Technical Project Manager – SRE & Platform Engineering

American IT Systems • Iselin, NJ

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves managing and coordinating the delivery of SRE and Platform Engineering services. The Technical Project Manager will collaborate with technical architects to align solution design, dependencies, roadmaps, and execution plans. Key responsibilities include ensuring timely delivery of platform services, reliability initiatives, and engineering commitments, as well as supporting platform remediation program management. The role also drives governance, reporting, stakeholder communication, and cross-team coordination for Kubernetes/OpenShift-based platform initiatives. Additionally, the manager will facilitate collaboration between application and shared platform teams to resolve blockers, manage dependencies, and accelerate adoption of standard platform services. Contributions to capacity planning and prioritization through roadmaps, sequencing, resource planning, and dependency management are also expected. The role aims to promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and execution excellence.

Requirements

• DevOps
• SRE
• Platform Engineering
• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• 10+ years experience

Nice To Haves

• Strong experience in Technical Project/Program Management within SRE, DevOps, Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering environments.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes, OpenShift, cloud/platform operations, CI/CD, observability, release management, and infrastructure dependencies.
• Experience managing platform remediation, reliability improvement, modernization, or operational excellence programs.
• Ability to work effectively with technical architects, engineering managers, operations teams, and senior leadership.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and hybrid delivery models in enterprise engineering environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, risk management, and coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate delivery of SRE and Platform Engineering services across application, DevOps, and infrastructure teams.
• Collaborate with technical architects to align solution design, dependencies, roadmaps, and execution plans.
• Ensure timely delivery of platform services, reliability initiatives, and engineering commitments.
• Support platform remediation program management, including tracking risks, issues, technical debt, and closure plans.
• Drive governance, reporting, stakeholder communication, and cross-team coordination for Kubernetes/OpenShift-based platform initiatives.
• Enable smooth collaboration between application teams and shared platform teams to resolve blockers, manage platform dependencies, and accelerate adoption of standard platform services.
• Contributes to capacity planning and prioritization by working with architects and engineering leads on roadmaps, sequencing, resource planning, and implementation dependencies.
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, and execution excellence across DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, Application, and Infrastructure teams.

What This Job Offers

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