Senior Manager, Platform Infrastructure

Details

We are seeking a seasoned engineering manager to lead and scale a skilled team responsible for building, optimizing, and maintaining the infrastructure that powers Collibra production and developer environments at scale. The role focuses on high-availability, scalable cloud infrastructure, containerized environments (primarily Kubernetes), core messaging and eventing tools, and shared platform services that improve developer productivity and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural leadership for large-scale, distributed systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Drive the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of cloud-based infrastructure, focusing on containers (Kubernetes) and virtual machine environments.
• Lead the design and implementation of cloud networking solutions for production and development environments (scalability, high availability, security) across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
• Drive adoption of GitOps practices across infrastructure and development teams, using ArgoCD to automate Kubernetes application deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Oversee architecture and management of messaging and eventing systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Pulsar) to enable robust, scalable communication across microservices and distributed applications.
• Mentor and develop a high-performing engineering team, partner with other engineering leaders to define long-term infrastructure strategy, and advocate for developer productivity tools and environments.

Requirements

• 7+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in leadership or management roles overseeing teams focused on infrastructure, SRE, cloud platforms, and DevOps practices.
• Proven expertise managing large-scale, distributed infrastructure systems, including containerized environments (primarily Kubernetes), virtual machines, and cloud services (AWS, GCP).
• Expertise in cloud networking: VPCs, DNS, routing, security groups, VPNs, load balancing, inter-cloud connectivity.
• Experience with Istio and service mesh technologies, including traffic management, observability, mTLS, and security features.
• Proficiency with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps principles for automating Kubernetes deployments and managing infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Deep experience with messaging and event-driven architectures (RabbitMQ, Apache Pulsar, or similar).
• Experience with shared platform services such as Elasticsearch.
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent related working experience is required.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• Because this role supports the US government, the candidate must be a US citizen who resides on US soil.

Compensation

• Base salary range: $184,000 - $230,000 per year. Salary offers depend on experience, skills, and location.
• Position is not eligible for additional commission-based compensation.
• Additional compensation and perks may include equity ownership, bonus potential, a Flex Fund monthly stipend, pension/401(k) plans, and more.

Benefits

Collibra offers a flexible benefits program built around competitive compensation, health coverage, time off, and additional offerings to support employees and their families. Learn more about Collibra’s benefits and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs via the company's careers pages.

Other Information

• Location: Remote (Central USA). Candidate must reside on US soil and be a US citizen.
• Equal opportunity employer. Accommodations for applicants are available upon request.