Senior Manager, Digital Engineering & Modernization

Amtrak; United States; On-site; USD 149,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401K with Employer Match

Paid Time Off

Rail Pass Privileges

Disability Insurance

Job summary

Amtrak seeks a Senior Manager of Digital Engineering to provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple engineering teams. The role ensures alignment with enterprise architecture, product strategy, security requirements, and modernization objectives.

The Senior Manager guides architectural interpretation, governance, capacity planning, and complex dependency management, scaling engineering practices and embedding operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 9 years of engineering experience with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
• Experience delivering complex engineering solutions across multiple teams.
• Experience with modern engineering practices (e.g., DevSecOps, CI/CD, test automation).

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, vision, and direction across multiple engineering teams delivering enterprise digital capabilities.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, ensuring security requirements and operational quality.
• Lead architectural and technical reviews for future scalability and technical integrity.
• Track KPIs and address systemic delivery challenges with corrective actions.
• Oversee incident response, root-cause analysis, and production support processes.
• Lead hiring, performance management, and succession planning for engineers and leads.
• Serve as liaison between engineering, architecture, product, and business leaders.
• Drive efficiency and modernization through process and tooling improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering Experience

DevSecOps/CI/CD

Governance & Architecture

Reliability & SLOs

AI-powered practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Amtrak seeks a Senior Manager of Digital Engineering to provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple engineering teams. The role ensures alignment with enterprise architecture, product strategy, security requirements, and modernization objectives.

The Senior Manager guides architectural interpretation, governance, capacity planning, and complex dependency management, scaling engineering practices and embedding operational excellence.