Senior Platform Engineer, IDP & Automation Leader

Sunflower Bank, N.A.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan with 6% Match

Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

Company-paid Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Fitness Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Volunteer Leave

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Sunflower Bank, N.A. seeks a Principal Platform Engineer to shape the technology vision for Platform Engineering within its IT modernization program.

You will lead the Internal Developer Platform and shared services, delivering governed self-service, automation, and observable infrastructure across the enterprise. The role focuses on establishing secure-by-design golden paths, driving platform product management, and partnering with architecture, security, and operations teams to improve

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or platform engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading large-scale engineering initiatives or technical programs.
• Demonstrated experience designing, operating, measuring, and continuously improving enterprise platform services used across multiple technology teams.
• Deep understanding of: Platform Engineering, Developer Experience (DevEx), DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Platforms, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD Automation, Observability.
• Proven ability to influence senior technology and business leaders, build cross-functional alignment, and drive sustained operating-model and organizational change.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Mut be bondable.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multi-year Platform Engineering roadmap aligned to Sunflower Bank's business strategy, target-state architecture, risk appetite, merger integration priorities, and IT modernization outcomes.
• Establish and evolve the Internal Developer Platform and shared platform services using a product operating model, with clear service ownership, roadmaps, lifecycle standards, support models, and measurable customer outcomes.
• Define platform capabilities including: Developer self-service, Infrastructure automation, CI/CD services, Security guardrails, Identity integration, Observability, Service onboarding, Runtime platforms.
• Promote a platform-first, reuse-before-build mindset across technology teams to reduce tool sprawl, one-off solutions, and long-term support complexity.
• Measure platform success through a balanced scorecard covering adoption, time to deliver, reliability, security and compliance, unit cost, automation, customer experience, technical debt reduction, and operational efficiency.

Skills

Platform Engineering

DevOps

SRE

Cloud Platforms

IaC

CI/CD Automation

Observability

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Job description

Sunflower Bank, N.A. seeks a Principal Platform Engineer to shape the technology vision for Platform Engineering within its IT modernization program.

You will lead the Internal Developer Platform and shared services, delivering governed self-service, automation, and observable infrastructure across the enterprise. The role focuses on establishing secure-by-design golden paths, driving platform product management, and partnering with architecture, security, and operations teams to improve