Platform Engineering Manager

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Job Description

Location:

Remote - Canada  About This Role  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
Qualifications  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
Essential Requirements   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)
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