{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5a087171fa4eaabcd8c0d275","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5a087171fa4eaabcd8c0d275","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5a087171fa4eaabcd8c0d275","title":"Cloud Platforms Engineer, VP - Data, Cloud & Developer Experience","description":"Role Overview Blackstone's Platform Engineering team delivers the firm's next-generation public cloud platform, enabling application teams to securely build, deploy, and operate critical workloads at scale. The platform is designed with a strong emphasis on software-defined infrastructure, automation, developer experience, and supporting innovation across a global organization. This role is a senior-level individual contributor position at the Vice President level, not a people manager. As a VP Platform Engineer, you will serve as a hands-on technical leader, building and advancing core platform capabilities, and working in close partnership with application teams, security stakeholders, and fellow engineers to enable reliable and secure delivery at scale. You will operate with a high degree of independence, applying strong software engineering principles and disciplined problem-solving skills to design and evolve platform systems that operate at enterprise scale. Clear, effective communication is essential—you are expected to document technical decisions, articulate trade-offs, and explain solutions to stakeholders with varying levels of technical experience. Success in this role requires strong organizational skills and collaborating effectively across a large, globally distributed engineering organization.\r\nKey Responsibilities Design, build, and evolve core platform services that underpin Blackstone's public cloud environments, including AWS and Azure.\r\nDevelop and manage Terraform-based infrastructure, including authoring reusable modules, operating Terraform Cloud, and improving usability and self-service for platform consumers.\r\nOwn the design and implementation of critical platform components, from concept through production support.\r\nBuild and enhance self-service capabilities and internal developer tooling that improve consistency and developer productivity.\r\nPartner closely with cloud security and risk teams to ensure platforms are secure, compliant, and resilient by design.\r\nImprove platform availability, resiliency, and recoverability through modern architectural patterns and deployment strategies.\r\nEnhance observability, diagnostics, and operational supportability across the platform.\r\nServe as a trusted technical resource and mentor for junior-level engineers and consultants, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment through approachability, reliability, and subject-matter expertise.\r\nWork independently to gather requirements and design and implement solutions, while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners (such as Application Security and SRE) to deliver platform capabilities as part of small, ad-hoc teams within a large organization.\r\nMaintain strong delivery discipline, including prioritization, backlog management, and execution tracking using Jira.\r\nParticipate in the team's 24/7 on-call rotation, typically approximately one week out of every four.\r\nStay current with evolving trends in platform engineering, cloud services, modern DevOps, and automation practices to guide platform evolution.\r\nRequired Qualifications 7+ years of experience in a platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or similar individual contributor role, with demonstrated ownership of shared platforms used by multiple engineering teams.\r\nStrong software development skills in Python or C#, with an emphasis on object-oriented design and building and maintaining production-oriented design and building and maintaining production quality services and applications, not just scripting or adhoc-hoc automation.\r\nExperience building and operating platform capabilities as products, with a strong emphasis on developer experience, documentation, adoption, and continuous improvement.\r\nDeep, hands-on experience with Terraform, including complex module design, state management, lifecycle operations, and production support of infrastructure-as-code at scale.\r\nExperience operating Terraform Cloud; Sentinel experience is preferred.\r\nHands-on experience operating public cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) in production environments.\r\nExperience designing, owning, and operating CI/CD pipelines, with a preference for GitLab CI/CD; Jenkins experience is preferred.\r\nClear distinction between pipeline ownership and day-today-day pipeline usage is expected.\r\nExperience leading technical response during production incidents, including root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.\r\nStrong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and platform reliability and resiliency principles.\r\nProficiency with Jira (or similar project management tooling) for planning, prioritization, and delivery tracking.\r\nDemonstrated experience mentoring and supporting engineers without formal authority, contributing to team effectiveness and technical growth within a large organization.\r\nPreferred Qualifications Experience with Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) such as Cortex (preferred), Backstage, or OpsLevel.\r\nExperience automating end-to-end developer workflows, from source control through CI/CD, deployment, and runtime operations.\r\nExperience working directly with application development teams to understand their needs and deliver platform capabilities that improve developer experience and productivity.\r\nFamiliarity with containerized and serverless runtime environments, including Kubernetes and managed cloud-native services.\r\nFamiliarity with SRE practices, including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and post-incident-incident reviews.\r\nExperience contributing to technical roadmaps and architectural direction without formal people management-management responsibilities.\r\nExperience designing internal APIs or services consumed by multiple teams.\r\nExperience operating platforms in regulated or security -conscious environments.\r\nExposure to cloud cost optimization or FinOps practices.\r\nExperience with and understanding of fundamental networking concepts, including both physical networking and cloud-based-based networking.\r\nStrong documentation practices, including clear runbooks, design proposals, and operational guides.\r\nExperience with TypeScript.\r\nWhat Sets You Apart You are a trusted technical expert who is sought out for solving complex platform and infrastructure problems.\r\nYou demonstrate strong ownership and accountability, taking initiatives from idea through successful production outcomes.\r\nYou balance deep technical expertise with pragmatic decision-making and sound engineering judgment.\r\nYou communicate clearly and effectively, producing high-quality documentation and explaining complex concepts to audiences with varying levels of technical experience.\r\nYou influence technical direction and best practices through collaboration and example, without relying on formal authority.\r\nYou actively mentor and support engineers, contributing to the overall technical growth and effectiveness of the organization.\r\nYou operate calmly and decisively during high-impact production issues, focusing on resolution, learning, and continuous improvement.\r\nYou think of platforms as products, balancing usability, reliability, and long-term maintainability for internal customers with varying levels of technical experience.\r\nSalary and Benefits Expected annual base salary range: $160,000 - $225,000. Additional compensation and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone's sole discretion.\r\nRegulatory Licenses and Special Requirements Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client-facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following: Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or client questions; Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients; Supervising or training securities licensed employees; Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials. The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.\r\nEqual Employment Opportunity Statement Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.\r\nAccommodations If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).\r\nAdditional Information The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Blackstone Group","rawCompany":"blackstone group","city":"Doral","state":"FL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-06-25T00:40:35.623Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Cloud Platforms Engineer, VP - Data, Cloud & Developer Experience","description":"Role Overview Blackstone's Platform Engineering team delivers the firm's next-generation public cloud platform, enabling application teams to securely build, deploy, and operate critical workloads at scale. The platform is designed with a strong emphasis on software-defined infrastructure, automation, developer experience, and supporting innovation across a global organization. This role is a senior-level individual contributor position at the Vice President level, not a people manager. As a VP Platform Engineer, you will serve as a hands-on technical leader, building and advancing core platform capabilities, and working in close partnership with application teams, security stakeholders, and fellow engineers to enable reliable and secure delivery at scale. You will operate with a high degree of independence, applying strong software engineering principles and disciplined problem-solving skills to design and evolve platform systems that operate at enterprise scale. Clear, effective communication is essential—you are expected to document technical decisions, articulate trade-offs, and explain solutions to stakeholders with varying levels of technical experience. Success in this role requires strong organizational skills and collaborating effectively across a large, globally distributed engineering organization.\r\nKey Responsibilities Design, build, and evolve core platform services that underpin Blackstone's public cloud environments, including AWS and Azure.\r\nDevelop and manage Terraform-based infrastructure, including authoring reusable modules, operating Terraform Cloud, and improving usability and self-service for platform consumers.\r\nOwn the design and implementation of critical platform components, from concept through production support.\r\nBuild and enhance self-service capabilities and internal developer tooling that improve consistency and developer productivity.\r\nPartner closely with cloud security and risk teams to ensure platforms are secure, compliant, and resilient by design.\r\nImprove platform availability, resiliency, and recoverability through modern architectural patterns and deployment strategies.\r\nEnhance observability, diagnostics, and operational supportability across the platform.\r\nServe as a trusted technical resource and mentor for junior-level engineers and consultants, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment through approachability, reliability, and subject-matter expertise.\r\nWork independently to gather requirements and design and implement solutions, while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners (such as Application Security and SRE) to deliver platform capabilities as part of small, ad-hoc teams within a large organization.\r\nMaintain strong delivery discipline, including prioritization, backlog management, and execution tracking using Jira.\r\nParticipate in the team's 24/7 on-call rotation, typically approximately one week out of every four.\r\nStay current with evolving trends in platform engineering, cloud services, modern DevOps, and automation practices to guide platform evolution.\r\nRequired Qualifications 7+ years of experience in a platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or similar individual contributor role, with demonstrated ownership of shared platforms used by multiple engineering teams.\r\nStrong software development skills in Python or C#, with an emphasis on object-oriented design and building and maintaining production-oriented design and building and maintaining production quality services and applications, not just scripting or adhoc-hoc automation.\r\nExperience building and operating platform capabilities as products, with a strong emphasis on developer experience, documentation, adoption, and continuous improvement.\r\nDeep, hands-on experience with Terraform, including complex module design, state management, lifecycle operations, and production support of infrastructure-as-code at scale.\r\nExperience operating Terraform Cloud; Sentinel experience is preferred.\r\nHands-on experience operating public cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) in production environments.\r\nExperience designing, owning, and operating CI/CD pipelines, with a preference for GitLab CI/CD; Jenkins experience is preferred.\r\nClear distinction between pipeline ownership and day-today-day pipeline usage is expected.\r\nExperience leading technical response during production incidents, including root cause analysis and post-incident reviews.\r\nStrong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and platform reliability and resiliency principles.\r\nProficiency with Jira (or similar project management tooling) for planning, prioritization, and delivery tracking.\r\nDemonstrated experience mentoring and supporting engineers without formal authority, contributing to team effectiveness and technical growth within a large organization.\r\nPreferred Qualifications Experience with Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) such as Cortex (preferred), Backstage, or OpsLevel.\r\nExperience automating end-to-end developer workflows, from source control through CI/CD, deployment, and runtime operations.\r\nExperience working directly with application development teams to understand their needs and deliver platform capabilities that improve developer experience and productivity.\r\nFamiliarity with containerized and serverless runtime environments, including Kubernetes and managed cloud-native services.\r\nFamiliarity with SRE practices, including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and post-incident-incident reviews.\r\nExperience contributing to technical roadmaps and architectural direction without formal people management-management responsibilities.\r\nExperience designing internal APIs or services consumed by multiple teams.\r\nExperience operating platforms in regulated or security -conscious environments.\r\nExposure to cloud cost optimization or FinOps practices.\r\nExperience with and understanding of fundamental networking concepts, including both physical networking and cloud-based-based networking.\r\nStrong documentation practices, including clear runbooks, design proposals, and operational guides.\r\nExperience with TypeScript.\r\nWhat Sets You Apart You are a trusted technical expert who is sought out for solving complex platform and infrastructure problems.\r\nYou demonstrate strong ownership and accountability, taking initiatives from idea through successful production outcomes.\r\nYou balance deep technical expertise with pragmatic decision-making and sound engineering judgment.\r\nYou communicate clearly and effectively, producing high-quality documentation and explaining complex concepts to audiences with varying levels of technical experience.\r\nYou influence technical direction and best practices through collaboration and example, without relying on formal authority.\r\nYou actively mentor and support engineers, contributing to the overall technical growth and effectiveness of the organization.\r\nYou operate calmly and decisively during high-impact production issues, focusing on resolution, learning, and continuous improvement.\r\nYou think of platforms as products, balancing usability, reliability, and long-term maintainability for internal customers with varying levels of technical experience.\r\nSalary and Benefits Expected annual base salary range: $160,000 - $225,000. Additional compensation and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone's sole discretion.\r\nRegulatory Licenses and Special Requirements Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client-facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following: Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or client questions; Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients; Supervising or training securities licensed employees; Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials. The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis. Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.\r\nEqual Employment Opportunity Statement Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.\r\nAccommodations If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).\r\nAdditional Information The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position. Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.\r\nJ-18808-Ljbffr","datePosted":"2026-06-25T00:40:35.623Z","dateModified":"2026-06-25T00:40:35.623Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Blackstone Group","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Doral","addressRegion":"FL","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"5a087171fa4eaabcd8c0d275"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5a087171fa4eaabcd8c0d275"}}