Associate Director – Platform Engineering

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $135k - $229.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🏗️ Platform Engineer

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Knights of Columbus

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1882

🛡️ Insurance

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

Insurance • Healthcare • Consulting

Knights of Columbus is the largest Catholic fraternal organization founded in 1882 that promotes charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism while providing member-focused services including life insurance, investments, and extensive charitable programs. It operates globally with over 2 million members, significant philanthropic activity, and a major insurance and financial services arm with substantial assets under management and high financial-strength ratings.

📋 Description

• Establish and lead an enterprise platform engineering function • Accelerate technology delivery, strengthen governance, and improve operational efficiency • Partner with stakeholders to shape platform strategy, roadmap, architecture, standards, and prioritized backlog • Lead platform architecture and implementation, including Azure Landing Zones, reusable Terraform modules, and automated deployment patterns • Build and mentor the platform engineering team, including infrastructure staff transitioning into platform engineering roles • Establish standards for infrastructure as code, CI/CD, testing, documentation, and policy as code • Partner with security, infrastructure, application development, and finance teams to embed governance, reliability, and cost management into platform services • Drive adoption through customer engagement, self-service capabilities, and continuous improvement • Communicate priorities, risks, and outcomes to executive leadership • Perform occasional after-hours and weekend work for maintenance windows or critical issues • Report to the AVP of Infrastructure Delivery

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated leadership in enterprise platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps • Prior experience standing up a platform engineering capability or internal developer platform from scratch • Hands-on experience deploying and managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including cluster architecture, networking, security, scaling, monitoring, and lifecycle management • Advanced Terraform experience, including reusable modules, remote state management, and CI/CD integration • Proficiency with Git-based workflows and Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions • Ability to lead technical teams, prioritize platform roadmap, and drive internal adoption • Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical decisions into business outcomes • BS or BA in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent combination of experience and training • 10+ years of hands-on experience in software and/or systems engineering • At least 3 to 5 years in a leadership or supervisory role • Ability to travel as needed • Ability to remain in a stationary position for a majority of the workday • Authorization to work in the US is required • Position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

🏖️ Benefits

• 13 paid holidays per year • Vacation and paid sick leave • Flexible workweek schedules • Certifications, designation, and tuition reimbursement • 401(k) retirement savings plan with matching company contributions • Cash balance retirement plans fully funded by the company • Short-term disability and term life insurance fully paid by the company • Up to 12 weeks of childbirth leave under STD policy • One week of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, including adoptive and foster parents • Health insurance options, including premium-level family coverage • Pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions • Long-term disability insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Health club membership reimbursement • Employee Assistance Program