M&T Bank · 8 hours ago
Senior Manager - Platform Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$168K/yr - $279K/yr
10+ years expM&T Bank is seeking a Director of Platform Engineering to lead the strategy, development, and delivery of platforms that support modern software engineering. This role involves guiding the adoption of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and ensuring platform capabilities align with business goals and modern engineering practices.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Define and own the platform engineering strategy, roadmap, and long‑term vision aligned to organizational and technology goals
Establish and evolve the internal developer offerings, including golden paths, paved-road standards, and self‑service capabilities
Lead development and operation of core platform components including: CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation, Infrastructure as Code frameworks, Cloud and hybrid infrastructure foundations, Container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes), Observability and monitoring toolchains, Secret management, configuration management, and policy‑as‑code
Ensure platforms are secure, resilient, scalable, and optimized for developer experience
Champion DevOps, SRE, and automation-first approaches across engineering teams
Reduce delivery friction by standardizing reusable patterns, templates, reference architectures, and automated deployment workflows
Promote a You Build It, You Own It culture through platforms that simplify operational ownership for teams
Collaborate closely with Architecture, Cybersecurity, and Cloud/Infrastructure Ops to ensure platforms adhere to enterprise architecture, security, and compliance frameworks
Partner with product and application engineering teams to drive adoption, gather feedback, prioritize enhancements, and scale successful patterns
Interface with senior business and technology leaders to communicate platform strategy, progress, and outcomes
Implement and oversee reliability engineering practices including SLOs/SLIs, incident management, error budgets, and proactive quality measures
Ensure effective monitoring, alerting, logging, and operational automation are embedded into platform capabilities
Drive continuous improvement through data-driven insights, including developer experience KPIs and delivery performance metrics
Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing platform engineering organization composed of managers, team leads, and senior engineers
Drive a team culture of innovation, accountability, inclusion, and continuous learning
Manage budget, staffing plans, vendor partnerships, and resource allocation for platform initiatives
Typically manages 20–50 team members through direct and indirect reports
Responsible for performance management, talent development, staffing, and organizational design
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
10+ years of experience in engineering, platform/cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles
5+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including people management
Strong technical expertise across: Cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP), CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, etc.), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation), Kubernetes or similar container orchestration platforms, Monitoring/observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, etc.)
Demonstrated ability to lead modernization initiatives and drive adoption of new engineering practices
Strong executive communication, strategic thinking, and cross‑functional influence
A combined minimum of 13 years' higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years' engineering and/or architecture experience and 9 years' technology management / program leadership experience including people management
Proficiency with pertinent project management, word processing and spreadsheet applications
Capable of working on multiple projects of a complex nature
Experience on large system enhancements, conversions, and production problem resolution
Complete understanding of the system development life cycle
Excellent problem-solving skills to assist in issue resolution
Familiar with application development software and hardware platforms
Understanding business(es) supported and its' terminology
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent analytical skills
Excellent decision-making skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Prior experience encouraging teamwork and serving as role model when leading and directing others
Understanding of technical, business and operational impacts of a project or problem
Confidence in leading multiple teams often in different geographic locations and time zones
Prior experience presenting to senior management
Preferred
Master's degree in a technical or business-related discipline
Experience leading platform engineering in large-scale or regulated environments
Background implementing FinOps practices and optimizing cloud cost models
Working knowledge of SRE frameworks and operational excellence programs
Experience with service mesh, API gateways, developer portals, or IDP frameworks (Backstage, Tanzu, etc.)
Company
M&T Bank
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