Manager, Platform Engineering

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As the company's largest department, I.T. is responsible for supporting both ongoing operations and our next innovative project. At Safety National, information technology is instrumental to our success, allowing us to partner with colleagues to securely enable and support new capabilities every day. Utilizing a diverse set of technologies, like Guidewire, Salesforce, Java, C#/.NET, Mule, and Azure, the available career opportunities continue to grow rapidly. Our department consists of agile teams who employ the Scaled Agile Framework for enterprises (SAFe) to effectively deliver solutions and add value. I.T. is also a team where individual contributions are recognized, and career advancement is nurtured.

Role Description:

In the role of Manager, Platform Engineering, you will be part of a dynamic team that lives by Safety National's core values: Relationships, Integrity, Teamwork, Balance, and Stability. Our Core Values serve as the fundamental foundation of our corporate culture and drive our interactions, both internally and externally. You will work closely with Our Director, Infrastructure of Engineering and our CTO to build our Platform Engineering team. Your contributions of driving efficient, scalable, and secure software development will be felt throughout Safety National.

Your day-to-day responsibilities as a Manager, Platform Engineering will include working closely with Engineering, Security, and Product teams. Your contributions will help shape our internal platform, empowering development teams to innovate faster with secure and scalable infrastructure. We are seeking an experienced Technical Manager to lead and build our Platform Engineering Team, responsible for creating and maintaining a robust internal platform that empower development teams by simplifying infrastructure, enabling automation, and integrating security throughout the software development lifecycle.

As the Manager, Platform Engineering, you will contribute to the design of strategy, architecture, and processes that ensure our internal platform enables self-service for developers while maintaining high standards of performance, security, and reliability.

The ideal candidate will have deep technical experience in cloud platforms, DevSecOps, practices, and observability tools, along with a proven track record of building and mentoring high-performing platform engineering teams. Some of the essential skills required of you in this role are, extensive hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, infrastructure as code (Asure Resource Manager, Terraform), and cloud security best practices. Having strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

If this role describes you, don't delay. Apply today!

Qualifications:

Education:

• A Bachelor's degree preferred

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of working experience in I.S. or related field
• Possess five or more approved certifications with job area.
• Proven Experience in DevSecOps, observability, cloud infrastructure, with a focus on Azure services.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, infrastructure as code (Azure Resource Manager, Terraform), and cloud security best practices.
• Strong technical understanding of DevSecOps practices, including containerization (Docker, Kubernetes on Azure), continuous integration, and security integration within Azure environments.
• Proficient in industry-standard observability tools such as Azure Monitor, Solarwinds, Grafana, AppDynamics, and OpenTelemetry. Proven experience in designing and scaling observability solutions to deliver deep performance, reliability, and security insights across cloud-native and hybrid environments.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including networking, identity management, and scalable infrastructure design.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and distributed tracing tools
• Experience designing and scaling observability solutions across cloud-native environments

Protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information and technology assets against unauthorized disclosure, destruction and/or alteration, in accordance with Safety National policies, standards, and procedures.

Safety National is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance provider. Our culture is built upon relationships, which allow us to demonstrate our expertise gained through our rich 80-year history. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokio Marine, Inc., we appreciate the benefits and support provided by our affiliation with one of the top 10 insurance companies in the world.

A Benefits Structure That Puts Employees First

Safety National's approach to benefits reaches far beyond competitive fixed compensation. Instead, we construct a total rewards benefits package for each valued member of our team. Highlights include incentive award bonuses, an annual holiday bonus, and profit-sharing contributions. Other exceptional benefits include generous healthcare coverage, a 401(k) match, enhanced paid caregiver leave, and family-forming benefits for adoption, surrogacy, and fertility. We also promote balance by offering a hybrid working environment and several employee appreciation events throughout the year. Apply today to learn more about our total rewards approach.

Safety National is committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-based compensation. In our vision to be First with Co-Workers, compensation is only one piece of the comprehensive total rewards package we offer. The target salary range for this position is $107,000 to $171,000. Compensation for the successful candidate will consider the candidate's particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, experience and geographic location.

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