Senior Manager, Platform Engineering

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Quincy (MA); Hybrid; USD 151,200 - 226,800; Full time

Job summary

A major U.S. grocery retailer is seeking a Senior Platform Engineering Manager to enhance core data platforms and support the analytics ecosystem. The role involves leading an agile team, defining strategic vision, and working closely with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in technology and team management, with a focus on DevOps practices. The position offers a flexible hybrid work schedule with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of equivalent experience in relevant technology fields.
• 5+ years in an advanced role leading teams.
• 5+ years managing an agile engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Define strategic vision for ADUSA data platforms.
• Become a subject matter expert in data platform architecture.
• Improve platform standards and guidelines.
• Partner with architecture to deliver critical functionality.
• Influence senior stakeholders on roadmap decisions.
• Oversee compliance and IT security policies.
• Lead DevOps engineering team in agile environment.
• Provide 24/7 support for data platforms.

Skills

Data platform functionality enhancement

Agile engineering

Influencing senior stakeholders

DevOps practices

24/7 platform support

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Databricks

Azure

MongoDB

Power BI

Terraform

PowerShell

YAML

GitHub

Data Dog

Job description

Introduction

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which also includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Ahold Delhaize USA associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Overview

Senior Platform Engineering Manager will play a critical role in developing, implementing & delivering enhancements to core data platforms and supporting the data & analytics ecosystems, applications and tools. The Sr Platform Engineering Manager will work closely with Platform Owners, Business Channel leaders, SMEs, Technology, Operations, Client Services, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Architecture and external suppliers/vendors. Day‑to‑day responsibilities include maintaining subject matter expertise for data platform functionality geared around enhancing user experience, user adoption, or supporting platform issues identified by client service/support organizations.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in‑person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC, Chicago, IL, and Quincy, MA.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.

Responsibilities

• Help define strategic vision for key functionalities within ADUSA data platforms.
• Become a subject matter expert in the data platform current and future architecture guidance “Data Lakehouse” that helps support our customers in a data domain centric ecosystem.
• Help improve our platform’s standards, guidelines and recipes by working closely with both architecture, engineers and Platform Owner.
• Partner closely with architecture on design, test, and deliver critical functionality to support strategic enterprise goals to enhance user experience, support line of business adoption, and meet internal/external mandates.
• Leverage executive presence skills to influence senior business stakeholders and program leadership on roadmap prioritization decisions.
• Provides oversight and holds team members accountable for following all compliance, Change Management and IT Security policies.
• Lead a team of lean DevOps engineers in an agile environment to deliver cutting edge PaaS, IaaS and IaC solutions that help enable our customer base.
• Lead an operation team of platform support engineers that provide 24/7 support to all our data platforms as apart of keeping the lights on for business use.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, CIS or related (or equivalent related work experience).
• 8 or more years of equivalent experience in relevant job or field of technology.
• 5 or more years of equivalent experience in an advanced role or technical capacity, leading teams directly or indirectly.
• 5 or more years’ experience directly responsible for leading and managing an agile engineering team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Post‑graduate degree advanced training and/or certifications in relevant field/s of study preferred.
• 5 or more years’ experience in Databricks, Azure, MongoDB and Power BI.
• 5 or more years’ experience in leading teams or advancing technical capability in teams.
• 5 or more years’ experience in DevOps, automation, CI/CD, Terraform, PowerShell and or YAML.
• 5 to 10 years in GitHub and Data Dog.

Salary Range: $151,200 - $226,800

Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.