Principal Platform Engineer

Alliant Credit Union; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 119,400 - 204,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Work from home up to 3 days a week

Paid parental leave

Employee discount programs

Time off including paid personal and S

Job summary

Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement seeks a senior Platform Engineering leader to define the enterprise platform strategy and target architectures for Fabric, Foundry/OpenAI, Databricks, and Synapse. Own end-to-end cloud platform lifecycles, set standards, and drive cost optimization and modernization efforts.

You will mentor senior engineers, align with executives, translate strategy into platform capabilities, and foster a self-service, reusable platform mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, SRE or related experience.
• In lieu of education: 12 years in supporting enterprise-level environments in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure or SRE roles.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide platform strategy, vision, and target-state architectures for platforms such as Fabric, Foundry/OpenAI, Databricks, and Synapse.
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of cloud platforms and drive modernization and cost optimization.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud infrastructure

SRE

Leadership / mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

10+ years in platform engineering/SRE

12 years in enterprise environments (in lieu of education)

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Databricks

Fabric/OpenAI

Job description

Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-wide platform strategy, vision, and target-state architectures for platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Foundry/OpenAI, Databricks, and Synapse. Own the end-to-end lifecycle of cloud platforms.
• Establish standards and guardrails across all platform engineering domains.
• Drive innovation in cloud, data, and AI platforms (Fabric, OpenAI/Foundry, etc.).
• Lead large-scale transformation initiatives (e.g., platform modernization, DC exit, AI adoption).
• Act as the highest-level escalation point for technical decisions and complex issues.
• Influence enterprise architecture boards, governance, and regulatory alignment.
• Drive cost optimization strategies and large-scale efficiency improvements.
• Foster platform product mindset across the organization (self-service, reuse, enablement).
• Mentor senior and lead engineers; shape engineering culture and technical direction.
• Partner with executives and business leaders to translate strategy into platform capabilities.

Education & Years of Experience

• Minimum - 4 Year Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related
• Minimum - 10 Years ofPlatform engineering, cloud infrastructure, SRE roles or related

In Lieu of Education

• 12 Years ofSupporting enterprise-level environments in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure or SRE roles or related

License/Certifications/Training

• Preferred - Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (or equivalent DevOps focused certification)
• Preferred - Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (or equivalent data platform focused certification)
• Preferred - Azure AI Engineer Associate (or equivalent AI focused certification)
• Preferred - HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Professional (or equivalent IaC focused certification)
• Preferred - Azure Solutions Architect Expert (or equivalent Cloud focused certification)

Compensation & Benefits:

Typical hiring range: $119,400.00 to $204,600.00 Annually. Actual compensation will be determined using factors such as experience, skills & knowledge.

Benefits:Alliant provides a benefits package including health care, vision, dental, and 401k with employer match including:

• Annual performance bonus
• Work from home up to 3 days a week
• Paid parental leave
• Employee discount programs
• Time off including paid personal and sick days
• 11 paid holidays
• Education reimbursement

*Note that eligibility and cost of benefits can vary depending on the number of regularly scheduled hours, and job status such as regular full-time, regular part-time, or temporary employment.

Adhere to and ensure compliance of all business transactions with policy and process of the Bank Secrecy Act. Ensures compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, company procedures and policies. Maintains integrity and ethics in all actions and conversations with or regarding credit union members and their accounts; complies with Privacy Act directives.

The responsibilities listed do not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.