Digital Platform Engineering Lead - Erlanger, KY

Job Description

Digital Platform Engineering Lead - Erlanger, KY
This is an exempt level position
 
Position Summary:
The Digital Platform Engineering Lead is accountable for architecting, building, and operating the foundational cloud-native platforms and digital capabilities that power ADM’s enterprise applications and Digital solutions. This role bridges deep technical engineering expertise with strategic thinking to ensure ADM’s platforms are scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with business objectives.
The Digital Platform Engineering Lead will own the end-to-end design and delivery of Cloud infrastructure and platform services across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS deployment models. They will lead a team of cloud engineers, platform architects, and web application developers to build the engineering backbone that enables rapid development and deployment of digital solutions across ADM’s global business segments and corporate functions.
The role will serve as the technical authority for all cloud and digital platform decisions, working in close partnership with Digital Solutions Leaders, Data & AI teams, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise Architecture to deliver a modern, integrated, and high-performance digital engineering ecosystem.
Key competencies include deep expertise in cloud-native engineering, multi-cloud and hybrid deployment strategies, web application development, DevSecOps, and the ability to lead and influence global engineering teams.
 
Job Responsibilities:                                                          

• Cloud Platform Strategy & Architecture: Drive the design, development, and operationalization of ADM’s cloud-native platform strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise digital transformation goals across global segments and corporate functions.
• Cloud Deployment Model Expertise: Define and govern the enterprise cloud architecture across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models, establishing standards, patterns, and guardrails for secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud deployments.
• Application & Digital Capability Engineering: Architect and deliver reusable, scalable web application frameworks and digital platform services (APIs, microservices, integration layers) that accelerate the delivery of digital capabilities across ADM.
• Engineering Leadership & Technical Governance: Serve as the primary technical bridge between the Digital Solutions Leaders (business-facing) and the engineering delivery teams. Translate business requirements into robust, cloud-native engineering solutions, ensuring delivery excellence across the entire SDLC.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a globally distributed team of cloud engineers, platform developers, DevOps practitioners, and full-stack developers. Foster a high-performance engineering culture grounded in continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation.
• DevSecOps & Platform Engineering: Own the design and implementation of ADM’s DevSecOps pipelines and platform engineering practices — including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), automated testing, and site reliability engineering (SRE) — to enable rapid, reliable, and secure software delivery.
• Platform Reliability & Security: Accountable for enterprise-wide platform performance, availability, and security. Establish SLAs, SLOs, and observability practices (monitoring, logging, alerting) to ensure mission-critical platforms meet business continuity requirements.

• Cost Optimization & FinOps: Partner with Finance and IT leadership to manage cloud infrastructure budgets, optimize platform costs through FinOps practices, and ensure maximum ROI on cloud and platform investments.
• Technology Innovation & Modernization: Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies — including serverless computing, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), edge computing, and AI/ML platform services — to continuously modernize ADM’s digital engineering stack.
• Vendor & Partner Management: Cultivate and manage strategic relationships with key cloud and technology vendors (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, SAP). Lead vendor assessments, negotiations, and governance to ensure best-fit solutions and strong SLA performance.
• Platform Product Mindset: Champion engineering best practices, platform reusability, and a product-centric approach to platform development, enabling teams to build, iterate, and scale digital solutions faster across the enterprise.

Educational & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Tec