Platform Engineering Manager

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The Platform Engineering Manager will lead the engineering teams responsible for building, automating, and operating the Nexus One data platform within enterprise client environments. This individual is a player‑coach—equally capable of hands‑on delivery and strategic leadership—driving platform automation, scalability, and reliability across global deployments.

They will oversee a cross‑functional team of Platform Engineers, Dev Ops, and Data Ops resources, ensuring all Nexus One deployments meet performance, compliance, and uptime goals.

• Lead and mentor Platform Engineers, Dev Ops, and Data Ops teams responsible for standing up and managing Nexus One environments.
• Define and implement infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) patterns and CI/CD pipelines for consistent, repeatable deployments.
• Partner with the Platform Architect to translate solution designs into executable engineering plans.
• Drive environment readiness (Pre‑Prod, UAT, Production) in alignment with enterprise change management processes.
• Establish and monitor operational SLAs, uptime metrics, and performance KPIs.
• Ensure strong security posture, compliance with IAM policies, and integration with enterprise authentication frameworks.
• Oversee patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management for all open‑source components (Spark, Trino, Airflow, NiFi, Ranger, etc.).
• Lead incident response, root‑cause analysis, and post‑mortems to ensure platform stability and continuous improvement.
• Support internal and client‑facing Architecture Review Boards and technical documentation efforts.

• Infrastructure & Automation:
  Jenkins, Git Lab CI/CD, Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes (K8s), Open Shift (OCP), Vault, Ansible
• Platform Components:
  Spark, Trino, Airflow, NiFi, Ranger, Iceberg, Data Hub
• Security & Networking: IAM, SSO, RBAC, Kerberos, firewall configurations, and secure network zoning
• Monitoring & Observability:
  Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk
• Languages & OS:
  Linux, Bash, Python, YAML, Go (plus familiarity with Java/Scala)
• Process & Delivery:
  Agile/Scrum, Dev Ops, ITIL change management

• 8–12 years of experience managing platform or infrastructure teams in data platform, Dev Ops, or SRE organizations.
• Strong background as a hands‑on engineer in earlier roles; comfortable leading by example.
• Experience at scale — e.g., Cloudera, Databricks, AWS EMR, or large hybrid‑cloud enterprise environments.
• Proven record building and mentoring global teams (USA/India model preferred).
• Deep understanding of enterprise‑grade deployment, observability, and operational excellence practices.

• Successful on‑time deployment of Nexus One environments with high platform stability and zero major incidents.
• Demonstrated improvement in deployment velocity and reduction in environment provisioning time.
• Clear, measurable SLA adherence across uptime, performance, and support metrics.
• Documented automation and CI/CD frameworks reusable across future clients.
• Positive team engagement and retention; consistent delivery of high‑quality, secure platform builds.