Software Engineering Group Mgr. - Kubernetes CaaS Platform

PNC; Farmers Branch (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

PNC is seeking an accomplished Software Engineering Group Manager to lead Kubernetes-based container platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. You will shape strategy, architecture, and the adoption of container hosting platforms while partnering with engineering and business stakeholders.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, roadmap definition, and operational excellence to deliver scalable, secure, and user-friendly container solutions for enterprise workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years in technology with container platform engineering leadership, including architecture/software engineering in agile environments.
• 10+ years of expert-level Kubernetes, Docker, Helm and CI/CD tools experience; public clouds and platform engineering.
• Experience in Agile software development environments, preferably with developer platform products.
• Strong communication skills and ability to present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define roadmap for container platforms (Kubernetes) and container-as-a-service (CaaS) to support enterprise workloads.
• Design, deploy, and manage highly available, secure, and scalable containerized infrastructure.
• Oversee product development and translate market requirements into technical specs for container runtime, security, and orchestration; ensure developer usability via self-service APIs and documentation.
• Represent customers and study industry trends to inform product development and adoption.
• Monitor and optimize performance, reliability, and usability of container workloads across environments.
• Set standards for CI/CD, microservices deployment, and Observability (logging, monitoring, tracing).
• Enforce container security best practices, run image scans, enforce policies, ensure enterprise standards.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and networking to optimize CI/CD pipelines and IaC workloads.
• Drive cost optimization for clusters while meeting SLOs/SLAs.

Skills

Leadership

Strategy development

Stakeholder communication

Agile development

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

CI/CD (Jenkins)

GitLab CI

ArgoCD

GitOps

AWS

Azure

GCP

OpenShift

Terraform / IaC

Job description

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company's success.

As a Software Engineering Group Manager within PNC's Technology organization, you can based in Pittsburgh PA, Strongsville OH, Birmingham AL, Phoenix AZ, Denver CO or Dallas TX (preferred).

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

We are looking for an accomplished and experienced Software Engineering Group Mgr. leader to lead the strategy, architecture, and operational excellence of Kubernetes-based container platforms. The successful candidate will be instrumental in shaping the strategic direction, defining the roadmap, and facilitating adoption of container hosting platforms across both on-premises and cloud environments.

A Software Engineering Group Mgr. is a senior-level leadership role focused on designing, managing, and evolving container-based platforms (Kubernetes ecosystems) for internal or external users. This role serves as a link between technical engineering teams and business stakeholders, ensuring scalable infrastructure solutions are developed, launched, and widely adopted while prioritizing user experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Architecture: Define the roadmap for container platforms (Kubernetes) and container-as-a-service (CaaS) to support enterprise workloads.
• Platform Leadership: Design, deploy, and manage highly available, secure, and scalable containerized infrastructure.
• Technical Leadership: Responsible for overseeing the product development process, collaborating with engineering to convert market requirements into technical specifications for container runtime, security, and orchestration. Guarantees developer usability through self-service options, APIs, and clear documentation. Promotes widespread adoption among engineering teams and provides mentorship as well as guidance to engineers.
• Customer & Market Insight: Represents customers, studies industry trends, and informs product development and adoption.
• Performance Optimization: Oversees product metrics to enhance the performance, usability, and reliability of containerized workloads across various environments.
• Architecture & Design: Develop and set standards for container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes. Establish best practices for CI/CD pipelines, Microservices deployment, and Observability-including logging, monitoring, and tracing. Guarantee robust high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability.
• Security & Compliance: Enforce container security best practices, scan images, secure runtime, enforce policies, and meet enterprise standards.
• Operational Excellence: Partner with DevOps, security, and networking teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines, container runtime environments, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
• Cost Optimization: Enhance cluster efficiency and resource management, minimize on-prem / cloud expenses through effective container orchestration, and strengthen system performance and reliability in accordance with SLOs/SLAs.

Qualifications

• - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience) preferred
• - 10+ years in technology with extensive experience leading Container Platform Engineering teams, preferred. Including Architecture/Software Engineer experience in an agile software product development environment. Advanced level understanding of customer experience
• - 10+ years of expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), public cloud providers, and platform engineering domains preferred.
• - Experience in Agile software development environments, preferably with developer platform products.
• - Strong background in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and DevOps tooling (e.g., Helm, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitOps).
• - Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem solutions (OpenShift, bare-metal Kubernetes, etc.)
• - Proven ability to build technical strategy and lead in a matrixed organization.
• - Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• - Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple stakeholders effectively.

Preferred Skills

• - Kubernetes Expertise: Strong understanding of Kubernetes cluster architecture, workload orchestration, networking, RBAC, and security best practices.
• Hybrid-Cloud & On-Prem Platforms: Hands-on knowledge of hybrid and multi-cloud environments and experience integrating Kubernetes with enterprise systems.
• Agile Practices: Deep experience with Agile methodologies and backlog/project management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally,