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BioSpace · 3 hours ago

Platform Engineering Manager - Azure Cloud

Boston, MA

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$149K/yr - $234K/yr

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Direct platform engineering team by establishing priorities aligned to committed objectives, then executing and monitoring progress towards platform engineering outcomes.

Provide specialized knowledge and expertise in Cloud Infrastructure platform engineering activities related to platform family.

Ensure focus on platform engineering quality by adopting consistent development, testing, debugging and documenting practices for effective communication of capabilities.

Accountable for overall platform capabilities engineering outcomes (i.e. implementation, development, testing, validation, maintenance), as well as management of development practices.

Continuously drive improvements across platform performance while remaining accountable against identified KPIs and OKRs (i.e. Quality, Speed, Adoption, Costs).

Execute activities based on Scaled Agile Framework PI Planning framework.

Responsible for platform budgeting activities.

Responsible for planning, managing, and measuring work.

Responsible for managing and motivating team members.

Responsible for management of vendor contracts, and capacity commitments.

Responsible for Level 3 platform support and maintenance activities.

Lead and oversee platform engineering execution lifecycle (planning / scheduling / building / testing / deploying / documenting), and monitor progress to ensure that engineering activities are completed on time, on budget, and with proper engineering practices and quality processes.

Provision, manage and maintain the software infrastructure that supports platforms.

Qualification

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Azure Cloud SolutionsAgile MethodsPlatform EngineeringDevOps CI/CDITIL v4Micro-servicesKubernetesInfrastructure as CodeTerraformAnsibleCloudFormationPythonChange Management

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, and/or Management Information Systems from an accredited university or equivalent experience.

5+ years of more experience with Agile methods / methodologies, and leading SCRUM / Lean / Kanban teams.

10+ years or more of relevant professional experience as a technology engineer, with 7+ years in a role managing platform teams.

7+ years of experience deploying infrastructure using Azure public cloud solutions (additional AWS experience is desired).

Proven track record of getting things done in complex organizations.

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

Referenceable leadership, management, or key influencer experiences required.

Ability to work in an agile and rapid changing environment with high quality deliverables.

Previous experience managing global engineering teams and budgets required.

Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.

Demonstrated presentation, communication, and influencing skills.

Ability to think outside the box for innovative engineering capabilities.

Knowledge of information management practices, regulatory requirements and global data privacy laws related to the pharmaceutical industry.

Proven knowledge of IT Service Management, Service Operations, and Service Release (ITIL v4 and ITSM).

Working knowledge of DevOps CI/CD technologies and lifecycle.

Demonstrated knowledge of Cloud IaaS and PaaS technology environments (AWS and Azure preferred).

Demonstrated experience and knowledge of micro-services concepts, API integration enablement, container technologies and services (Kubernetes based preferred).

Proven experience with platform engineering automation lifecycle, leveraging infrastructure as code, configuration management, orchestration, modern patterns, APIs, and site reliability engineering concepts.

Experience with scripted deployment process, tools, and lifecycle (i.e. Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Python).