Platform Engineering Manager

SolomonEdwards; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SolomonEdwards in Charlotte, NC seeks a hands-on Manager of Platform Engineering to own DevOps, SRE, and platform reliability for a customer-facing cloud platform. This role combines leadership with technical hands-on work to build and mentor a world-class team.

You will drive platform strategy, architecture, and operations across Azure and on-prem environments, ensuring high availability, security, and cost efficiency while advancing CI/CD maturity and IaC practices.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in platform/DevOps/software engineering
• 2–3+ years managing a team
• Hands-on with CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform/ARM/Bicep
• Strong security/compliance background and ITIL experience
• Excellent communication skills—translate tech into business impact

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing platform/DevOps/SRE team
• Own platform strategy, roadmap, and SLA/ KPI delivery
• Architect and operate hybrid Azure/on-prem infrastructure
• Advance CI/CD maturity and IaC (Terraform/Bicep)
• Establish SRE practices: SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, observability
• Oversee incident response, DR, and security/compliance controls
• Run operational cadences: CAB, release reviews, retrospectives

Skills

Platform/DevOps

Team management

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Terraform/Bicep

Observability

Security & Compliance

ITIL

Communication

Tools

Datadog

Prometheus/Grafana

Application Insights

Job description

Charlotte, NC (Onsite) | Reports to CTO

Lead the platform that powers 24/7 operations for Fortune 500 clients.

Our client, a leading enterprise technology company, is seeking a hands-on Manager of Platform Engineering to own DevOps, SRE, and platform reliability for their customer-facing cloud platform. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who wants to stay technical while building and mentoring a world-class team.

What You'll Do

• Build, mentor, and retain a high-performing team of platform/DevOps/SRE engineers
• Own platform strategy, roadmap, and execution against SLAs and business KPIs (availability, MTTR, deployment frequency)
• Architect and operate hybrid infrastructure (Azure + on-prem) with high availability, security, and cost efficiency
• Drive CI/CD, Kubernetes (AKS), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep) maturity
• Establish SRE practices: SLOs/SLIs, error budgets, observability, blameless postmortems
• Lead incident response, DR strategy (RPO/RTO), and security/compliance controls
• Run operational cadences: CAB, release reviews, retrospectives

Must-Haves

• 6+ years in platform/DevOps/software engineering, 2–3+ years managing a team
• Proven experience scaling mission-critical, customer-facing platforms
• Hands-on with CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform/ARM/Bicep, observability tools
• Strong security/compliance background and change management (ITIL) experience
• Excellent communication skills—able to translate tech into business impact

Nice-to-Haves

• Background in SaaS, IoT, or real-time data platforms
• Experience with Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana, or Application Insights
• Experience scaling platforms through rapid growth (2x–3x)
• SOC 2/ISO 27001 compliance experience

Why Apply?

Join a growth-stage technology leader at a pivotal moment—shape the platform strategy, modernize the stack, and build the team from the ground up, all while reporting directly to the CTO.