Sr. Lead Platform Engineer
$200,700–$229,100 year
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States or Richmond, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Design and maintain the enterprise-wide Google Workspace and Microsoft M365 collaboration platforms, translating business objectives and risk tolerances into platform configurations and security policies. Architect, implement, and manage robust content management programs for Google Drive to prevent unauthorized data sharing while executing lifecycle-based governance for third-party applications. Partner with Product, Risk, Legal, and Compliance stakeholders to apply data retention, eDiscovery, and legal holds, ensuring the platform meets regulatory requirements. Lead a team of engineers to drive strategy for platform management, define roadmaps, and execute high-priority initiatives across Agile teams. Provide technical support, monitor system performance and security, and identify automation opportunities to enhance user experience and operational efficiency.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- At least 6 years of cumulative experience in enterprise information technology, systems engineering, or cybersecurity roles
- At least 4 years of direct, hands-on experience architecting, administering, and securing a large-scale (1,000+ user) Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 collaboration environment
- Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, or managing services across SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS cloud environments
- Intellectually Curious. Comfortable with ambiguity, hunger to learn, and seeking new challenges
- Communicator & Influencer. Comfortable influencing executives and communicating clearly to partners
- Do-er. Biased toward action, willing to make commitments and trade-offs with other leaders to remove impediments
- Learner. Appetite to learn new things or new technologies while exhibiting humbleness when exploring unknown technologies
- Team Player. Ability to work with diverse people, drive teams toward common goals, coach others, and mentor
- Directly and indirectly lead a teams of engineers and people leaders to build strategy for each platform and drive being Well Managed
Desired Qualifications
- Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Systems, an MBA with a technology focus, or equivalent practical experience
- Current Google Certified - Associate Google Workspace Administrator certification
- Acknowledged expertise with the content and objectives of the retired Professional Google Workspace Administrator certification
- 6+ years of experience administering Google Workspace or a similar enterprise productivity suite
- 6+ years of experience administering Microsoft M365 or a similar enterprise productivity suite
- Experience with Google GenAI / LLM platforms and other Agentic or SaaS AI capabilities
- 6+ years of experience using build and deployment tools (Jenkins, GitHub, or Artifactory)
- 4 + years of experience in scripting (Powershell, Python, Bash)
- 4+ years of experience working with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, Cloudformation, CDK, or others
- 2+ year of experience in the financial or tech industry
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