Overview A national construction management firm is seeking a talented Manager of Enterprise services and Integrations to join its growing technology team. The Platform Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a team of platform engineers, DBAs to design, build, and maintain the foundational infrastructure and tools that enable product development teams to deliver software rapidly, reliably, and securely. This role requires a strategic mindset, balancing innovation with operational stability, and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Your technical depth, problem-solving ability, and collaboration skills will help evolve the company’s digital foundation, enabling data-driven decision-making and operational excellence. Candidate Characteristics Candidates must have a strong background in Agile engineering and teamwork methodologies. They should be charismatic, motivated by end results, and have a high tolerance for ambiguity. They should focus on achieving success through people, be engaged with evolving practices, and understand the broader strategy for Agile engineering. DESIRED TRAITS
- Ability to lead a high-performing team
- Ability to make decisions that impact organizational technical integration
- Ability to lead and mentor team members
- A strong focus on enabling other people’s success
- High emotional intelligence
- High tolerance for ambiguity; unflappable
- High integrity
- Self-confidence
- Driven by continuous learning
- Technical ingenuity and experience
- Uses business value and outcomes to guide technical decisions CORE COMPETENCIES
- Strong test-first / test-driven approach
- Skilled in story writing with clear acceptance criteria and business value focus
- Leverages Release Planning practices to break down complex work into deliverable increments
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for clearly conveying ideas
- Constructive conflict resolution and facilitation skills
- Stakeholder management, including aligning multiple stakeholders needs
- System modernization and technical debt reduction techniques
- Continuous build / continuous integration / continuous delivery
- Agile testing and DevOps automation
- Exploring and applying modern paradigms such as event-driven, reactive, or microservice architectures. TECHNICAL FOCUS
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a DevOps / Platform / SRE role.
- Minimum of 3 years of proven experience managing and motivating engineering teams, in a DevOps / Platform / SRE role.
- Strong experience with the following cloud technologies : o Cloud computing, including auto-scaling and load balancing (EC2, VMs, etc.) o Cloud storage (S3, BLOB, etc.) o Container services (ECS, etc.), Kubernetes services (EKS, etc.) o IAM o VPCs
- Champion developer productivity by providing self-service capabilities, standardized workflows ("golden paths"), and seamless integration with existing tools
- Oversee the design, implementation, and management of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles (e.g., Terraform)
- Drive the enhancement of Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI / CD) pipelines and automation initiatives to increase throughput and reduce manual effort in software delivery
- Collaborate with security and compliance teams to embed security best practices into the platform by default, ensuring all systems adhere to industry regulations and policies
- Implement automated testing, code review, and observability best practices
- Participate in DevOps practices including infrastructure as code using Terraform RESPONSIBILITIES
- Apply value assessment, release planning, and stakeholder management to ensure delivery alignment with business priorities
- Apply modern software engineering principles, including modular architecture, clean code, and scalable API design
- Implement secure authentication, authorization, and data protection practices across services
- Provide informal mentoring and coaching to team members
- Support monitoring, logging, and alerting critical business services