{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"d7b5c24ce7889335382566c9","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d7b5c24ce7889335382566c9","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d7b5c24ce7889335382566c9","title":"Sr Manager, Platform Engineering","description":"Job Description:\nFlexential is hiring a Platform Engineering leader in the IT organization to plan roadmaps, establish requirements, develop and operationally manage platform technologies including Observability, DevOps, ITSM and Integrations. Current platform initiatives include building a next-gen OpenTelemetry observability platform for 40+ data center facilities and platforms using a LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir); and enabling secure high-velocity SDLC capability enabling paved pathways, engg excellence measurements and devsecops across multiple development teams.\n\nThis role sits at the intersection of engineering management and hands-on technical work. You will lead a team of platform engineers, create/capture requirements, establish and own technical planning and implementation, and be accountable for platform reliability, security, and delivery timelines. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role — the platforms you build will be foundational to Flexential's IT services, as well as enable AIOps and AI infrastructure.\nKey Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:\nLead the design, development, deployment and operational management of automated, resilient, high availability, self-healing, secure platforms with native-AI capabilities for IT needs, serving both internal as well as customer business capabilities.\nLead, Build and manage the Platform Engineering team and function — hiring, mentoring, performance management, and technical roadmap ownership.\nPlan, build and operate an OpenTelemetry Observability platform with technologies including Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, Alertmanager on Kubernetes/RKE2 using Helm and ArgoCD.\nBuild an automated federated Observability Edge Stack — Prometheus + OTel collector nodes deployed per site and Zabbix auto-discovery configuration and Prometheus scrape profile library for 10+ device classes (Cisco, Juniper, Dell, NetApp, etc.).\nDesign, develop and manage engineering lifecycle platforms for high-velocity secure SDLC using Gitlab and similar / related technologies.\nBuild and operate iaC and CI/CD platforms including GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible AWX, Helm, and ArgoCD for automated provisioning and application deployment.\nOwn, enhance and operate critical IT platform technologies e.g Boomi for integrations, AWS for Cloud environments, including their hosted infrastructure.\nEstablish and enforce platform security posture: secrets management via CyberArk/Conjur, RBAC, mTLS, compliance boundary design, and zero inbound telemetry architecture.\nBuild and integrate ITSM capabilities for various platforms e.g automated incident creation, CI enrichment, and CMDB correlation\nDefine and implement extensibility patterns including AIOps: e.g anomaly detection hooks, event correlation pipeline design, and integration with future ML/AI tooling.\nPartner with other IT and business teams for App Dev, requirements capture, delivery validation and integration needs.\nRepresent platform engineering in cross-functional architecture reviews and executive-level program updates.\nPerform other management and technical duties as required and assigned for team and operational resilience e.g team building, on -call rotation, etc\nTravel maybe required to team or project events\n\nRequired Qualifications\n12+ years of relevant technical experience with 4+ years in a management (or Principal-level) role leading a engineering team\nDevOps / Platform Engineering - 8+ years, End-to-end ownership of developer/infrastructure platforms; Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, service-mesh, containerized workloads\nGitOps / CI-CD - 5+ years GitLab CI/CD, pipeline authoring, infrastructure-as-code delivery\n8+ years of expert level automation frameworks experience with Python, Terraform, Ansible, etc.\nInfrastructure (Linux/VM) - 8+ years Linux systems administration, VM lifecycle (VMware vCenter/VCF), Netapp storage and compute provisioning\nWorking knowledge of Networking - 3+ years, TCP/IP, BGP/OSPF, SNMP protocol\nAI tooling – Strong understanding (or 1+ years experience) with MCP, Agentic workflows, SRE workflows e.g AIOps for Anomaly detection, event correlation, alert noise reduction on Prometheus and Grafana stack\nExperience with Secrets & Security - 4+ years, CyberArk, Conjur, Vault, or equivalent; RBAC design, compliance boundary architecture\nEngineering Management - 4+ years, Hiring, team building, performance management, roadmap ownership for teams of 5+ engineers\nOther training and experience may be substituted for the job requirements at the discretion of the manager\n\nPreferred Skills\nHands-on experience or working knowledge of Boomi integrations PaaS(iPaaS) technologies\nExperience with design and development of DR test application/automation and process workflows for corporate BCP execution.\nHands-on experience working with AWS products in a Well-architected Framework and multi-account model to develop various compute, storage, network iaaS and PaaS services for IT applications.\nHands-on experience working with BAS / BMS systems in a Datacenter / OT environment.\nBase Pay Range: Annualized salary range offered for this position is estimated to be $170,000 - $200,000. However, the actual pay range depends on each candidate’s experience, location, and qualifications.\nVariable Pay: Discretionary annual bonus, based on personal and company performance.\nNot meeting every single requirement? No problem! We are looking for candidates who possess unique skills that set them apart from the rest. If you're enthusiastic about this role and believe you have the skills and abilities that would make you successful, don't hesitate to apply today!\nBenefits of working at Flexential:\n\nMedical, Telehealth, Dental and Vision\n401(k)\nHealth Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)\nLife and AD&D\nShort Term and Long-Term disability\nFlex Paid Time Off (PTO)\nLeave of Absence\nEmployee Assistance Program\nWellness Program\nRewards and Recognition Program\nBenefits are subject to change at the Company's discretion.\nFlexential participates in the E-Verify program. Please click here for more information.\nEEOC Statement: Flexential is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.","company":"Flexential","rawCompany":"flexential","city":"Centennial","state":"CO","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-23T15:37:48.424Z","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":"15-1299.09","title":"Information Technology Project Managers","slug":"information-technology-project-managers"}],"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":"Sr Manager, Platform Engineering","description":"Job Description:\nFlexential is hiring a Platform Engineering leader in the IT organization to plan roadmaps, establish requirements, develop and operationally manage platform technologies including Observability, DevOps, ITSM and Integrations. Current platform initiatives include building a next-gen OpenTelemetry observability platform for 40+ data center facilities and platforms using a LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir); and enabling secure high-velocity SDLC capability enabling paved pathways, engg excellence measurements and devsecops across multiple development teams.\n\nThis role sits at the intersection of engineering management and hands-on technical work. You will lead a team of platform engineers, create/capture requirements, establish and own technical planning and implementation, and be accountable for platform reliability, security, and delivery timelines. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role — the platforms you build will be foundational to Flexential's IT services, as well as enable AIOps and AI infrastructure.\nKey Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:\nLead the design, development, deployment and operational management of automated, resilient, high availability, self-healing, secure platforms with native-AI capabilities for IT needs, serving both internal as well as customer business capabilities.\nLead, Build and manage the Platform Engineering team and function — hiring, mentoring, performance management, and technical roadmap ownership.\nPlan, build and operate an OpenTelemetry Observability platform with technologies including Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, Alertmanager on Kubernetes/RKE2 using Helm and ArgoCD.\nBuild an automated federated Observability Edge Stack — Prometheus + OTel collector nodes deployed per site and Zabbix auto-discovery configuration and Prometheus scrape profile library for 10+ device classes (Cisco, Juniper, Dell, NetApp, etc.).\nDesign, develop and manage engineering lifecycle platforms for high-velocity secure SDLC using Gitlab and similar / related technologies.\nBuild and operate iaC and CI/CD platforms including GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible AWX, Helm, and ArgoCD for automated provisioning and application deployment.\nOwn, enhance and operate critical IT platform technologies e.g Boomi for integrations, AWS for Cloud environments, including their hosted infrastructure.\nEstablish and enforce platform security posture: secrets management via CyberArk/Conjur, RBAC, mTLS, compliance boundary design, and zero inbound telemetry architecture.\nBuild and integrate ITSM capabilities for various platforms e.g automated incident creation, CI enrichment, and CMDB correlation\nDefine and implement extensibility patterns including AIOps: e.g anomaly detection hooks, event correlation pipeline design, and integration with future ML/AI tooling.\nPartner with other IT and business teams for App Dev, requirements capture, delivery validation and integration needs.\nRepresent platform engineering in cross-functional architecture reviews and executive-level program updates.\nPerform other management and technical duties as required and assigned for team and operational resilience e.g team building, on -call rotation, etc\nTravel maybe required to team or project events\n\nRequired Qualifications\n12+ years of relevant technical experience with 4+ years in a management (or Principal-level) role leading a engineering team\nDevOps / Platform Engineering - 8+ years, End-to-end ownership of developer/infrastructure platforms; Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD, service-mesh, containerized workloads\nGitOps / CI-CD - 5+ years GitLab CI/CD, pipeline authoring, infrastructure-as-code delivery\n8+ years of expert level automation frameworks experience with Python, Terraform, Ansible, etc.\nInfrastructure (Linux/VM) - 8+ years Linux systems administration, VM lifecycle (VMware vCenter/VCF), Netapp storage and compute provisioning\nWorking knowledge of Networking - 3+ years, TCP/IP, BGP/OSPF, SNMP protocol\nAI tooling – Strong understanding (or 1+ years experience) with MCP, Agentic workflows, SRE workflows e.g AIOps for Anomaly detection, event correlation, alert noise reduction on Prometheus and Grafana stack\nExperience with Secrets & Security - 4+ years, CyberArk, Conjur, Vault, or equivalent; RBAC design, compliance boundary architecture\nEngineering Management - 4+ years, Hiring, team building, performance management, roadmap ownership for teams of 5+ engineers\nOther training and experience may be substituted for the job requirements at the discretion of the manager\n\nPreferred Skills\nHands-on experience or working knowledge of Boomi integrations PaaS(iPaaS) technologies\nExperience with design and development of DR test application/automation and process workflows for corporate BCP execution.\nHands-on experience working with AWS products in a Well-architected Framework and multi-account model to develop various compute, storage, network iaaS and PaaS services for IT applications.\nHands-on experience working with BAS / BMS systems in a Datacenter / OT environment.\nBase Pay Range: Annualized salary range offered for this position is estimated to be $170,000 - $200,000. However, the actual pay range depends on each candidate’s experience, location, and qualifications.\nVariable Pay: Discretionary annual bonus, based on personal and company performance.\nNot meeting every single requirement? No problem! We are looking for candidates who possess unique skills that set them apart from the rest. If you're enthusiastic about this role and believe you have the skills and abilities that would make you successful, don't hesitate to apply today!\nBenefits of working at Flexential:\n\nMedical, Telehealth, Dental and Vision\n401(k)\nHealth Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)\nLife and AD&D\nShort Term and Long-Term disability\nFlex Paid Time Off (PTO)\nLeave of Absence\nEmployee Assistance Program\nWellness Program\nRewards and Recognition Program\nBenefits are subject to change at the Company's discretion.\nFlexential participates in the E-Verify program. 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