Director, Platform Engineering
Core
Lead a team of engineers and managers to drive reliability, observability, and cloud platform engineering excellence in a large, complex cloud-based computing environment.
Role type
Director, Platform Engineering (People Management & Technical Leadership)
Builds
Cloud platform infrastructure, SRE practices, observability tooling, and golden paths/templates for engineering teams
Domain
Cloud Computing / Platform Engineering / SRE
Required skills
Team leadership, SRE expertise, Observability strategy, Infrastructure as Code, Chaos engineering, FinOps, Compliance management, Technical mentoring, Project planning, Data-driven decision making
Preferred skills
Experience with SLO-as-code, DORA metrics, Golden Signals (RED/USE), Regulatory frameworks (CIS/NIST)
Technologies
Terraform, Helm, AWS FIS, Gremlin, OpenSLO, Sloth, Nobl9 (via careerplan.io/jobs/REQ-4881-director-platform-engineering-at-theocc)
Responsibilities
Manage and develop a team of engineers and managers; Lead hiring and staffing; Elevate SRE and observability maturity; Own SLO/SLA governance and lifecycle; Drive resilience engineering and chaos testing; Define platform metrics and roadmaps; Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks; Champion infrastructure-as-code practices.
Seniority
Director, Senior Leadership