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Platform Engineering Manager - Empire Life Insurance
Engineering Manager
Lead a high‑performing platform engineering team, driving cloud strategy, automation, and scalable infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines to deliver reliable, secure services for a large insurance organization.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of platform engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high quality delivery.
- Architect and evolve the cloud platform, focusing on AWS services, Kubernetes clusters, and IaC best practices.
- Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines that accelerate release cycles while maintaining security and compliance.
- Collaborate with product, security, and operations teams to ensure platform reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Drive automation of infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and incident response to reduce manual effort and improve uptime.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in platform engineering or DevOps roles, with proven leadership in a technical team.
- Deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong background in CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD) and container orchestration.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Experience in the insurance or regulated industry is a plus.