Lead Platform Engineer

S&P Global; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global is hiring a Lead Platform Engineer for the Enterprise Developer Platform and Toolchain. You will define the platform's technical direction, architect integrated solutions across source control, CI/CD, cloud, identity and security tooling, and scale self-service capabilities across engineering teams.

You will lead CI/CD migrations, adopt platform strategies, build and grow a team, and collaborate with security, SRE and engineering leaders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps or related roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise Cloud and Azure DevOps.
• Deep expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and automation at enterprise scale.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) and configuration management tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform engineering roadmap, architecture and delivery from design through production.
• Lead, mentor and grow a team of engineers; set technical standards and review designs.
• Plan and track delivery across multiple workstreams, managing dependencies, risks and stakeholder communication.
• Define platform metrics and use them to prioritise investment and demonstrate value.
• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling across GitHub Enterprise Cloud, Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions hosted runners.
• Administer and evolve GitHub Enterprise Cloud, including repository governance and enterprise-level configuration.
• Drive self-service strategy with service catalogs, templates and workflows.
• Provision and optimise AWS services underpinning the developer platform.
• Integrate security, quality and artefact management tools into developer workflows.

Skills

GitHub Enterprise Cloud

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

IaC

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

AWS

Backstage

Databricks

ServiceNow

Python

Bash

TypeScript

Communication

Tools

GitHub Actions hosted runners

GHAS

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Backstage

Port

Databricks

Job description

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

Role: Lead Platform Engineer - Enterprise Developer Platform and Toolchain

The Team

The Enterprise Developer Platform & Toolchain team owns the developer platforms, tools and capabilities used by software engineers across S&P Global. Our core functions are DevOps, DevSecOps, FinOps, Platform Engineering, SRE and Developer Experience (DevEx). We partner with divisional DevOps/TechOps teams and InfoSec to establish consistent controls and governance across the SDLC, securing developer tools without disrupting the developer experience. We build services and processes that enable DevOps practices company-wide and use DevEx insights to keep our platforms simple, consistent and engineer-friendly. The team is globally distributed.

The Impact

You will set the technical direction for the enterprise developer platform that engineers rely on every day. By architecting integrated solutions across source control, CI/CD, cloud, identity and security tooling, and by scaling self-service capabilities, you will accelerate engineering productivity while keeping the platform secure, governed and reliable.

What's in It for You

You will lead a high-visibility platform engineering function tied directly to company strategy, working with GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, AWS, Terraform and Backstage. You will have the opportunity to lead CI/CD migrations and platform adoption strategies, build and grow a team, and collaborate with security, SRE and engineering leaders. We support your growth through innovation projects, training, cloud certifications and knowledge sharing.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform engineering roadmap, architecture and delivery from design through production.
• Lead, mentor and grow a team of engineers; set technical standards and review designs.
• Plan and track delivery across multiple workstreams, managing dependencies, risks and stakeholder communication.
• Define platform metrics and use them to prioritise investment and demonstrate value.
• Design, implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling across GitHub Enterprise Cloud, Azure DevOps (ADO) and GitHub Actions hosted runners to ensure reliable, fast and secure software delivery.
• Administer and evolve GitHub Enterprise Cloud, including repository governance, branch policies, access controls and enterprise-level configuration.
• Manage the repository lifecycle (creation, ownership, archival) and enforce version control standards (Conventional Commits, semantic versioning, branching and PR standards).
• Drive the internal developer portal and self-service strategy, including service catalogues, templates and self-service workflows.
• Provision, secure and optimise the AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, CloudFormation/CDK) that underpin the developer platform.
• Integrate security, quality and artefact management tools into developer workflows with minimal friction.
• Own and operate AI-assisted development tooling, including GitHub Copilot, Cursor IDE, developer agents and MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations, driving adoption, measuring productivity impact and scaling usage across engineering teams.
• Build automation frameworks and developer agents that eliminate toil across identity and access provisioning, onboarding, environment setup, compliance checks and routine platform operations, in partnership with security and IT teams.
• Partner with engineering, security, SRE and architecture teams, divisional DevOps/TechOps teams and BISOs to enforce guardrails and keep the platform governed, reliable and operationally ready.
• Produce clear documentation, runbooks and enablement material to drive self-service adoption and reduce support burden.

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise Cloud (administration, Actions, hosted runners, GHAS) and Azure DevOps.
• Deep expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and automation at enterprise scale.
• Strong understanding of the repository lifecycle, Git workflows and branching strategies (Conventional Commits, semantic versioning, trunk-based/GitFlow, PR workflows).
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) and configuration management tools.
• Solid experience with AWS services, including compute, networking, storage, IAM and container orchestration (ECS/EKS).
• Understanding of CMDB and ITIL-aligned change management (change requests, approvals, audit trails).
• Experience building or extending internal developer portals (Backstage, Port or similar).
• Familiarity with ServiceNow (workflow and catalogue configuration) and data platforms (Databricks or equivalent).
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, TypeScript/Node.js).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence adoption across engineering teams.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading CI/CD m