Platform Engineering Lead — Data & Analytics Platform

FedEx Corporation; Moon (VA); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Express Corporation seeks a Platform Engineer Principal to own end-to-end initiatives across private, public, and hybrid cloud platforms, ensuring performance and scalability of analytics apps. You will guide data acquisition, processing, and management and partner with CloudOps, Data Engineers, and Data Scientists to architect scalable platforms.

The role requires strong leadership, executive communication, and interpersonal skills to drive cross-functional programs and maintain

Qualifications

• Seven plus years in Platform Engineering or related field.
• Bachelor's Degree/equivalent in computer science, engineering, or information systems.
• Advanced degree may offset related experience requirements.

Responsibilities

• Identify data acquisition, processing, and management patterns to determine platform design.
• Architect and build platforms and frameworks enabling data products; ensure scalable, repeatable services.
• Develop access controls with governance and security SMEs; build monitoring and alerting with SREs to minimize downtime.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Executive communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Job description

Federal Express Corporation seeks a Platform Engineer Principal to own end-to-end initiatives across private, public, and hybrid cloud platforms, ensuring performance and scalability of analytics apps. You will guide data acquisition, processing, and management and partner with CloudOps, Data Engineers, and Data Scientists to architect scalable platforms.

The role requires strong leadership, executive communication, and interpersonal skills to drive cross-functional programs and maintain