Senior Manager, Platform Engineering – Cloud Foundations

Senior Manager, Platform Engineering – Cloud Foundations

Richmond, VA or Lynchburg, VA - A Hybrid schedule of both Remote and In-Office days is required. In office days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday with working hours targeting our core business hours of 9am-5pm EST.

As Senior Manager of Cloud Foundations within the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), you will lead the teams responsible for delivering and operating the foundational cloud capabilities that enable enterprise adoption of both AWS, Azure, and Private Cloud solutions.

This role is accountable for strategy, engineering execution, operational excellence, and continuous evolution of core cloud platform services including networking, identity and access management, infrastructure automation, landing zones, governance guardrails, and cloud-native shared services. You will serve as a key leader within the Cloud Platform organization, partnering closely with Platform Architecture, Platform Engineering, Cloud Security, Service Operations, and Application Engineering teams to ensure that our cloud ecosystems are treated with a platform-as-a-product approach where capabilities are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with enterprise standards and business value

This is an execution through vision and leadership role. You will be building and developing high-performing engineering teams, driving cloud platform maturity, establishing operation excellence practices, and enabling self-service cloud adoption through standardized platforms and automation.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of cloud engineers responsible for foundational AWS and Azure platform capabilities
• Establish strategic direction, priorities, and roadmaps for Cloud Foundations services in partnership with architects and platform leadership
• Oversee the implementation and operation of enterprise cloud foundations including networking, identity, policy, security controls, governance guardrails, observability, and shared platform services
• Partner with Cloud Architecture and Security teams to translate cloud strategy, standards, and reference architectures into operational platform capabilities that are measurable and aligned with business value
• Ensure that cloud platform services are designed and operated with a focus on reliability, scalability, security, and supportability within the platform-as-a-product context
• Lead operation governance for Cloud Foundations, including service health, incident management, root cause analysis, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Establish, monitor, and maintain key performance indicators, service level objectives, and adoption metrics to measure platform effectiveness and business value
• Drive automation-first practices through Terraform, Git Ops, CI/CD pipelines, policy-as-code, and cloud native automation capabilities
• Foster a product-oriented mindset within the Cloud Foundations organization, balancing platform stability with rapid enablement of application teams
• Partner with Infrastructure, Security, Risk and Service Operations teams to ensure cloud services align with enterprise controls and compliance requirements
• Support financial stewardship of cloud platforms through capacity planning, cost optimization, and Fin Ops best practices
• Champion developer self-service capabilities by reducing friction and enabling adoption through approved patterns, reusable services, and standardized onboarding experiences
• Communicate platform strategy, roadmap updates, operational performance, and cloud adoption progress to leadership and business stakeholders
• Build a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning across the Cloud Foundations organization

• A positive, customer-first attitude and a passion for developing high-performing teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 8–12+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, platform engineering, or related technology roles
• 3-5+ years of experience leading technical teams and developing engineering talent
• Strong experience with both AWS and Azure cloud platforms, including networking, identity, security, governance, and core infrastructure services
• Experience leading platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or cloud operations teams in a large-scale enterprise environment
• Hands-on troubleshooting experience across cloud and on-prem…