Director, Infrastructure and Platform

GE Aerospace•Evendale, OH

3d•$152,000 - $222,000•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Infrastructure & Platform leads the team responsible for creating standard, reliable environments on which Defense & Systems builds, tests, and delivers software. The team owns secure platforms, shared services, and a single golden-path delivery pipeline used by software developers. The role operates the platform as a product rather than as a help desk and is accountable for both the operating model and the people who run it. The Director sets the platform roadmap and service standards, mandates the golden path adopted by product teams, and holds the team to FLIGHT DECK standard work and a bias toward flow. The role aims to improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost by replacing ad-hoc environments and duplicated infrastructure work with a governed, consumable platform. The Director leads and develops a multidisciplinary Infrastructure & Platform team, including technical program management, platform and infrastructure engineering, and infrastructure architecture. The role establishes team objectives and standard work, owns performance and development, removes obstacles, and coaches problem-solving at the point of work. The position governs a single golden-path delivery pipeline covering CI/CD, environments, and shared services; operates the platform with a backlog, roadmap, and service standards; and establishes visible processes for platform change. It partners with Cyber Security to incorporate security best practices by default and scopes the DevSecOps capability gap as a Phase 2 headcount request. The Director ensures secure, reliable, scalable infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments in a defense context, establishes the operating rhythm for reliability and delivery, and partners with four product-development software teams. The role represents Infrastructure & Platform in the Tech Ops leadership cadence, aligns the roadmap to the enterprise and CDAIO baseline, and partners with the Director, Architecture & Data to keep platform patterns and architecture guardrails coupled. This is a remote position. The role requires U.S. work authorization and access to U.S. export-controlled information; employment is contingent on proof of qualifying U.S. Person status. The position requires Export Control compliance (ITAR/EAR).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college and at least 7 years of professional experience, or an Associate's degree and at least 10 years of professional experience, or a High School Diploma and at least 12 years of professional experience.
At least 6 years of professional experience in Infrastructure & Platform Engineering or IT.
At least 3 years of experience leading technical teams.
Legal authorization to work in the United States is required; GE Aerospace will not sponsor employment visas for this job.
Must meet the U.S. Person status requirement for access to U.S. export-controlled information.
Export Control compliance is required (ITAR/EAR).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering.
Experience building and running an internal platform or paved-road capability as a product, with defined service levels.
Platform engineering and site reliability engineering (SRE) background, including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and on-call operations.
Working knowledge of cloud (AWS or Azure), hybrid, and edge environments.
Demonstrated understanding of FLIGHT DECK, Lean, or a comparable operating model, such as Scaled Agile Framework or continuous improvement.
Track record leading and developing technical teams across a complex, matrixed organization.
Ability to drive adoption of a shared standard across teams that do not report to you.
Background in defense, aerospace, or another regulated or export-controlled environment.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government SECRET security clearance.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the Infrastructure & Platform team, covering technical program management, platform and infrastructure engineering, and infrastructure architecture, with clear role clarity, objectives, and standard work.
Own team performance and development, build a culture of ownership, flow, and continuous improvement, remove obstacles, and coach problem-solving at the point of work.
Own and mandate a single golden-path delivery pipeline covering CI/CD, environments, and shared services for all product teams, and govern exceptions.
Operate the platform as a product with a named backlog, published roadmap, and service standards for availability, support, change management, and SLAs.
Establish and make visible how platform changes are requested, prioritized, approved, and released.
Partner with Cyber Security to build security best practice into the platform by default, and scope the DevSecOps capability gap as a Phase 2 headcount ask.
Ensure secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments in a defense context.
Set the operating rhythm, including daily management, WOR, and MOR, to manage reliability and delivery.
Partner with the four product-development software teams so the platform meets current and future needs.
Represent Infrastructure & Platform in the Tech Ops leadership cadence and align the platform roadmap to the enterprise and CDAIO baseline.
Partner with the Director, Architecture & Data to keep platform patterns and architecture guardrails coupled.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace.
Employee Assistance Program with 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.
GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, including a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions.
Access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants.
Tuition assistance.
Adoption assistance.
Paid parental leave.
Disability insurance.
Life insurance.
Paid time off for vacation or illness.
Annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of base salary.