Platform Engineering Manager

We believe in the power of work.Since 1994, we’ve been partnering with governments and local agencies across Canada to create sustainable employment opportunities for people, businesses and communities. We understand that work gives hope, strengthens relationships and drives economic growth.

Location:
Remote - Canada

About this role

Like WCG, you believe in the power of work. In this role, the Platform Engineering Manager leads the design and operation of WCG’s cloud platform as a product, enabling secure, scalable, and efficient delivery of digital services. You will drive the shift to a modern platform engineering model focused on automation, self-service capabilities, and developer experience, with primary ownership of Azure-based cloud infrastructure (with AWS exposure), IaC, Dev Ops/Dev Sec Ops , identity and access management, and system integrations, ensuring integrations are scalable and reusable.

Partnering closely with Security, Architecture, and Development teams, you will embed security by design, drive the adoption of AI-enabled platform capabilities to enhance engineering productivity, operational insights, and accelerate innovation across the organization.

What you'll do

• Define, build, and operate the internal platform as a product, with clear users (developers, IT teams) and measurable outcomes
• Develop and execute a platform roadmap, service catalog, and self-service capabilities (e.g., environment provisioning, templates, pipelines) including reusable components and standardized patterns
• Continuously improve developer experience (Dev Ex) by reducing friction and increasing autonomy
• Architect and manage cloud environments in Azure and AWS, including high availability, disaster recovery, and resilience strategies
• Lead adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)
• Define scalable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure patterns
• Partner closely with Security teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and platform services
• Implement automated security controls (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, secrets management) and ensure compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements
• Enforce policy-as-code, least privilege access, zero-trust principles, and oversee identity and access management (including lifecycle, federation, and RBAC)
• Leverage AI/ML for operational insights, anomaly detection, cost optimization, incident response, and engineering productivity
• Establish and govern scalable, secure, and reusable integration patterns across systems (APIs, messaging, event-driven architecture)
• Drive maturity of CI/CD pipelines and release automation
• Enable fully automated provisioning and deployment workflows and reduce manual effort through automation
• Implement observability practices (monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting) and support reliability targets (SLOs/SLAs, incident response, continuous improvement
• Contribute to platform governance, standards, and alignment across security, architecture, and development teams

What you bring

Capabilities and experience:

• Platform product mindset (treating internal platforms as products)
• Deep cloud and infrastructure expertise
• Dev Sec Ops  and security-first thinking
• Integration and API architecture knowledge
• AI/automation awareness and practical application
• Leadership and team development
• Systems thinking and scalability focus
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Seven (7) + years in cloud infrastructure, Dev Ops, or platform engineering
• Three (3) + years in leadership roles
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure; working knowledge of AWS
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM)
• Experience…