What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Engineering Manager position at Intent Talent Solutions?
The Platform Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a team of platform engineers and DBAs to design, build, and maintain the foundational infrastructure and tools that enable product development teams to deliver software rapidly, reliably, and securely. This role requires a strategic mindset, balancing innovation with operational stability, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Your technical depth, problem-solving ability, and collaboration skills will help evolve the company’s digital foundation, enabling data-driven decision-making and operational excellence.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Strong test-first/test-driven approach
- Skilled in story writing with clear acceptance criteria and business value focus
- Leverages Release Planning practices to break down complex work into deliverable increments
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for clearly conveying ideas
- Constructive conflict resolution and facilitation skills
- Stakeholder management, including aligning multiple stakeholders needs
- System modernization and technical debt reduction techniques
- Continuous build / continuous integration / continuous delivery
- Agile testing and DevOps automation
- Exploring and applying modern paradigms such as event-driven, reactive, or microservice architectures
TECHNICAL FOCUS
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a DevOps/Platform/SRE role.
- Minimum of 3 years of proven experience managing and motivating engineering teams, in a DevOps/Platform/SRE role.
- Strong experience with the following cloud technologies:
- Cloud computing, including auto-scaling and load balancing (EC2, VMs, etc.)
- Cloud storage (S3, BLOB, etc.)
- Container services (ECS, etc.), Kubernetes services (EKS, etc.)
- IAM
- VPCs
- Champion developer productivity by providing self-service capabilities, standardized workflows ("golden paths"), and seamless integration with existing tools
- Oversee the design, implementation, and management of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles (e.g., Terraform)
- Drive the enhancement of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines and automation initiatives to increase throughput and reduce manual effort in software delivery
- Collaborate with security and compliance teams to embed security best practices into the platform by default, ensuring all systems adhere to industry regulations and policies
- Implement automated testing, code review, and observability best practices
- Participate in DevOps practices including infrastructure as code using Terraform
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Apply value assessment, release planning, and stakeholder management to ensure delivery alignment with business priorities
- Apply modern software engineering principles, including modular architecture, clean code, and scalable API design
- Implement secure authentication, authorization, and data protection practices across services
- Provide informal mentoring and coaching to team members
- Support monitoring, logging, and alerting critical business services