Senior Manager of Platform Engineering

Cboe; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cboe in Chicago, IL seeks a Senior Manager of Platform Engineering to lead a team responsible for designing and operating scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native infrastructure across AWS and on-prem Linux/Kubernetes environments.

You will drive IaC adoption with Terraform and Pulumi, implement robust monitoring and alerting, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver platform projects that reduce toil and improve reliability in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams in fast-paced environments.
• Strong design skills for cloud-native, hybrid architectures.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, IaC, Terraform, Pulumi and CI/CD tooling.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Security, risk and compliance considerations in platform design.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of platform engineers across AWS and on-prem environments.
• Architect scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-native infrastructure.
• Drive adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) with Terraform and Pulumi.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure platform reliability.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver platform projects on time.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Terraform

Pulumi

Jenkins

IaC

Linux administration

Networking

Security & compliance

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Pulumi

Jenkins

Kubernetes

AWS

Linux

Job description

• The goal of the Cboe Platform Engineering group focuses around building a scalable and secure foundations platform, enabling the Cboe operations, software engineering and application teams to deploy, validate, and operate their services in production, improve resiliency of the service and increase organizational efficiency by reducing operational toil and increase system efficiency through architectural evolution
• The Senior Manager of Platform Engineering will play a pivotal role in driving the design, implementation, and management of our cloud-native infrastructure across both public cloud (AWS) and on-premises Linux environments
• Reporting to the Sr. Director, Platform Engineering, this role will lead a team of platform engineers responsible for building scalable, secure, and resilient platforms - runningworkloads across hybrid infrastructurefocused on outcomes
• Lead and manage a team of platform engineers responsible for designing, implementing, andmaintainingcloud-native infrastructure across AWS and on-prem Linux/Kubernetes environments
• Lead the architectural design of platform solutions across hybrid (cloud and on-prem) environments, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security best practices are incorporated
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, architect solutions, and ensure successful delivery of platform projects
• Drive the adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) principles and practices,leveragingtools such as Terraform and Pulumi to automate and standardize deployments across cloud and on-prem
• Establish andmaintainrobust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure the reliability and performance of the platform across cloud and on-prem
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development
• Champion a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability within the Platform Engineering Team and across the organization

Strong understanding of Linux systems administration, networking, security, and compliance requirements across hybrid environmentsProven experience leading and managing high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced environment with a record of project delivery and architecture of production systemsExcellent communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organizationIn-depth knowledge of cloud-native and platform architecture principles, best practices, and design patternsHands-on experience operating cloud-native workloads on Kubernetes in both cloud and on-premises Linux environmentsProficiencyin container orchestration technologies, especially KubernetesHands-on experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, and Jenkins8+ years of experience with major Cloud vendors including AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure, with strongexpertisein AWSAWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, and/or Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD), or equivalent, are highly desirableThorough understanding of the financial marketsa plus