Manager - Platform Engineering

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND TASKS

• Lead the development and operation of shared platform services across on-premises and cloud environments (Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, etc.).
• Drive platform engineering practices including infrastructure as code, automation, self-service provisioning, and reusable platform components.
• Build and enhance internal developer platforms that improve application delivery speed, consistency, and reliability.
• Implement and manage observability, monitoring, and operational tooling to ensure platform health and performance.
• Partner with security, architecture, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver secure and scalable platform solutions.
• Establish platform standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
• Own platform availability, scalability, performance, and operational readiness metrics.
• Lead cloud transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Develop documentation, platform runbooks, standards, and operational procedures.
• Coach and mentor engineers while fostering a culture of ownership, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in major incident management and support operational escalations as needed.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position supervises platform engineers.
• Manages and directs three employees' training, development, appraisal, and work assignments.