Senior Manager, Platform Infrastructure

Senior Engineering Manager – Platform Infrastructure

Collibra’s Platform Infrastructure Team is looking for a seasoned Senior Engineering Manager to lead and scale a highly skilled team responsible for building, optimizing, and maintaining infrastructure that powers Collibra production and developer environments  role focuses on virtualized and containerized environments (primarily Kubernetes), core messaging and eventing tools like Rabbit

MQ, and shared platform services such as Elasticsearch.

• Provide architectural leadership for large-scale, distributed systems, ensuring infrastructure is scalable, reliable, and cost-effective.
• Drive design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of cloud-based infrastructure with emphasis on containers (Kubernetes) and virtual machine environments.
• Lead design and implementation of cloud networking solutions for production and development environments, ensuring scalability, high availability, and security across multi‑cloud and hybrid environments.
• Drive adoption of Git Ops practices across infrastructure and development teams, using ArgoCD to automate Kubernetes application deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Architect and manage messaging and eventing systems (e.g., Rabbit
  
  MQ, Pulsar) to enable robust, scalable communication across microservices and distributed applications.

• 7+ years in engineering, with at least 3+ years in a leadership or management role overseeing infrastructure, SRE, cloud platforms, and Dev Ops practices.
• Proven expertise in managing large-scale, distributed infrastructure systems, including containerized environments (primarily Kubernetes), virtual machines, and cloud services (AWS, GCP).
• Deep experience with cloud networking, including VPCs, DNS, routing, security groups, VPNs, load balancing, and inter‑cloud connectivity; experience with Istio and service mesh technologies (traffic management, observability, mTLS, security features).
• Proficiency in infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with ArgoCD and Git Ops principles for automating Kubernetes‑based deployments and managing infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Deep experience with messaging and event‑driven architectures, including tools like Rabbit
  
  MQ, Apache Pulsar, or similar.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work experience is required.
• Position not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• Because this role supports the US government, candidate must be a US citizen residing on US soil.

• Excellent leader with a track record of managing, mentoring, and developing high‑performing engineering teams.
• Strong communicator capable of presenting technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders and making data‑driven decisions.
• Highly motivated, result‑oriented, and data‑driven person with a strong commitment to deliver.
• Advocate for the needs of developers, ensuring they have the right tools, environments, and infrastructure to accelerate software delivery.
• Collaborative with other engineering leaders to define long‑term infrastructure strategy, ensuring alignment with company goals and future technical needs.

The standard base salary range for this position is $ – $ per year. This position is not eligible for additional commission‑based compensation. Salary offers are based on a combination of factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, and location.

In addition to base salary, we offer equity ownership at every level, bonus potential, a Flex Fund monthly stipend, pension/401k plans, and more.

Collibra recognizes and values that everyone has different needs, interests, and life goals. We built our benefits program with flexibility in mind to support you and your loved ones through a diverse range of circumstances and life events. These flexible offerings sit on a foundation of competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Learn more about Collibra’s benefits.

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