Associate Director of Platform Engineering
About The Position
The Knights of Columbus is seeking an Associate Director of Platform Engineering to establish and lead an enterprise platform engineering function that accelerates technology delivery, strengthens governance, and improves operational efficiency. The position reports to the AVP of Infrastructure Delivery. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on engineering. The Associate Director will work with stakeholders to define platform strategy, roadmap, architecture, and standards while building and mentoring a platform engineering team. Initial priorities include Microsoft Azure, Terraform, automated delivery pipelines, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Boomi integrations. The focus is on secure, reusable, self-service capabilities that simplify infrastructure provisioning. The organization is a tax-exempt Catholic fraternal benefit society that provides financial security products to its members and families and supports charitable work. The position may require occasional after-hours and weekend work for maintenance windows or critical issues. Ability to travel as needed is required. The role requires authorization to work in the United States and is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
Requirements
- Demonstrated leadership in enterprise platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps.
- Prior experience standing up a platform engineering capability or internal developer platform from scratch.
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including cluster architecture, networking, security, scaling, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
- Advanced Terraform experience, including reusable modules, remote state management, and CI/CD integration.
- Proficiency with Git-based workflows and Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
- Ability to lead technical teams, prioritize a platform roadmap, and drive internal adoption.
- Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical decisions into business outcomes.
- Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of experience and training.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in software and/or systems engineering, with at least 3 to 5 years in a leadership or supervisory role.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on Azure expertise across networking, identity, infrastructure, and governance.
- Experience deploying and supporting Boomi runtime infrastructure, including secure connectivity, capacity planning, monitoring, and high availability.
- Experience designing Azure Landing Zones or comparable enterprise cloud foundations.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with stakeholders to shape the platform strategy, roadmap, and prioritized backlog, aligning investments with business needs.
- Lead platform architecture and implementation, including Azure Landing Zones, reusable Terraform modules, and automated deployment patterns.
- Build and mentor the engineering team, including infrastructure staff transitioning into platform engineering roles.
- Establish standards for infrastructure as code, CI/CD, testing, documentation, and policy as code.
- Partner with security, infrastructure, application development, and finance teams to embed governance, reliability, and cost management into platform services.
- Drive adoption through customer engagement, practical self-service capabilities, and continuous improvement.
- Communicate priorities, risks, and outcomes to executive leadership.
- Perform occasional after-hours and weekend work for maintenance windows or critical issues.
- Travel as needed.
Benefits
- 13 paid holidays per year, in addition to vacation and paid sick leave.
- Flexible workweek schedules.
- Certifications, designations, and tuition reimbursement.
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with matching company contributions.
- Cash balance retirement plans fully funded by the company.
- Short-term disability and term life insurance fully paid for by the company.
- Up to 12 weeks of childbirth leave under the short-term disability policy.
- One week of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, including adoptive and foster parents.
- A variety of health insurance options, including premium-level family coverage and a pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions.
- Long-term disability insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Health club membership reimbursement.
- Employee Assistance Program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
