Director, Head of Platform Engineering

MIO Partners • New York, NY

40d • $1 - $2 • Hybrid

About The Position

MIO Partners, Inc. (MIO) provides proprietary investment products to McKinsey’s retirement plan and partners and offers independent, high-quality financial advice to McKinsey’s partners. We manage a wide array of investment vehicles with significant expertise and a long and successful track record in alternative strategies, including hedge funds and private equity. We have a multibillion-dollar portfolio of assets under management, and we manage assets for and advise only McKinsey-related clients; we do not accept outside or third-party investments. MIO is a values-based organization that is strongly aligned with our investors’ interests. MIO measures success as performance relative to a market-based benchmark. MIO, a 250+ person registered investment adviser, provides ample opportunities for somebody with an entrepreneurial drive to shine. We strive to meet the highest professional standards and build an organization that attracts, develops, and retains exceptional people. MIO is a wholly owned subsidiary of McKinsey, but our activities are kept entirely separate from those of the consulting Firm. Position MIO’s Enterprise IT team seeks a Head of Platform Engineering who will be responsible for leading MIO’s Platform Engineering and Cloud Engineering team. This individual will work closely with other directors, architects, software engineers, platform engineers, business users, and other stakeholders to design and implement DevOps and platform engineering platforms and practices that meet organizational needs and follow cloud best practices. This role is critical to enable a standard, secure, scalable, resilient, and efficient MIO application and infrastructure footprint within our cloud environment. The Head of Platform Engineering will also be expected to work collaboratively with others in IT and business to realize the full life cycle of system development projects, from requirements gathering to application design, coding, testing, delivery, support, and enhancements. The successful candidate will have extensive technical experience working with AWS cloud technologies, preferably for financial services firms, such as asset managers, hedge funds, and/or broker/dealers. The new hire must lead by example and work collaboratively to:

Requirements

• At least 13+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles
• At least 7+ years in team leadership or management positions
• Bachelor of science in computer science or other related discipline (although strong experience with a less directly related degree will be considered)
• Strong experience in AWS Cloud technologies
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tools (GitLab pipelines, Jenkins etc.)
• Understanding of monitoring and observability tools (ELK, Dynatrace, Datadog etc.)
• Experience with microservices, serverless architectures, and containerization
• Proficiency in AWS cloud platform including infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines
• Good intuition for end-user requirements gathering; iterative and collaborative approach to design
• Strong client relationship management skills and excellent written/verbal communication skills to interact at all levels

Nice To Haves

• Formal problem-solving and/or analytical training/experience a plus, as is experience working with management consultants

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of platform engineers and DevOps specialists
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) with security, stability, and cost in mind
• Design and oversee implementation of CI/CD pipelines and automation strategies
• Establish infrastructure as code practices using CDK, GitLab, AWS developer tools
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure platform stability
• Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies and develop best practices based on MIO’s use cases
• Ensure application architectures follow cloud best practices for reliability, security, performance, and efficiency
• Develop and enforce best practices for system security, compliance, and disaster recovery
• Optimize infrastructure costs while maintaining performance standards
• Develop reference implementations and contribute through hands-on coding as needed
• Work with development teams to improve deployment processes and system reliability
• Collaborate with business owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions with an eye toward technology consistency and best practices
• Work with engineers, business users, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure solutions align with business goals
• Maintain detailed documentation for reference architectures, design patterns, and system configurations
• Raise the bar on our development capabilities, standards, and processes
• Synthesize requirements gathered from various teams within/outside of IT and suggest creative solutions; where appropriate, guiding MIO to “do it the right way”
• Following a scrum methodology, organize with end users, business analysts, and other architects and developers
• Recommend positive steps toward standardizing development processes, including technology selection, deployment steps, code reviews, and IT tools
• Partner with development, QA, and AppSecOps teams to promote standardization, consistency, and improved security posture

Benefits

• MIO offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision coverage, telemedicine services, life, accident and disability insurance, parental leave and family planning benefits, caregiving resources, a generous retirement program, financial guidance, and paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees