Lead Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer

Lead Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer

Join Met Life as a Lead Enterprise Infrastructure Engineer.

The Container Platform Team supports Container Platforms, primarily Open Shift Container Platform, hosting a fleet of Kubernetes clusters with multitenancy and hybrid considerations. The team proactively assesses overall system health, performance, and incident trends, and develops automation to support self-serviceability, system resilience, and stability using Site Reliability Engineering principles.

This role advances cloud‑native technologies aligned to Met Life’s on‑premises and regulatory strategy. The position supports multiple countries and is responsible for designing and maintaining the Open Shift Platform standards globally. It involves working with diverse application frameworks across platforms, physical/virtual environments, and various cloud providers, hypervisors, OS, network, storage, and database servers. The role supports critical 24/7 Service Delivery in an Agile Dev Ops team, requiring understanding of ITSM processes, operations data, and real‑time visibility.

• Collaborate to achieve actionable results and build sustainable relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Maintain expertise in Open Shift, Kubernetes distributions, and Docker.
• Lead coordination, checking, and application of critical Open Shift/Kubernetes patches.
• Apply CI/CD methodology and tooling (AzDo, Git, Tekton).
• Manage the container platform ecosystem: installation, upgrade, patching, and monitoring.
• Operate with a reliability‑management mindset and troubleshoot complex incidents.
• Lead projects and provide technical expertise for product and technology integration.
• Participate in incident analysis and provide root‑cause updates to management.
• Serve as SME on enterprise‑wide projects and promote an automation‑first mindset.
• Collaborate with Global Technology to ensure infrastructure stability and performance.
• Develop relationships with industry partners and vendors regarding product direction and enhancements.
• Participate in evaluation of new and existing software products and integrations.
• Work rotational shifts and, if necessary, provide on‑call support.
• Provide technical guidance and mentor team members.
• Manage service levels with the managed service provider.

• 5+ years of experience as an infrastructure engineer.
• Good working knowledge of infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Ansible.
• Python and shell scripting experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes distributions, containerization, Linux/UNIX technologies.
• Proven experience supporting distributed applications in the cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP).

• Container runtimes (Podman/Docker), Kubernetes orchestration, Terraform, Go, and/or microservices architecture.
• Experience administering Open Shift.
• Understanding of SRE principles and continuous learning.
• Experience with on‑premises cloud platforms.
• Proficiency with Git, AzDo, Tekton, and version control tools.
• Knowledge of observability/monitoring tools such as Grafana, ELK, App Dynamics, or Zenoss.
• Excellent oral and written communication for technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to establish relationships and influence colleagues at all levels.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field, or ten years of equivalent experience.

This hybrid role requires a minimum of three days per week in the office.

Salary range: $110,000 – $160,000. The role may also be eligible for annual short‑term incentive compensation. All incentives and benefits are subject to applicable plan terms.

Met Life provides comprehensive health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage, no‑cost short‑ and long‑term disability, company‑paid life insurance, legal services, a fully funded retirement pension, 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance, Employee Assistance Program, digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance, and more.

Met Life is a leading financial services company providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits, and asset management across more than 40 markets worldwide. Recognized on Fortune’s lists of the World’s Most Admired Companies, 25 Best Workplaces, and 100 Best Companies to Work For, Met Life is guided by core values of winning together, doing the right thing, delivering impact, and thinking ahead.

Met Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to protected characteristics. If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email

Met Life maintains a drug‑free workplace.