General Manager, Platform Engineering

Year    Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the architecture and engineering of modular, multi-tenant cybersecurity platforms for IT/OT convergence.
  • Build and scale cloud-native infrastructures using AWS/Azure/GCP, ensuring 99.9% uptime, horizontal scalability, and security-by-design principles.
  • Implement and govern robust CI/CD, IaC (e.g., Terraform), containerization (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker), and monitoring frameworks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
  • Ensure platform readiness for integration with cybersecurity tools including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, IAM, PKI, and asset discovery platforms.
  • Drive DevSecOps maturity across environments, ensuring best practices in secure coding, automated testing, secrets management, and release pipelines.
  • Define platform engineering OKRs, build sprint governance, and lead agile delivery teams across infrastructure, tooling, and backend development.
  • Collaborate with Product, Delivery, OT Engineering, and GRC teams to ensure platform alignment to business goals, service offerings, and compliance needs.
  • Lead vendor evaluations, tool benchmarking, and integration programs with OEM cybersecurity, cloud, and automation partners.
  • 15+ years of experience in technology architecture or platform engineering, with minimum 5 years in leadership roles.
  • Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, DevSecOps, SRE, and cybersecurity integrations.
  • Experience in microservices, modular platforms, and container orchestration (K8s, Docker).
  • Strong exposure to at least two public clouds (AWS/Azure/GCP).
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation, secrets management, and release pipelines.
  • Familiarity with compliance standards such as IEC 62443, NIST CSF, ISO 27001 is a plus.
  • Prior experience in OT/ICS cybersecurity, IT-OT convergence, or critical infrastructure platforms is desirable.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, communicate with CXOs, and manage strategic vendors.
Qualifications: * Education:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
  • Additional specialization in Cybersecurity, Cloud Architecture, or Systems Engineering is a strong plus.
  • Certifications (preferred, not mandatory):
  • Cloud Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect.
  • Security Certifications: CISSP, CISM, or CISA (to demonstrate security leadership).
  • DevOps / Architecture: TOGAF, Kubernetes CKA/CKAD, or HashiCorp Terraform Certification.
  • Compliance: IEC 62443 awareness, or training in NIST/ISO 27001/GRC frameworks.

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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD4265320
  • Industry
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  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
  • Education
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  • Experience
    Year