Director, Platform Engineering

Job Description

About the Role:

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The Team: The Security & TechOps team is responsible for providing high quality Technical Support across a wide suite of products across business segments with Risk & Valuation Services (RVS) business line. The team works closely with a highly competent MI Tech Shared Service teams, OCTO teams, Client Services teams and the core project teams to maintain and improve the platform by strengthening security posture, managing client issues and senior stakeholders. Our work helps ensure that all products are provided a high-quality service and maintaining client satisfaction. The team is responsible for owning and maintaining our cloud hosted apps.

The Impact: The role is an extremely critical role to help affect positive client experience by virtue of maintaining high availability of business-critical services/applications.

What's in it for you: The role provides for successful candidate to have:

- Opportunity to interact and engage with senior technology and operations users

- Work on latest in technology like AWS, Terraform, Splunk, Grafana etc.

- Work in an environment which allows for complete ownership and scalability

- Exposure to learn about industry leading S&P products

Responsibilities: We are looking for a seasoned professional having hands-on experience in:

- Strong leadership skills to own and deliver & drive independently

- Managing and maintaining cloud infrastructures

- Compliance & regulation around platform security and hygiene

- Performing a variety of tasks including coordinating all resources and stakeholders, planning and setting milestones, assigning responsibilities and monitoring, summarizing and communicating progress and status

- Leading large sized teams and engaging-with/reporting-to CXO level stakeholders

- Mentoring and developing junior members of the team

- Ability to act as SME and ability to independently handle client issues and incident escalations

- Delivering all aspects of production support for various applications along with some of 3rd party vendor products including incident resolution or proactive mitigation, change & problem management would ensure compliance to all agreed SLAs and requirements

What We're Looking For: someone with 12+ years of overall industry standard including hands-on experience in:

- Knowledge of cloud technologies like AWS, Containerization, CI/CD, GitHub/Gitlab, Cloud networking, SRE, Networking, Observability & Monitoring

- Basic understanding of Oracle, PL/SQL Query, Linux/Unix Shell Scripting (or Python), Java

- Keen problem solver with analytical nature and excellent problem-solving skillset

- Open minded, flexible and willing to adapt to changing situations

- Be able to work flexible hours as demanded to drive projects to success

- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in the English language with ability to represent complex technical issues/concepts to non-tech stakeholders

- Ability to learn and adapt

- Ability to work with senior technology leaders to define scope, derive agreements and track progress

What's In It For You

Our Purpose:

Progress is not a self-starter. It requires a catalyst to be set in motion. Information, imagination, people, technology-the right combination can unlock possibility and change the world.

Our world is in transition and getting more complex by the day. We push past expected observations and seek out new levels of understanding so that we can help companies, governments and individuals make an impact on tomorrow. At S&P Global we transform data into Essential Intelligence, pinpointing risks and opening possibilities. We Accelerate Progress.

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. We're constantly seeking new solutions that have progress in mind. Join us and help create the critical insights that truly make a difference.

Our Values:

Integrity, Discovery, Partnership

At S&P Global, we focus on Powering Global Markets. 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.

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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.

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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: and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

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