Blackstone · 8 hours ago
Cloud Platforms Engineer, VP - Data, Cloud & Developer Experience
Miami
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$160K/yr - $225K/yr
7+ years expBlackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager, seeking to create positive economic impact and long-term value for investors and communities. The VP Platform Engineer will lead technical efforts to build and advance core platform capabilities for Blackstone’s public cloud environments, emphasizing security, reliability, and developer experience.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Design, build, and evolve core platform services that underpin Blackstone’s public cloud environments, including AWS and Azure
Develop and manage Terraform‑based infrastructure, including authoring reusable modules, operating Terraform Cloud, and improving usability and self‑service for platform consumers
Own the design and implementation of critical platform components, from concept through production support
Build and enhance self‑service capabilities and internal developer tooling that improve consistency and developer productivity
Partner closely with cloud security and risk teams to ensure platforms are secure, compliant, and resilient by design
Improve platform availability, resiliency, and recoverability through modern architectural patterns and deployment strategies
Enhance observability, diagnostics, and operational supportability across the platform
Serve as a trusted technical resource and mentor for junior-level engineers and consultants, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment through approachability, reliability, and subject‑matter expertise
Work independently to gather requirements and design and implement solutions, while collaborating closely with cross‑functional partners (such as Application Security and SRE) to deliver platform capabilities as part of small, ad‑hoc teams within a large organization
Maintain strong delivery discipline, including prioritization, backlog management, and execution tracking using Jira
Participate in the team’s 24/7 on‑call rotation, typically approximately one week out of every four
Stay current with evolving trends in platform engineering, cloud services, modern DevOps, and automation practices to guide platform evolution
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in a platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or similar individual contributor role, with demonstrated ownership of shared platforms used by multiple engineering teams
Strong software development skills in Python or C#, with an emphasis on object oriented design and building and maintaining production quality services and applications, not just scripting or adhoc automation
Experience building and operating platform capabilities as products, with a strong emphasis on developer experience, documentation, adoption, and continuous improvement
Deep, hands-on experience with Terraform, including complex module design, state management, lifecycle operations, and production support of infrastructure-as-code at scale
Experience operating Terraform Cloud; Sentinel experience is preferred
Hands-on experience operating public cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) in production environments
Experience designing, owning, and operating CI/CD pipelines, with a preference for GitLab CI/CD
Jenkins experience is preferred
Clear distinction between pipeline ownership and day-to-day pipeline usage is expected
Experience leading technical response during production incidents, including root cause analysis and post-incident reviews
Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and platform reliability and resiliency principles
Proficiency with Jira (or similar project management tooling) for planning, prioritization, and delivery tracking
Demonstrated experience mentoring and supporting engineers without formal authority, contributing to team effectiveness and technical growth within a large organization
Preferred
Experience with Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) such as Cortex (preferred), Backstage, or OpsLevel
Experience automating end-to-end developer workflows, from source control through CI/CD, deployment, and runtime operations
Experience working directly with application development teams to understand their needs and deliver platform capabilities that improve developer experience and productivity
Familiarity with containerized and serverless runtime environments, including Kubernetes and managed cloud-native services
Familiarity with SRE practices, including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and post-incident reviews
Experience contributing to technical roadmaps and architectural direction without formal people management responsibilities
Experience designing internal APIs or services consumed by multiple teams
Experience operating platforms in regulated or security-conscious environments
Exposure to cloud cost optimization or FinOps practices
Experience with and understanding of fundamental networking concepts, including both physical networking and cloud-based networking
Strong documentation practices, including clear runbooks, design proposals, and operational guides
Experience with TypeScript
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits
Paid time off
Life insurance
401(k) plan
Discretionary bonuses
Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone’s sole discretion.
Company
Blackstone
Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager.
1001-5000 employees
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