Lead Platform Engineer - Parametric

Morgan Stanley•Seattle, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Platform Engineering team is part of Parametric IT's Developer Experience department at Parametric and is vital to developer enablement and system reliability in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). As a team, we: Consult and collaborate with cloud-native (AWS, Azure) and self-hosted application teams to deliver and operate reliable, performant, robust, and secure applications Automate provisioning of non-production environment for application development and testing Design, operate, and manage development toolchains and CI/CD pipelines to meet objectives for high-velocity delivery while also meeting control requirements Build and maintain container orchestration on Kubernetes Provide observability via monitoring tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Sentry etc. The Lead Platform Engineer will partner with cloud-native application development teams with direct business alignment - empowering them to deliver quality software at high velocity, rapidly receive actionable feedback, and cultivating an environment of continuous experimentation. Additionally, the Lead Platform Engineer will create reusable components and workflows that deliver superior developer experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
8+ years of hands-on Platform Engineering (i.e., DevOps, SysOps, SRE) experience with a proven track record of people and thought leadership to achieve strategic objectives
8+ years of hands-on experience with cloud-native solution architectures and related platform support, i.e., Cyber Security, Infrastructure as Code (IAC), Observability
Serve as technical lead for strategic projects, providing architectural guidance, driving technical decisions, and ensuring alignment across teams.
Influence engineering standards, best practices, and technology direction while mentoring and developing less experienced team members.
Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into scalable technical solutions.
Ability to dive deep and get hands-on to contribute to platform engineering solutions
Expertise in automation strategies for cloud-native solutions (pipelines, IAC, test suites)
Proven experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
Experience implementing IAC - Terraform preferred
Experience using GitHub and engineering YAML based ci/cd pipelines
Experience implementing and operating container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
Developer enablement mindset with an ability to collaborate across technology teams
Experience with Vulnerability Management tooling (SAST and SCA scanning) integration with SDLC toolchain
Experience using Gen AI tooling for software development and testing productivity
Expertise scripting with Python, BASH, PowerShell

Responsibilities

Function as subject matter expert in the areas of delivering and operating reliable, performant, robust, and secure applications
Serve as a technical lead for key initiatives, influencing technical strategy, driving best practices, and ensuring successful delivery of business objectives.
Mentor and develop team members through coaching, knowledge sharing, and constructive technical guidance.
Work with the development teams to design, document, create and maintain highly available systems
Partner with the application development teams to create flows, processes, automation, and tooling
Create an environment of continuous experimentation and learning
Contribute to evolution of our architecture (cloud-focused) to increase its flexibility and ease of use
Follow technology trends/tools and recommend improvements to our technology when appropriate
Share experience, knowledge, and ideas with the team to improve processes and productivity
Provide tier 2 and 3 escalations for related issues and questions

Benefits

Medical
Prescription Drug
Dental
Vision
Health Savings Account
Dependent Day Care Savings Account
Life Insurance
Disability and Other Insurance Plans
Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave consistent with state and local law, Parental Leave and 20 Vacation Days annually)
10 Paid Holidays
401(k)
Short/Long Term Disability