Manager, Platform Engineering

Versant Health•Troy, NY

About The Position

The Platform Engineering Manager will lead the enterprise CI/CD and release platform while driving a migration from Bitbucket to GitHub and enabling secure, governed API delivery using Axway and Cloudflare. Own automation, environment management, and release governance to deliver software faster, safer, and audit ready. The Platform Engineering Manager will set the strategy for scalable platform engineering practices that improve developer experience, reduce deployment risk, and increase consistency across application teams. Partner closely with Engineering, Security, DevOps and QA to align release processes, API governance, and delivery standards with enterprise priorities. This role is responsible for building a resilient, secure, and modern delivery ecosystem that supports continuous improvement, operational excellence, and compliance readiness.

Requirements

Bachelors degree required in Computer Science or related field.
8 + years in DevOps/Platform Engineering.
3+ years Leadership experience.
Strong Hands on experience with: Bitbucket (Git), GitHub (Git), TeamCity (CI), Octopus Deploy (release management).
Experience with Axway API Management, GitHub Actions, Kubermetes/Open shift experience preferred.
Cloudflare(WAF, API Security, edge services.
Experience in CI/CD release governance and DevSecOps
All Associates must comply with the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as it pertains to disclosures of protected health information (PHI) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and HIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures.
As a component of job roles and responsibilities, Associates may have access to covered information, cardholder data or other confidential customer information which must be protected at all times.
As a result, Associates must explicitly adhere to all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Privacy & Security Training Program.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred.
Kubermetes/Open shift experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Own delivery toolchain: Bitbucket → TeamCity → Octopus Deploy
Standardize pipelines, templates, and deployment patterns
Drive automation across build, test, deploy, and release workflows
Define and manage end-to-end environment strategy (Dev, QA, UAT, Prod)
Implement automated environment provisioning (IaC) and configuration consistency
Manage environment promotion, parity, and dependency coordination
Ensure environments are stable, secure, and release-ready
Integrate environment controls into Octopus deployment workflows and approvals
Lead migration from Bitbucket to GitHub and TeamCity to GitHub Actions
Establish branching strategy, repo governance, and PR standards
Drive adoption with minimal disruption to delivery
Axway: API lifecycle, governance, policy enforcement, publishing
Cloudflare: Edge security (WAF, API protection, rate limiting, Zero Trust)
Implement layered architecture: Cloudflare (Edge security) → Axway (API governance)
Ensure CI/CD pipelines deploy APIs consistently into this model
Embed security into pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning)
Integrate with Cloudflare API/security controls for runtime protection
Enforce policy-as-code and Zero Trust principles
Ensure audit-ready traceability (SOC/compliance alignment)
Own end-to-end release lifecycle
Standardize: Environment promotion workflows, Approval gates & segregation of duties, Rollback/recovery strategies
Ensure releases align with Axway policies and Cloudflare security layers
Lead Platform/DevOps/Release teams
Partner with Engineering, QA, Security, and SRE
Drive adoption of standardized, secure delivery practices