential premium pay, including overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, and allowances
Up to 15 days of vacation per year for newly hired employees, increasing with additional service