Platform Engineering Director – Data Intelligence Platform

Actian; United States; Remote; USD 210,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Actian is hiring a hands‑on Director of Platform Engineering to stand up and lead a newly formed platform team for the Data Intelligence Platform. You will design platform services, write infrastructure code, and set engineering standards for a cloud‑agnostic, AI‑driven environment.

You will oversee Kubernetes, IaC, and GitOps across AWS, a second public cloud, and customer on‑prem environments, while driving security compliance and cost visibility.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in platform engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE.
• 3+ years managing engineers and scaling a team.
• AI‑first mindset to accelerate developments.
• Proven track record shipping on‑premises or self‑hosted software.
• Deep, hands‑on Kubernetes in production.
• Strong experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform/Terragrunt).
• GitOps delivery experience with Argo CD or similar tooling.
• Solid AWS architecture and portability‑focused design.
• Experience operating SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR controls.
• Clear written communication for a fully remote team across US/EU time zones.

Responsibilities

• Own platform services for Data Intelligence Platform including data catalog, knowledge graph, and APIs for integrations.
• Deploy a cloud‑agnostic platform across AWS, another public cloud, and customer on‑premises environments; packaging, installation, upgrades, and support.
• Own internal developer platform and CI/CD with GitOps delivery.
• Lead security operations and provide evidence for SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR with data residency considerations.
• Manage cloud costs and FinOps with visibility across environments.
• Provide infrastructure for AI/ML workloads used by the Platform.
• Ensure observability, reliability, and incident response with on‑call rotations.
• Build and grow the platform engineering team, define operating model and standards.

Skills

Kubernetes in production

AI‑first mindset

Team leadership

Platform engineering

AWS expertise

SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / GDPR controls

Cloud cost management

IaC (Terraform/Terragrunt)

GitOps (Argo CD)

On‑prem / self‑hosted deployments

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Argo CD

Job description

Actian is hiring a hands‑on Director of Platform Engineering to stand up and lead a newly formed platform team for the Data Intelligence Platform. You will design platform services, write infrastructure code, and set engineering standards for a cloud‑agnostic, AI‑driven environment.

You will oversee Kubernetes, IaC, and GitOps across AWS, a second public cloud, and customer on‑prem environments, while driving security compliance and cost visibility.