Lead Platform Engineer

About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 09The Role: Lead Platform Engineer We are seeking a Senior/Lead Platform Engineer to support our AI, Data Engineering, and Data Platform initiatives. This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, platform reliability, security controls, and operational excellence across multiple products and environments. The ideal candidate will have strong AWS experience, infrastructure-as-code expertise, Terraform & GitHub expertise, CI/CD knowledge, and a passion for improving platform reliability, security, and operational maturity. Knowledge in Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) will be considered an advantage. Key Responsibilities • Lead the design, architecture, implementation, and evolution of secure, scalable, highly available cloud platforms on AWS that support enterprise applications, AI, and data platform initiatives. • Define and drive the platform engineering roadmap, standards, and best practices for cloud infrastructure, automation, reliability, and operational excellence. • Architect and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform to ensure consistent, repeatable, and scalable infrastructure provisioning. • Lead the design, operation, and optimization of Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) platforms and containerized workloads, ensuring high availability, security, and performance. • Drive the adoption of DevOps and Platform Engineering practices by designing and improving CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows, deployment automation, and developer self-service capabilities. • Establish and continuously improve platform reliability through observability, monitoring, logging, alerting, incident management, capacity planning, and performance optimization. • Provide technical leadership for AWS platform services, including VPC, IAM, EC2, EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, S3, Route 53, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, and other cloud-native technologies. • Partner with application, AI, data engineering, and security teams to design scalable platform solutions and enable the deployment, orchestration, monitoring, and operational support of AI-powered applications, LLM services, and agentic workflows while improving developer productivity, deployment consistency, and operational efficiency. • Lead the implementation of cloud security best practices, including identity and access management, secrets management, infrastructure hardening, vulnerability remediation, governance, and compliance controls. • Define and oversee disaster recovery, business continuity, backup strategies, and platform resiliency to meet organizational recovery objectives. • Lead infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, platform standardization, and technology adoption initiatives across multiple environments. • Drive cloud governance, resource optimization, and FinOps initiatives to improve operational efficiency, scalability, and cost management. • Establish platform standards, operational procedures, technical documentation, and architectural guidelines to ensure consistency and knowledge sharing across engineering teams. • Provide technical leadership during production incidents, lead root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures to improve platform stability and operational maturity. • Mentor and coach Platform Engineers, foster engineering excellence, conduct design and code reviews, and champion a culture of automation, continuous improvement, collaboration, and operational ownership. • Evaluate emerging cloud technologies, tools, and architectural patterns, providing technical recommendations that align with the organization's long-term platform strategy. Required Qualifications • 8+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a related infrastructure engineering role. • Strong hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS). • Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is desirable. • Proven ability to independently drive technical initiatives from concept to delivery with minimal supervision and ambiguous requirements. • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform. • Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes environments, with Amazon EKS preferred. • Experience with containerization technologies, including Docker, and cloud-native application deployment. • Strong experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps tools. • Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or similar programming languages. • Experience with Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, and source control best practices. • Solid understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VPCs, IAM, DNS, load balancing, security groups, routing, and cloud architecture principles. • Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for complex infrastructure, networking, Kubernetes, and application issues. • Experience implementing observability and monitoring solutions for cloud-native environments. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams. • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Preferred Qualifications • Experience supporting AI/ML platforms, LLM-based applications, Agentic AI solutions, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, data engineering pipelines, or modern data platform architectures. • Experience with GitOps practices and tools such as Argo CD or Flux. • Hands-on experience with observability and monitoring platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, Datadog, or Splunk. • Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability management, policy-as-code, secrets management, and compliance automation. • Knowledge of service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio or Linkerd) and Kubernetes networking. • Experience with serverless technologies and event-driven architectures. • Familiarity with messaging and streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK, or RabbitMQ. • Experience designing and implementing disaster recovery, backup, and high-availability solutions. • Knowledge of cost optimization and FinOps best practices for cloud infrastructure. • Experience managing multi-account and multi-region cloud environments. • Familiarity with data lake, data warehouse, or analytics platforms such as Trino, Iceberg, Spark, Snowflake, or Amazon Redshift. • Experience contributing to platform engineering initiatives that improve developer experience through self-service infrastructure and automation. • Experience mentoring engineers, conducting technical reviews, and promoting engineering best practices. • AWS Professional, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), Terraform, or other relevant cloud certifications are a plus. About S&P Global Market Intelligence At S&P Global Market Intelligence, a division of S&P Global we understand the importance of accurate, deep and insightful information. Our team of experts delivers unrivaled insights and leading data and technology solutions, partnering with customers to expand their perspective, operate with confidence, and make decisions with conviction. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence. What’s In It For You? Our Mission: Advancing Essential Intelligence. Our People: We're more than 35,000 strong worldwide—so we're able to understand nuances while having a broad perspective. Our team is driven by curiosity and a shared belief that Essential Intelligence can help build a more prosperous future for us all.From finding new ways to measure sustainability to analyzing energy transition across the supply chain to building workflow solutions that make it easy to tap into insight and apply it. We are changing the way people see things and empowering them to make an impact on the world we live in. We’re committed to a more equitable future and to helping our customers find new, sustainable ways of doing business. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference. Our Values: Integrity, Discovery, Partnership Throughout our history, the world's leading organizations have relied on us for the Essential Intelligence they need to make confident decisions about the road ahead. We start with a foundation of integrity in all we do, bring a spirit of discovery to our work, and collaborate in close partnership with each other and our customers to achieve shared goals. Benefits: We take care of you, so you can take care of business. We care about our people. That’s why we provide everything you—and your career—need to thrive at S&P Global. Our benefits include:  • Health & Wellness: Health care coverage designed for the mind and body. • Flexible Downtime: Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on. • Continuous Learning: Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills. • Invest in Your Future: Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs. • Family Friendly Perks: It’s not just about you. S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in class benefits for families. • Beyond the Basics: From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference. For more information on benefits by country visit: https://spgbenefits.com/benefit-summaries Global Hiring and Opportunity at S&P Global: At S&P Global, we are committed to fostering a connected and engaged workplace where all individuals have access to opportunities based on their skills, experience, and contributions. Our hiring practices emphasize fairness, transparency, and merit, ensuring that we attract and retain top talent. By valuing different perspectives and promoting a culture of respect and collaboration, we drive innovation and power global markets. Recruitment Fraud Alert: If you receive an email from a spglobalind.com domain or any other regionally based domains, it is a scam and should be reported to reportfraud@spglobal.com. S&P Global never requires any candidate to pay money for job applications, interviews, offer letters, “pre-employment training” or for equipment/delivery of equipment. Stay informed and protect yourself from recruitment fraud by reviewing our guidelines, fraudulent domains, and how to report suspicious activity here. ----------------------------------------------------------- Equal Opportunity Employer S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.  Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.     If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.     US Candidates Only: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal ----------------------------------------------------------- IFTECH202.1 - Middle Professional Tier I (EEO Job Group)