Senior Software Manager Platform

Digital Realty Trust, L.P.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 155,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Realty is seeking a Senior Software Manager for the DCIM Platform to lead architecture, development, and delivery of a cloud-native solution powering data-center infrastructure across the globe.

You will set the technical vision on Microsoft Azure, guide global engineering teams, collaborate with Product, Security, and Ops, and drive real-time insights, reliability, and scalable operations for 24/7 data-center workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Software Eng or related field.
• 10–15 years leading global software engineering teams across vendors and employees.
• Proven experience building cloud-native distributed platforms at scale.
• Deep Azure cloud architecture expertise and modern software patterns.
• Experience with industrial IoT, telemetry, and edge-to-cloud solutions.
• Familiarity with MQTT/Modbus and related protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage global software engineering teams (employees, contractors, partners).
• Drive architecture and delivery of a secure, cloud-native DCIM platform on Azure.
• Own hiring strategy, performance, and career development across teams.
• Deliver multiple initiatives aligned to strategic roadmaps with predictable execution.
• Champion Agile practices and drive DevOps, observability, and reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Azure

Distributed systems

IoT

DevOps

CI/CD

Stakeholder mgmt

Cloud architecture

Edge-to-cloud

C#/Java

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Position Title:

Senior Software Manager, DCIM Platform (Data Center Infrastructure Management)

Location:

Dallas, TX | Austin, TX | Ashburn, VA | Boston, MA | Charlotte, NC | Chicago, IL | Denver, CO | New York, NY | Seattle, WA

Your Role

As a Senior Software Manager - DCIM Platform, you will lead the architecture, development, and delivery of Digital Realty's next-generation Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) platform. This platform powers the monitoring, control, and optimization of critical infrastructure across our global data center footprint.

In this role, you will define the technical vision for a secure, highly scalable, cloud-native platform built on Microsoft Azure. You will lead global engineering teams and collaborate with Product Management, Infrastructure, Security, and executive stakeholders to deliver reliable, real-time operational insights that support Digital Realty's worldwide operations.

What You'll Do

• Lead and manage global software engineering teams consisting of employees, contingent workers, and vendor partners.
• Drive the architecture and delivery of a secure, cloud-native DCIM platform leveraging Microsoft Azure.
• Own hiring strategy, interviewing, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, and career development.
• Deliver multiple product and platform initiatives while ensuring predictable execution against strategic roadmaps.
• Champion Agile development practices including Scrum, Kanban, sprint planning, and continuous improvement.
• Architect highly available, low-latency distributed systems supporting real-time monitoring and control at global scale.
• Design and implement large-scale IoT and telemetry solutions utilizing Azure IoT Hub, IoT Edge, Stream Analytics, Azure Functions, Azure Data Explorer, and Azure Storage.
• Build secure edge-to-cloud solutions utilizing industrial IoT protocols including MQTT, Modbus, and related technologies.
• Establish platform observability, monitoring, diagnostics, automation, and operational excellence through DevOps best practices.
• Lead architectural governance, technology standards, design reviews, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with Product, Security, Compliance, Infrastructure, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Communicate technical strategy, progress, risks, and outcomes to senior leadership.
• Establish and monitor platform KPIs, service-level objectives, reliability metrics, and incident response processes.
• Manage vendor relationships, tooling decisions, and team budgets where applicable.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 10-15 years of experience leading global software engineering teams across employees, contractors, and vendor partners.
• 10-15 years of experience designing and delivering large-scale, cloud-native, distributed platforms.
• Deep expertise with Microsoft Azure cloud architecture and services.
• Strong background in distributed systems, microservices, and modern software architecture patterns.
• Experience developing industrial IoT, telemetry, and edge-to-cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols such as MQTT, Modbus, or similar technologies.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and related cloud-native platforms.
• Strong programming experience in C#, Java, or similar enterprise technologies.
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to align technology strategy with business objectives and product vision.

A Bit About Us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

A Bit About Our Team

Technology & Innovation

Our Technology & Innovation team strives to innovate alongside our customers and empower their businesses to thrive. We work closely with our customers to develop insights-based, data-driven technical solutions and differentiated value propositions on PlatformDIGITAL® across the world. Operating in almost 50 cities globally means we understand how rapidly the world is evolving, so we've built a best-in-class development model to qualify, package and enable cloud-to-core-to-edge hybrid IT solutions. Our deep technical heritage, combined with our global footprint, means the Technology & Innovation team can create and deploy services and solutions that are at the heart of the digital economy.

What We Can Offer You

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you'll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you'll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We'll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital Realty; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Compensation Range

$155,000 - $175,000 annually. This compensation range represents the Company's good faith belief as to what it will pay as a base salary for this position at the time of this posting.

Benefits

For this role, benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more.