Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering

5w1 month ago

NYISO

Rensselaer, US · Full-time · $117,900 – $204,400

About this role

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) applies cutting-edge technology to operate a reliable electricity system. The Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering leads the team that builds, operates, and continuously improves NYISO’s shared cloud platform. This includes the Kubernetes/EKS foundation, AWS infrastructure-as-code, and treating the platform as a service with defined consumers and SLOs.

The Manager owns the Site Reliability Engineering practice, the EKS/container platform, and shared delivery tooling. This role has 24x7 accountability for the cloud platform, including on-call participation, incident triage, and leadership of service restoration activities. The Manager ensures platform operations align with NYISO’s incident, change, and problem management processes.

The Manager develops and manages platform budgets, including multi-year capital and operating forecasts. This role partners with Procurement on vendor agreements, renewals, and performance oversight for cloud and platform tooling providers. The Manager collaborates across the organization to drive best practices and support audit and regulatory obligations.

The Manager is accountable for delivery execution across the platform roadmap, including providing estimates and managing execution plans. This role maintains roadmap artifacts, provides progress updates, and reports platform performance, reliability, adoption, and cost metrics to IT leadership. The Manager advances the operating-model shift toward AI-assisted, plan-first, human-validated engineering.

Requirements

Experience leading a cloud platform engineering team, with expertise in Kubernetes/EKS and AWS infrastructure-as-code.
Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering practices, including incident management, on-call rotations, and service-level objectives.
Proven ability to manage platform budgets, including multi-year capital and operating forecasts and cloud consumption planning.
Knowledge of security, compliance, and operational controls embedded across cloud platforms and delivery lifecycles.
Experience partnering with Procurement on vendor agreements, renewals, and performance oversight for cloud and platform tooling providers.
Ability to collaborate across the organization to drive cloud and platform-engineering best practices and support audit and regulatory obligations.

Responsibilities

Lead the team that builds, operates, and continuously improves NYISO’s shared cloud platform, including the Kubernetes/EKS foundation and AWS infrastructure-as-code.
Treat the internal cloud platform as a service with defined consumers, service-level objectives, and a forward-looking roadmap.
Own the Site Reliability Engineering practice, the EKS/container platform, shared delivery tooling, and security and compliance controls.
Assume 24x7 production ownership for the cloud platform, including on-call participation, incident triage, and leadership of service restoration activities.
Develop and manage platform budgets, including multi-year capital and operating forecasts, cloud consumption planning, and vendor-related expenses.
Partner with Procurement on vendor agreements, renewals, and performance oversight for cloud and platform tooling providers.
Maintain roadmap artifacts, provide regular progress updates, and report platform performance, reliability, adoption, and cost metrics to IT leadership.