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# Software "DevOps" Engineer Principal - Data Platforms (Red Hat OpenShift, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg)

- **Company:** The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
- **Location:** Farmers Branch, TX, United States
- **Salary:** $87,500.0 - $202,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Airflow, Apache HTTP Server, Application Integration Architecture, DevOps, OpenShift, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Delivery Pipeline, Apache Spark, Git, Containerization, Kubernetes, Data Management
- **Published:** July 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4750de8b9f911b9c

## About the Role

a. Experience deploying or running applications on Red Hat OpenShift
b. Strong experience with container image creation
c. Strong experience with Spark, Trino, Airflow, and Iceberg
d. Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
e. Solid understanding of Kubernetes concepts from an application perspective
f. Experience with Git and modern development workflows
g. Experience with Helm or templated Kubernetes/OpenShift deployments
h. Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills, Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills

Application Development, Business Management, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, Kubernetes, Process Improvements, Red Hat OpenShift, Release Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) Design

Competencies

Application Design, Architecture, Packaged Application Integration, Product and Vendor Evaluation, Software Process Improvement (SPI), System Development Life Cycle, Technical Troubleshooting

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree, with 5+ years of industry-relevant experience. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered., Bachelors

## Description

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a(n) [position title] within PNC's [name of division] organization, you will be based in [city/state location of position]., At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success. As a(n) Software Engineer Principal within PNC's Data and Automation organization, you will be based in Dallas, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Strongsville-OH or Birmingham., We are seeking a Software / DevOps Engineer with strong experience building containerized applications and automated delivery pipelines in environments that run on Red Hat OpenShift.
This role focuses on using and deploying to OpenShift, not administering or supporting the OpenShift platform itself. You will work closely with platform teams while concentrating on application containerization, image creation, and CI/CD pipelines that deploy reliably into enterprise OpenShift environments.
The ideal candidate understands how applications run on OpenShift, how to package them correctly, and how to integrate them into secure, automated delivery pipelines., * Aligns business strategy with software solutions.

 * Proposes, designs & codes software solutions to address complex business needs. Oversees technical and procedural documentation required.
 * Leads complex problem solving.
 * Provides technical guidance and support to colleagues and solution development.
 * Displays an innovative approach to apply modern principles, methodologies and tools to advance business initiatives and capabilities.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

 * Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
 * Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.


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