Senior Manager, IT Platform Engineering – Governance

Jobtailor; Colorado; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an accomplished IT Infrastructure Leader to architect and drive modern infrastructure and cloud platforms supporting rapid growth. You will oversee datacenters, hybrid cloud environments, and core IT systems while ensuring security, scalability, and governance across initiatives.

The role demands 12+ years in IT with leadership experience, deep knowledge of datacenters and cloud services, and a proven ability to lead in a matrixed organization, mentoring teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 12+ years IT experience with leadership role.
• Extensive knowledge of IT infrastructure and operations.
• Proven track record leading large-scale IT projects.
• Expertise in datacenter management and cloud services.
• Understanding of hypervisors, automation/orchestration of PaaS and IaaS cloud services.
• Experience managing hybrid cloud services.
• Successful leadership experience in a highly-matrixed environment.
• Recruiting, building, developing, coaching, and retaining a high-performing workforce.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy and delivery of modern infrastructure and cloud platforms that support the company’s growth and technology roadmap.
• Drive large-scale platform and infrastructure initiatives, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Oversee the engineering and operational excellence of datacenters, hybrid cloud environments, core IT systems, and cloud-based services.
• Implement strong governance and compliance practices across infrastructure and platform domains.
• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering and IT operations teams.
• Build strong partnerships with technology leaders, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Cloud infrastructure

IT governance

Datacenter management

Hybrid cloud

Stakeholder management

Team development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategy and delivery of modern infrastructure and cloud platforms that support the company’s growth and technology roadmap
• Drive large-scale platform and infrastructure initiatives, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned with business objectives
• Oversee the engineering and operational excellence of datacenters, hybrid cloud environments, core IT systems, and cloud-based services
• Implement strong governance and compliance practices across infrastructure and platform domains
• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering and IT operations teams
• Build strong partnerships with technology leaders, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 12+ years of IT experience, with at least 4+ years in a leadership role
• Extensive knowledge of IT infrastructure and operations
• Proven track record of leading large-scale IT projects and strategic initiatives
• Expertise in enterprise datacenter management and cloud-based services
• Understanding of hypervisors, automation/orchestration of PaaS and IaaS cloud services
• Experience managing hybrid cloud services
• Successful leadership experience working in a highly-matrixed environment
• Demonstrated success recruiting, building, developing, coaching, and retaining a highly-motivated, high-performing workforce