Autonomous Platform Engineering Director (Remote)

A&E Networks; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 208,547 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k matching

Flexible work options

Job summary

A+E Global Media is seeking a Senior Director of Autonomous Platform Engineering to lead a transformation in how software is built, deployed, and supported through AI, automation, and modern platform practices. This leadership role directs a global team across Platform Engineering, SRE, and security to deliver scalable, secure services.

You will define strategy, architecture, and governance for enterprise platforms, partnering with executive stakeholders to drive innovation, cost control, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
• Progressive leadership experience managing enterprise Platform Engineering and DevSecOps organizations.
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success building modern cloud-native engineering platforms.
• Deep understanding of Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Application Security, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, and engineering automation.
• Experience implementing AI-enabled software development capabilities and autonomous engineering practices.
• Experience managing enterprise technology budgets and strategic vendor relationships.
• Strong executive communication and organizational transformation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise Platform Engineering strategy supporting Consumer Products and Corporate Technology.
• Lead the evolution of engineering platforms that improve developer experience, platform consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Establish enterprise standards for platform architecture, engineering automation, and software delivery.
• Drive adoption of Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), Infrastructure as Code, cloud platform engineering, Kubernetes, container platforms, release engineering, environment management, artifact repositories, secrets management, observability platforms, and platform networking.
• Build reusable engineering capabilities that enable product teams to deliver software securely and efficiently.
• Leadership, People Management, Budget & Vendor Management

Skills

Executive leadership

DevSecOps

Cloud-native platforms

AI-enabled software

Budget management

Vendor management

Global team leadership

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/Engineering/IT)

Master's preferred

Tools

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud platforms

Job description

A+E Global Media is seeking a Senior Director of Autonomous Platform Engineering to lead a transformation in how software is built, deployed, and supported through AI, automation, and modern platform practices. This leadership role directs a global team across Platform Engineering, SRE, and security to deliver scalable, secure services.

You will define strategy, architecture, and governance for enterprise platforms, partnering with executive stakeholders to drive innovation, cost control, and