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This role combines leadership, enterprise strategy and hands-on technical judgment to deliver measurable business impact.\n\nCompensation / Benefitsflexible work environmentcomprehensive health benefitsmeeting-free daysgenerous time-off policywellness programs\nResponsibilitiesLead and grow a global platform engineering and systems administration teamOwn strategy, architecture, governance and roadmap for Atlassian Cloud (Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Atlassian Guard, Rovo)Set direction for Microsoft 365 E5 estate (Teams, SharePoint, Exchange Online, Intune, Defender, Purview, Power Platform, Copilot)Design scalable integration/automation patterns across identity, HRIS, ITSM and business systemsCollaborate with IT Support to improve self-service and reduce ticket volume and time to resolutionEstablish security, access governance, AI adoption, reliability, compliance and business continuity standards across the tech estate\nKey requirementsSignificant experience in internal IT or platform engineering with leadership of distributed technical teamsDeep hands-on experience owning Atlassian Cloud at enterprise scale (Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence)Strong experience administering and governing Microsoft 365 E5 (Teams, SharePoint, Exchange Online, Intune, Defender, Purview)Ability to set architecture direction across identity and cloud technologies (Okta or equivalent SSO, Active Directory, Entra ID, AWS)Proven success applying ITIL-aligned service management, automation and self-service to improve employee support outcomesStrong understanding of identity/access governance, least privilege, data loss prevention, ITGC and audit requirementsTrack record developing engineers, influencing cross-functional partners and communicating clearly to technical and non-technical audiencesleadership and people managementcross-functional collaborationclear technical communicationAtlassian Cloud (Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Atlassian Guard, Rovo)Microsoft 365 E5 administration (Teams, SharePoint, Exchange Online, Intune, Defender, Purview)Identity and access management (SSO platforms, Okta, Active Directory, Entra ID)","company":"Diligent","rawCompany":"diligent","city":"Washington","state":"DC","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-09-15T04:24:52.907Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"11-3021.00","title":"Computer and Information Systems Managers","slug":"computer-and-information-systems-managers"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"}],"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":"Senior Manager Platform Engineering","description":"Overview\nIn this role you lead global platform engineering, shaping the Atlassian and Microsoft platform estate to be secure, reliable and scalable. 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