Senior Principal - Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Be a part of a team that’s ensuring Dell Technologies' product integrity and customer satisfaction. Our IT Software Engineer team turns business requirements into technology solutions by designing, coding and testing/debugging applications, as well as documenting procedures for use and constantly seeking quality improvements. Dell Technologies is seeking an accomplished Senior Principal Software Engineer to lead and evolve our mission‑critical Kubernetes on Bare Metal platform that powers internal applications, Federal workloads, and product engineering teams. This is a high‑visibility role influencing core platform strategy, architecture, reliability, and automation for one of Dell’s most critical infrastructure services. You will be the technical authority (SME) for our enterprise container ecosystem—driving innovation, solving complex engineering challenges at scale, and elevating the developer experience for thousands of internal customers. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as a

Senior Principal - Kubernetes Platform Engineer

on our

Software Engineer-IT

Team in

Round Rock, Texas.

What you’ll achieve

In this Senior Principal role, you will shape the future of our container platform and ensure its resilience, scalability, and operational excellence. You will work at the intersection of platform engineering, infrastructure architecture, and Kubernetes operations on bare metal systems. You will:

Serve as the Subject Matter Expert for Dell’s Kubernetes on Bare Metal container platform across IT, Federal, and Product engineering organizations
Partner with application teams to enable adoption, tune platform capabilities, and troubleshoot complex distributed systems issues
Architect, design, and implement automation‑first solutions for provisioning, scaling, and operating bare-metal Kubernetes clusters
Develop high‑quality technical solutions aligned with business and platform roadmaps
Lead design reviews, technical deep dives, and incident retrospectives to drive continuous improvement
Mentor, train, and guide junior and mid‑level engineers to elevate overall team capability
Act as a domain expert in Kubernetes, container networking, platform reliability, and infrastructure automation

Essential Requirements

8–12+ years of professional experience in software engineering, platform engineering or infrastructure engineering
U.S. Citizen (required for participation in Federal projects)
Hands‑on expertise with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) using Ansible Terraform or similar tools in on‑premise/bare‑metal environments
Deep proficiency in Linux internals storage fundamentals Kubernetes including: Calico CNI BGP/eBGP Storage RBAC Pod Security Operators Operator SDK / Fabric8 APIs
Strong programming skills in Shell Python Helm and related automation frameworks
Knowledge of enterprise infrastructure services such as HA/DR DNS Load Balancers Firewalls TLS Git‑based workflows
Experience with observability telemetry tools ELK Prometheus Grafana Dynatrace Splunk etc.
Demonstrated success working in Agile teams—both independently and in highly distributed environments

Desirable Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent professional experience
Experience with AI and emerging Agentic AI tooling for automation or operations

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this position is $156400 to $202400.

Benefits and Perks of working at Dell Technologies

Your life Your health Supported by your benefits You can explore the overall benefits experience that awaits you as a Dell Technologies team member — right now at MyWellatDell.com

Who we are

We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact That’s why we put our team members at the center of everything we do If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced tech in the industry we’re looking for you.

Additional Information:

The role is high visibility influencing core platform strategy and architecture for critical infrastructure services at Dell Technologies.