Software Engineering Group Mgr. - Kubernetes CaaS Platform

PNC•Strongsville, OH

22h•$100,000 - $211,600•Onsite

About The Position

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As a Software Engineering Group Manager within PNC's Technology organization, you can based in Pittsburgh PA, Strongsville OH, Birmingham AL, Phoenix AZ or Dallas TX (preferred). PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position. We are looking for an accomplished and experienced Software Engineering Group Mgr. leader to lead the strategy, architecture, and operational excellence of Kubernetes-based container platforms. The successful candidate will be instrumental in shaping the strategic direction, defining the roadmap, and facilitating adoption of container hosting platforms across both on-premises and cloud environments. A Software Engineering Group Mgr. is a senior-level leadership role focused on designing, managing, and evolving container-based platforms (Kubernetes ecosystems) for internal or external users. This role serves as a link between technical engineering teams and business stakeholders, ensuring scalable infrastructure solutions are developed, launched, and widely adopted while prioritizing user experience. This role manages multiple development projects, development groups and/or application support functions for a major business segment. It oversees the development and implementation of multiple, complex, organization-wide systems. The manager allocates and ensures resource arrangements during the application development life cycle, maintains relationships with clients to ensure the implementation quality of application systems, and provides solutions or recommendations on complicated technology issues for application development and implementation.

Requirements

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree.
Industry-relevant experience is typically 8+ years.
At least 5 years of prior management experience is typically required.
Proven leadership experience with a moderate to large scope of responsibility is required.
In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
Experience in Agile software development environments.
Strong background in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and DevOps tooling (e.g., Helm, ArgoCD, Jenkins, GitOps).
Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem solutions (OpenShift, bare-metal Kubernetes, etc.).
Proven ability to build technical strategy and lead in a matrixed organization.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple stakeholders effectively.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience) preferred.
10+ years in technology with extensive experience leading Container Platform Engineering teams, preferred.
Architecture/Software Engineer experience in an agile software product development environment.
Advanced level understanding of customer experience.
10+ years of expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), public cloud providers, and platform engineering domains preferred.
Kubernetes Expertise: Strong understanding of Kubernetes cluster architecture, workload orchestration, networking, RBAC, and security best practices.
Hybrid-Cloud & On-Prem Platforms: Hands-on knowledge of hybrid and multi-cloud environments and experience integrating Kubernetes with enterprise systems.
Agile Practices: Deep experience with Agile methodologies and backlog/project management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, ADO).
Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or CKS) strongly preferred.
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe POPM (Preferred).
Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP) a plus.

Responsibilities

Define the roadmap for container platforms (Kubernetes) and container-as-a-service (CaaS) to support enterprise workloads.
Design, deploy, and manage highly available, secure, and scalable containerized infrastructure.
Oversee the product development process, collaborating with engineering to convert market requirements into technical specifications for container runtime, security, and orchestration.
Guarantee developer usability through self-service options, APIs, and clear documentation.
Promote widespread adoption among engineering teams and provide mentorship as well as guidance to engineers.
Represent customers, study industry trends, and inform product development and adoption.
Oversee product metrics to enhance the performance, usability, and reliability of containerized workloads across various environments.
Develop and set standards for container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes.
Establish best practices for CI/CD pipelines, Microservices deployment, and Observability—including logging, monitoring, and tracing.
Guarantee robust high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability.
Enforce container security best practices, scan images, secure runtime, enforce policies, and meet enterprise standards.
Partner with DevOps, security, and networking teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines, container runtime environments, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC).
Enhance cluster efficiency and resource management, minimize on-prem / cloud expenses through effective container orchestration, and strengthen system performance and reliability in accordance with SLOs/SLAs.

Benefits

medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
dental and vision options
employee and spouse/child life insurance
short and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
pension and stock purchase plans
dependent care reimbursement account
back-up child/elder care
adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
a robust wellness program with financial incentives
maternity and/or parental leave
up to 11 paid holidays each year
9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service