Senior Director, Autonomous Platform Engineering

Job Description

ROLE: Senior Director, Autonomous Platform Engineering

This is an exciting transformational leadership opportunity for a technology leader who is passionate about redefining how software is built, deployed, and supported through innovative technologies, Artificial Intelligence, automation, and modern platform engineering practices. If you're energized by building next-generation engineering capabilities and leading organizations through technology transformation, this is the role for you.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise Platform Engineering strategy supporting Consumer Products and Corporate Technology.
• Lead the evolution of engineering platforms that improve developer experience, platform consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Establish enterprise standards for platform architecture, engineering automation, and software delivery.
• Drive adoption of Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), Infrastructure as Code, cloud platform engineering, Kubernetes, container platforms, release engineering, environment management, artifact repositories, secrets management, observability platforms, and platform networking.
• Build reusable engineering capabilities that enable product teams to deliver software securely and efficiently.
• Oversee global teams responsible for Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Application Security, and platform operations while managing strategic technology investments, vendor partnerships, and the enterprise platform roadmap.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (Master’s preferred) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent academic or professional experience.
• Progressive leadership experience managing enterprise Platform Engineering and DevSecOps organizations.
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success building modern cloud-native engineering platforms.
• Deep understanding of Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Application Security, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and engineering automation.
• Experience implementing AI-enabled software development capabilities and autonomous engineering practices.
• Experience managing enterprise technology budgets and strategic vendor relationships.
• Strong executive communication and organizational transformation skills.

Compensation

Annual Pay Range: $208,547 - $244,000

Annual Incentive Target: 20.00%

The annual/hourly pay range displayed serves as a good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum base pay range for this role. Compensation for the role will be based on a number of different factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, location, and experience.

A+E offers a competitive total compensation package, which includes healthcare coverage, 401k matching, and a range of other benefits.

Learn more at www.aegm.com/careers.

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