Pay Growth
?
out of 5
Not enough data
Not enough info to score pay or growth
Azure Cloud Platform Engineering Manager
Job
Robert Half
Bayport, NY (In Person)
Full-Time
Review key factors to help you decide if the role fits your goals.
Job Security
?
out of 5
Not enough data
Calculating job security score...
Total Score
83
out of 100
Average of individual scores
Skill Insights
Compare your current skills to what this opportunity needs—we'll show you what you already have and what could strengthen your application.
Job Description
We are looking for an accomplished Azure Cloud Platform Engineering Manager to guide the vision, delivery, and day-to-day operation of a modern cloud environment. This position leads platform engineering and DevSecOps efforts that enable enterprise applications to run securely, reliably, and efficiently. The role combines people leadership, technical direction, and cross-functional partnership to strengthen cloud capabilities while supporting business priorities.
Responsibilities:
- Direct and develop a team of cloud engineers, platform specialists, and DevSecOps professionals, creating a high-performing environment focused on accountability and growth.
- Shape the cloud platform roadmap and align architecture decisions with organizational goals, application needs, and long-term technology plans.
- Lead the advancement of Azure-based infrastructure services, ensuring solutions are resilient, secure, scalable, and operationally effective.
- Establish and strengthen platform engineering practices through automation, reusable deployment patterns, Infrastructure as Code, and standardized CI/CD workflows.
- Oversee DevOps toolsets such as Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions to improve delivery consistency, deployment speed, and governance.
- Drive operational excellence by improving monitoring, incident response, change control, observability, and overall service reliability.
- Manage cloud spending through forecasting, subscription oversight, and FinOps-oriented optimization initiatives that balance cost, performance, and resource usage.
- Partner with product teams, security leaders, application owners, and other IT stakeholders to translate business needs into practical platform capabilities.
- Evaluate external providers and technology partners, maintaining effective vendor relationships and supporting sound platform investment decisions.