# Lead Platform Engineer

The Lead Linux Platform Engineer will be a critical member of the Global Linux Server Platform team at Ecolab, Inc. This position is in a high-paced and demanding environment which requires clear time management skills, self-directed organizational skills, and attention to detail. Additionally, the ideal candidate is a self-starter, self-disciplined with their work, and often going above and beyond what is needed/requested. Furthermore, as a global company, this role will work alongside many IT associates with a multi-cultural and multi-lingual background with English as a second language. What You Will Do: Technical lead for our Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). Create and maintain AAP playbooks for automated disaster recovery and Linux operational work. Provide operational support of the companies ~600 Linux based servers. This includes both OnPrem and Cloud based servers. Including Provide server admin support related to resolving break/fix type incidents in the team queue Install, configure, upgrade, patch and maintain Linux servers, ensuring high availability and scalability. Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize resource utilization. Work closely wit

- **Id**: 1300588
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ecolab-lead-platform-engineer>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Eagan, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-25T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-25
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T20:35:11Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 51
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3472
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cleaning & Household Products, Chemical Manufacturing, Food Safety, Sterilization & Infection Control

## Company

- **Id**: 1754712
- **Name**: Ecolab
- **Domain**: ecolab.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ecolab-com>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 157
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.732
- **Repost share**: 0.006
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 28
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 107600
- **Max**: 161500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 161500

## Technologies

- **Ansible** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Unix** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 51

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-26T11:40:40Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 20 · green card filings: 6; Filings 12m: 20

## Liveness

- **Score**: 18
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.508
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 51
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:4, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 161500
- **Is top pay**: no

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