Manager - Platform Engineering

Holiday Inn Club Vacations; Orlando (FL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Holiday Inn Club Vacations is seeking a hands-on Platform Engineering Manager to design, build, and operate scalable platform capabilities across hybrid infrastructure environments. You will lead a distributed team focused on cloud platforms, automation, observability, and platform reliability, driving standardization and self-service to improve developer productivity.

You will coach engineers, own platform readiness, and partner with security and architecture teams to deliver secure, scalable

Qualifications

• 7+ years in infrastructure, cloud, or platform engineering.
• Hands-on with Azure IaaS, VMware, Hyper-V, Windows/Linux servers.
• Automation with IaC tools like Terraform, PowerShell, Ansible.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Experience with observability and platform operations tooling.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and operation of shared platform services across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Drive infrastructure as code, automation, self-service provisioning.
• Build and enhance internal developer platforms to speed delivery.
• Implement observability, monitoring, and tooling for platform health.
• Partner with security, architecture, and other teams to deliver secure platforms.
• Own platform availability, scalability, performance, and readiness metrics.
• Coach engineers and foster ownership and continuous improvement.
• Participate in major incident management and escalations.

Skills

Azure IaaS

VMware

Hyper-V

Windows servers

Linux servers

Terraform

PowerShell

Ansible

CI/CD

DevOps

Observability

Education

Microsoft Azure Administrator

VMware VCP

Linux RHCSA

Tools

Terraform

PowerShell

Ansible

CI/CD tools

Observability tooling

Job description

At Holiday Inn Club Vacations, we believe in strengthening families. And we look for people who exhibit the courage, caring and creativity to help us become the most loved brand in family travel. We’re committed to growing our people, memberships, resorts, and guest love. That’s why we need individuals who are passionate in life and bring those qualities to work every day. Do you instill confidence, trust and respect in those around you? Do you encourage success and build relationships? If so, we’re looking for you.

The Manager, Platform Engineering is a hands‑on technical leader responsible for designing, building, and operating scalable platform capabilities across hybrid infrastructure environments. This role leads a distributed team of engineers focused on cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, developer enablement, observability, and platform reliability. The Platform Engineering Manager drives standardization, self‑service capabilities, infrastructure as code, and continuous improvement to improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, and business agility.

Essential Duties and Tasks

• Lead the development and operation of shared platform services across on‑premises and cloud environments (Azure, VMware, Hyper‑V, etc.).
• Drive platform engineering practices including infrastructure as code, automation, self‑service provisioning, and reusable platform components.
• Build and enhance internal developer platforms that improve application delivery speed, consistency, and reliability.
• Implement and manage observability, monitoring, and operational tooling to ensure platform health and performance.
• Partner with security, architecture, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver secure and scalable platform solutions.
• Establish platform standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
• Own platform availability, scalability, performance, and operational readiness metrics.
• Lead cloud transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Develop documentation, platform runbooks, standards, and operational procedures.
• Coach and mentor engineers while fostering a culture of ownership, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in major incident management and support operational escalations as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position supervises platform engineers. Manages and directs three employees’ training, development, appraisal, and work assignments.

Education and/or Experience

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, platform engineering, or related disciplines.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure IaaS, VMware, Hyper‑V, Windows/Linux servers, and hybrid cloud environments.
• Deep experience with automation and infrastructure‑as‑code tools such as Terraform, PowerShell, Ansible, or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and developer enablement platforms.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, and platform operations tooling.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and leadership skills.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Microsoft Azure Administrator or Architect
• VMware VCP
• Linux+/RHCSA

Work Schedule / Hours

Hybrid work model: Monday – Thursday onsite, Friday remote. May include nights, weekends, and a 24/7 on‑call rotation during outages.