Senior Manager, Enterprise Container Platform; Kubernetes Engineering
Listed on 2026-04-17
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing, IT Project Manager, Systems Engineer, SRE/Site Reliability
Job Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Manager, Enterprise Container Platform (Kubernetes) Engineering to lead the container solutions (Kubernetes) strategy, architecture, design and delivery of enterprise-scale. This role is responsible for driving Kubernetes platform maturity, reliability, security, and developer enablement while leading a high‑performing team of platform and SRE engineers. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of industry experience, with a strong background in cloud technologies, Dev Ops methodologies, and team leadership.
The candidate combines deep technical expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native platforms with strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, and has experience operating container platforms at global enterprise scale.
This is a great opportunity for an experienced technology leader to help build and champion the transformation of infrastructure practices and standards for the entire McDonald’s environment.
Duties- Own the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Kubernetes-based container platforms (with strong emphasis on GKE, including Autopilot and Standard).
- Champion Container as a Service (CaaS), Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Lead the design, deployment, and operations of highly available, secure, and scalable Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud environments.
- Establish and enforce platform standards, operational best practices, and governance for containerized workloads.
- Architect and implement scalable, highly available, and cost-effective solutions on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, preferably GCP).
- Define and implement best practices for cloud security, cost management, and performance optimization.
- Partner with cloud engineering, networking, and security teams to ensure seamless platform integration.
- Embed security-by-design practices, including IAM, workload identity, policy-as-code, image security, and compliance requirements.
- Ensure platform readiness for enterprise compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC, SOX, internal security standards).
- Drive the automation of infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines using modern Dev Ops tools (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, etc.).
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline workflows and improve the software release lifecycle.
- Champion SRE principles to enable self-service capabilities for development teams through standardized CI/CD, Git Ops, and infrastructure-as-code patterns.
- Drive adoption of Git Ops (e.g., Argo CD), observability, and automation to improve developer productivity and release velocity.
- Partner with application, Dev Sec Ops , and product teams to modernize workloads and accelerate cloud-native adoption.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Kubernetes, platform, and SRE engineers.
- Collaborate with senior technology leaders, architects, security, and business stakeholders to align platform capabilities with business objectives.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive and non‑technical audiences.
- Work closely with product managers, architects, and business leaders to align cloud and Dev Ops strategies with organizational goals.
- Manage a strategically important technology product, and/or suite of Dev Sec Ops products with significant business impact. Own the definition of the product(s) roadmap.
- Drive cloud migration initiatives, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum operational efficiency.
- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for cloud technologies, providing technical guidance to senior leadership.
Technical Expertise:
- 10+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, or platform engineering roles.
- 5+ years of hands‑on experience leading Kubernetes/container platforms at scale.
- Deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform, with strong hands‑on knowledge of GKE.
- Working knowledge of AWS EKS and/or Azure AKS.
- Strong expertise in cloud platforms like AWS (Amazon Web Services), Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Extensive experience in Dev Ops practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation,…
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