Manager, ITS Platform Engineering

Spire Inc.•St. Louis, MO

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Spire is seeking a Manager, ITS Platform Engineering to oversee and provide guidance to a technical pool of resources. This role will lead and develop a highly skilled, cross functional technical staff to implement solutions for critical customer facing applications and end-user groups, with a focus on continuous improvement, quality, and providing a high level of customer-centric service delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in related field or extensive similar work experience (5+ years), required
5+ years’ experience working on cross-functional, cross-geographical integrated systems and projects, required.
5-8 years of progressive work experience playing an active role in technology delivery and/or business analysis, required.
Minimum 5 years in people leadership position, directly or indirectly, required.
Familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and other Agile methodologies.
Analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Experience working collaboratively with technical, development and Product Management teams.
Working knowledge of virtualization and containerization, public cloud, Windows and Linux Operating Systems, automation, and database technologies with a focus on resiliency and disaster recovery.

Nice To Haves

SAFe certification(s) preferred
Microsoft certification(s) (active or expired) preferred
RedHat certification(s) (active or expired) preferred

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and oversight on all Platform Engineering areas such as Server and Storage hardware, Operating System best practices and management, Virtualization and Containerization, Core Database functions, and Disaster Recovery.
Oversee diverse pool of technical resources to ensure continuous delivery of work as planned accordingly in the agile kanban teams and as other schedules require.
Maintain alignment with overall Product vision and roadmap to ensure capacity and resources to support the needs of Spire IT teams.
Close knowledge gaps and build highly skilled resource pools to support core technology solutions by enabling training and building strategic development plans.
Maintain collaborative partnership with leaders, as well as peers, to ensure timely resolution of pending issues, team performance is monitored, and objectives are realized.
Partner effectively with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to isolate any team level performance concerns, create remediation plans, and attend team ceremonies as needed to stay connected.
Set measurable performance objectives annually with a focus on career pathing and opportunities for individuals.
Lead by example, provide motivation to team members, and instill accountability.
Provide ample support as needed to ensure tools and resources are provided to team to be successful.
Participate and lead direct reports in developing and maintaining a roadmap for the technologies and solutions owned by this team.
Participate in the annual budgeting process for the Platform and Database Engineering team.
Respond timely to requests for information or action items from leadership team, peers and team members.