Manager, Platform Engineering

Cargill • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Manager, Platform Engineering sets goals and objectives for a team responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining digital technology infrastructure that supports IT applications and services. The role oversees project planning and prioritization, coordinates cross-functional collaboration, and allocates resources to achieve operational results. It also leads the team in applying industry standards to continuously improve software development and deployment processes.

The manager oversees software project delivery, provides technical guidance on deployment platforms and CI/CD practices, leads quality assurance and process improvement, and coordinates with product managers, designers, and other teams. The role also oversees documentation and technical support, maintains stakeholder partnerships, and manages team performance, development, accountability, and an inclusive team culture.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of relevant work experience; typically, candidates have 5 or more years.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a multi-regional production support team.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and consultants.
• Experience driving large-scale, high-pressure triage sessions and managing stakeholders.
• Experience reporting and managing software and infrastructure costs and budgets.
• Experience supporting a data platform or another large-scale shared service.
• Familiarity with the core technology stack: Cloudera CDP, Impala, Kudu, Apache Kafka, AWS infrastructure, and ServiceNow.

Responsibilities

• Oversee software project implementation and delivery, including resource allocation, to ensure projects are completed on time and within scope.
• Guide the team in using internal software deployment platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and twelve-factor development methodology to automate deployments and support reliable releases.
• Lead testing, code reviews, and adherence to industry standards to ensure software quality and performance.
• Recommend continuous improvement initiatives and lead approved standards and practices that improve development, deployment, and operational excellence, applying test-driven development as needed.
• Coordinate with product managers, designers, and cross-functional teams to gather requirements, set priorities, and deliver resolutions aligned with business objectives.
• Lead and review the creation and maintenance of documentation for software applications, deployment processes, and system configurations.
• Lead technical support and troubleshooting for deployed applications to minimize downtime and resolve issues quickly.
• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, understand their needs, and enable communication that supports project alignment and success.
• Manage team members by setting performance expectations and goals, aligning work, giving and seeking feedback, coaching, measuring progress, holding people accountable, supporting development, recognizing achievements and lessons learned, and fostering an inclusive team culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed