Manager, Platform Engineering

Description

Life Wave is seeking a Manager, Azure Platform Engineering, responsible for the leadership, design, implementation, administration, security, and optimization of the organization's Microsoft cloud and infrastructure platforms. This role combines hands‑on technical leadership with people management responsibilities, overseeing a team of cloud infrastructure engineers while serving as a senior technical expert for Microsoft Azure and related technologies.

The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra , Windows Server, cloud security, automation, infrastructure as code, and hybrid infrastructure environments. This individual will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence of the organization's cloud platform while leading strategic initiatives including cloud modernization, automation, governance, and security.

The Manager, Azure Platform Engineering partners closely with Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Application Development, Service Desk, Compliance, and business teams to ensure cloud platforms are secure, compliant, resilient, and aligned with organizational standards and regulatory requirements.

This role leads Platform Engineers, both internal and vendor/contractors.

• Lead, mentor, develop, and manage a team of Azure infrastructure, and platform engineers.
• Establish team objectives, performance goals, and development plans.
• Conduct performance reviews, coaching sessions, and career development activities.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Manage team workload, priorities, resource allocation, and project assignments.
• Participate in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding technical staff.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance during major incidents, projects, and platform initiatives.

• Design, implement, manage, and optimize enterprise-scale Microsoft Azure environments.
• Develop and maintain Azure landing zones, governance frameworks, and platform standards.
• Manage Azure subscriptions, management groups, resource groups, policies, and role-based access controls (RBAC).
• Ensure cloud platforms are highly available, resilient, scalable, and secure.
• Support cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Develop standards, architecture patterns, and operational procedures for Azure services.

• Support cloud transformation, migration, and modernization initiatives.
• Design and support hybrid cloud architectures integrating on-premises and Azure environments.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and make recommendations aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, application development, and networking teams.
• Ensure cloud infrastructure supports organizational growth, performance, and business continuity requirements.

• Manage Microsoft Entra  (Azure AD), hybrid identity, and access management platforms.
• Implement and maintain Conditional Access, Multi‑Factor Authentication (MFA), Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Identity Governance solutions.
• Oversee Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel, ensuring appropriate logging, monitoring, alerting, and threat detection capabilities are implemented and maintained across Azure environments.
• Partner with Security Operations teams to investigate and respond to security incidents affecting cloud and infrastructure platforms.
• Collaborate with the Information Security team to ensure Azure and Microsoft platform services adhere to organizational security policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with Security Operations, Governance, Risk, and Compliance teams to identify, assess, and remediate security risks.
• Support vulnerability management, penetration testing, and security audits; lead remediation efforts and coordinate resolution across infrastructure, platform, and application teams.
• Ensure compliance with applicable…