Senior Manager, Platform
Core
Lead the design, operation, and continuous improvement of internal cloud infrastructure and platform services, primarily AWS and Databricks, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability.
Role type
Senior Manager, Platform Infrastructure
Builds
Foundational platforms powering data and application environments, internal developer tools, and shared microservices
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & Data Engineering (AWS, Databricks)
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
AWS services (S3, EMR, Lambda, ECS, EventBridge), Databricks, Spark, scalable data pipeline architectures, FinOps, platform operations at scale, security, reliability, compliance, observability, system performance optimization, automation, availability & capacity management
Preferred skills
Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions), Python, SQL, containerized and serverless architectures, Agile methodologies
Technologies
AWS, Databricks, Spark, Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, CDK, CloudFormation
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of platform, DevOps, and data infrastructure engineers; Ensure reliability and performance of AWS and Databricks-based infrastructure; Implement observability, SLOs, and automated incident response; Define and drive infrastructure strategy for scale, security, and efficiency; Standardize IaC practices; Build internal developer tools and shared microservices; Provide availability & capacity management over traditional server/network infrastructure; Own and optimize cloud infrastructure across compute, data, and orchestration layers; Partner cross-functionally on architecture, compliance, and long-term planning
Seniority
Senior, hands-on leadership