Director, Infrastructure and Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and enhance the Infrastructure & Platform team, encompassing technical program management, platform and infrastructure engineering, and infrastructure architecture.

• Take ownership of team performance and development; define role clarity, objectives, and standard operating procedures.

• Identify and eliminate obstacles while coaching problem-solving at the worksite.

• Own and enforce a single golden-path delivery pipeline that includes CI/CD, environments, and shared services.

• Oversee the exception process for product teams unable to utilize the golden path.

• Manage the platform as a product with a defined backlog, roadmap, service standards, availability, support, change management, and SLAs.

• Establish governance protocols for requesting, prioritizing, approving, and executing platform changes.

• Collaborate with Cyber Security to integrate security best practices into the platform and assess the DevSecOps capability gap.

• Ensure a secure, reliable, and scalable infrastructure across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments.

• Set the operational rhythm, including daily management, WOR, and MOR.

• Partner with four product-development software teams to address current and future platform requirements.

• Represent Infrastructure & Platform in Tech Ops leadership meetings.

• Align the platform roadmap with the enterprise and CDAIO baseline.

• Collaborate with the Director of Architecture & Data on platform patterns and architectural guidelines.

• Promote the adoption of the shared platform standard and monitor success through metrics such as adoption rates, SLAs, DORA metrics, change failure rates, time-to-restore, and team health.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum of 7 years of professional experience, OR an Associate's degree with a minimum of 10 years of professional experience, OR a High School Diploma with a minimum of 12 years of professional experience.

• At least 6 years of professional experience in Infrastructure & Platform Engineering or IT.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in leading technical teams.

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is mandatory.

• GE Aerospace will not provide employment visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future.

• Compliance with Export Control is required (ITAR/EAR).

• U.S. Person status is necessary for access to U.S. export-controlled information: a U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. citizen, or individual granted asylee or refugee status.

• Preferred ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government SECRET security clearance.

• Preferred experience with internal platforms or paved-road capabilities, service levels, platform engineering, SRE, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability, on-call operations, AWS or Azure, hybrid and edge environments, FLIGHT DECK, Lean, Scaled Agile Framework, continuous improvement, complex matrixed organizations, defense, aerospace, or regulated/export-controlled environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of base salary.

• Coverage for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drugs.

• Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace.

• Employee Assistance Program offering 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.

• GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan.

• 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and retirement contributions from the company.

• Fidelity resources and planning consultants available.

• Tuition assistance provided.

• Adoption assistance available.

• Paid parental leave offered.

• Disability insurance included.

• Life insurance coverage provided.

• Paid time off for vacations or illness.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Relocation assistance is not offered.