Manager, Platform Engineering & DevEx

We are seeking a GKE Platform Engineer with a strong focus on Developer Experience (DevEx) to design and operate scalable, secure Kubernetes infrastructure on GCP. You will manage GKE environments, build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, and implement self-service tools to streamline developer workflows. This role drives DevEx across onboarding, observability, and deployment by building internal platforms, automating infrastructure with Terraform and Helm, and integrating with tools like Jira, GitHub, and Dynatrace. Ideal candidates have deep GCP/GKE experience, strong DevOps skills, and a passion for improving how developers build and ship software.

• Developer Experience Leadership: Lead DevEx strategy across the GKE platform and related developer workflows. Design and implement intuitive self-service tools, onboarding accelerators, golden paths, and streamlined CI/CD workflows that enable developers to go from code to production with minimal friction.
• GKE Platform Management at Scale: Manage and optimize large-scale GKE environments across multiple SDLC stages and business units, ensuring the platform is highly available, secure, and cost-efficient.
• CI/CD Platform Enablement: Build, maintain, and standardize CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions and Terraform to drive deployment automation, testing, and compliance. Partner with developer teams to simplify pipeline creation and reduce lead time.
• Developer Onboarding & Self-Service: Build and support self-service solutions for namespace provisioning, app onboarding, and resource management to accelerate developer productivity while maintaining security and governance controls.
• Platform Product Thinking: Act as a product owner for the internal platform. Gather developer feedback, analyze friction points, and continuously improve the developer journey with data-driven enhancements.
• Workload Identity & Security: Implement identity-aware infrastructure using GCP IAM, Workload Identity, and Kubernetes RBAC to enforce secure access and least-privilege principles.
• Enterprise GKE Governance: Leverage ACM (Anthos Config Management), KCC (Kubernetes Config Connector), and GitOps practices to govern clusters and workloads across environments using policy-as-code.
• Custom Operators & Controllers: Develop and maintain Kubernetes controllers and operators to automate platform operations and improve resiliency and usability for developers.
• Observability & Feedback Loops: Build a unified observability experience for developers using Prometheus, Dynatrace, Splunk, and OpenTelemetry. Ensure actionable telemetry is available throughout the SDLC to improve debugging and performance monitoring.
• Zero Trust Security Integration: Ensure all platform services and clusters adhere to Zero Trust principles, including workload authentication, service-to-service communication, and VPC isolation.
• Multi-Cluster Ingress Design: Design and operate secure, scalable, and highly available ingress patterns across multi-cluster and multi-region environments.
• Developer Support & Troubleshooting: Serve as an escalation point and support channel for developers using the platform. Help diagnose and resolve issues with deployments, configurations, and platform integrations.
• Platform Automation & Integration: Automate lifecycle operations such as upgrades, scaling, and patching using Terraform, Helm, and APIs. Integrate developer tooling with Jira, SonarQube, GitHub, and ServiceNow to close feedback loops.
• Continuous Improvement & Learning: Stay current on Kubernetes, GKE, DevEx tools, and platform engineering trends. Continuously improve platform capabilities and developer productivity using industry best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering, infrastructure management, or DevOps, preferably within enterprise environments.
• 3+ years of experience with GCP, including designing, deploying, and managing GKE clusters and related services.
• 3+ years of experience driving Developer Experience initiatives, such as building self-service platforms, golden paths, onboarding automation, and CI/CD templates.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD systems for automating build, test, and deploy workflows.
• Experience developing internal tooling or CLI/UX layers that abstract infrastructure complexity for application developers.
• Experience collaborating with developers to understand pain points and drive adoption of internal platform features.
• Strong backgroun