Manager, Platform Engineering

The Manager, Platform Engineering for Kestra Financial to oversee our cloud infrastructure team in continuing to support and grow the Azure-hosted Advisor Complete platform, accommodating for the movement to or management of newly acquired financial firms on the cloud. Will work at Kestras main HQ located at 5707 Southwest Pkwy, Bldg 2, Suite 400, Austin, TX 78735. Position reports to Head of Advisor Platform Architecture & Engineering.

Specific Tasks Include

Triage, respond to, and resolve support requests related to the companys Azure cloud platform Manage and grow Azure platform engineering team.

Current direct reports include 6

4 platform engineers, 2 associate platform engineers (15-1252 Software Developers) Build strategies for improving Kestras Azure technologies and business continuity processes Collaborate with other technology support teams Investigate cost efficient solutions for existing platforms Work with onsite, remote, and offshore team members and internal stakeholders as needed to support platform operations and delivery Own the strategic direction, roadmap, and long-term evolution of the organizations Azure cloud platform. Lead the Azure Cloud Platform Engineering team and assign work across platform engineering activities Define and enforce Azure governance models, subscription strategy, identity architecture, and platform guardrails. Drive the design and delivery of secure, scalable, and automated platform capabilities that support all engineering divisions. Set the foundational platform practices that enable self service capabilities, provide well defined deployment paths, deliver reusable building blocks, and ensure consistent implementation patterns across teams. Oversee the creation of reusable IaC modules, automation frameworks, and platform tooling that improve developer productivity. Serve as the owner of business continuity processes for the Azure cloud platform, ensuring resilience, disaster recovery readiness, and continuity of mission critical services. Partner with architecture, security, data, and application engineering leaders to align platform capabilities with organizational needs. Ensure platform reliability, performance, observability, and cost efficiency through proactive improvements and operational maturity. Provide technical leadership and guidance on Azure best practices, cloud adoption patterns, and architectural decisions. Serve as the primary point of contact for cloud platform initiatives across all technology teams. Communicate platform strategy, roadmap updates, and major architectural changes to stakeholders at all levels. Lead or support major incident response efforts and drive post incident remediation and long-term improvements. Establish and maintain operating standards, documentation, and processes for

Azure cloud platform management General, Minimum Requirements

Master of Science Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field, or foreign equiv. Will accept any suitable STEM engineering degree in accordance with the field, or its foreign equivalency. Must have at least 3 years experience in a DevOps or Full Stack engineering role. At least 1 of the 3 years must have been in a Sr. DevOps or cloud platform engineering role. Experience must include in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. Will accept progressive experience with same employer.

Special Requirements

Must have ability to oversee Azure cloud platform operations, governance, and engineering activities; Translate business needs into platform strategy, governance, and technical execution; Ability to design and implement scalable technical solutions, processes, and platform standards; Influence engineering teams through clarity, credibility, and strong architectural judgment; Balance hands-on technical depth with strategic leadership and people development; Ability to work in an environment with evolving systems, processes, and operational requirements; Manage team of Azure platform engineers; Deep, hands on expertise with Microsoft Azure across identity, governance, networking, compute, and data services; Proven experience architecting and delivering Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery strategies for enterprise workloads; Strong understanding of platform engineering concepts such as self-service, paved roads, reusable abstractions, and standardized patterns; Proficiency with Bicep, ARM templates and terraform for enterprise scale IaC; Strong automation skills using PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages; Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and KQL for observability and operational insights; Ability to collaborate across architecture, security, DevOps, and application engineering teams;

Must have following Azure certifications

AZ 900, AZ 104, AZ 305 (or AWS/GCP equivalents accepted) Terms Full Time, 40 Hrs / week Long Term Employment $224,141.00 / year Contact Send Resumes to Kestra Financial Svcs., Inc.,

Attn

Ann Manal, EVP, CHRO Encino Trace, 5707 Southwest Pkwy, Bldg 2, Ste 400 Austin, TX 78735 or (email removed)