Director, Platform Engineering
S&P Global
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Hyderabad • India
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About the role
- Define and execute the platform engineering strategy and roadmap that delivers scalable, secure, and automated infrastructure services.
- Lead DevOps transformation initiatives, advancing CI/CD maturity, self-service, and operational excellence.
- Shape technical architecture and design patterns, ensuring alignment with platform standards and automation goals.
- Own and evolve the developer platform as a product—capturing requirements, prioritizing capabilities, and delivering high-value improvements.
- Drive GenAI and automation initiatives that enhance deployment intelligence, predictive operations, and developer productivity.
- Oversee the continuous improvement of blueprints, IaC templates, and reusable automation frameworks across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
- Partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to integrate platform strategy into enterprise technology priorities.
- Collaborate with security, compliance, and FinOps teams to embed reliability, governance, and cost efficiency across all platform layers.
- Define and track key metrics (velocity, uptime, adoption, satisfaction) to measure impact and guide platform evolution.
- Maintain technical credibility through architecture reviews, design sessions, and mentoring senior engineers.
- Cultivate a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and cross-functional collaboration.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in Platform Engineering with proven leadership in enterprise-scale environments.
- Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Kubernetes, and CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins).
- Strong programming proficiency in Java, Python, or Go for automation, tooling, and platform services.
- Solid experience with AWS (EKS, IAM, VPC, RDS, Lambda) and familiarity with Azure/GCP multi-cloud architectures.
- Strong foundation in DevSecOps, observability, monitoring, and SRE principles (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets).
- Demonstrated experience in AI-driven automation, AIOps, or GenAI integration for platform or operational use cases.
- Ability to bridge strategic planning with hands-on technical oversight and architectural decision-making.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with proven ability to align platform outcomes to business goals.
Benefits
- Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
- Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
- Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
- Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
- Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families.
- Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Infrastructure as CodeTerraformKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsGitLabJenkinsJavaPythonGo
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementstrategic planningtechnical oversightarchitectural decision-makinginnovationcollaborationmentoringoperational excellence