Director, Head of Platform Engineering

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MIO Partners, Inc. (MIO) provides proprietary investment products to McKinsey’s retirement plan and partners. MIO manages a multibillion‑dollar portfolio of assets under management for McKinsey‑related clients and measures success relative to a market‑based benchmark. MIO is a values‑based organization that attracts, develops, and retains exceptional people.

MIO’s Enterprise IT team seeks a Head of Platform Engineering who will lead the Platform Engineering and Cloud Engineering team. The role collaborates closely with directors, architects, software engineers, platform engineers, business users, and stakeholders to design and implement Dev Ops and platform engineering platforms and practices that meet organizational needs and follow cloud best practices. The Head of Platform Engineering will enable a standard, secure, scalable, resilient, and efficient MIO application and infrastructure footprint within our cloud environment.

• Lead and develop a team of platform engineers and Dev Ops specialists.
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) with security, stability, and cost in mind.
• Design and oversee implementation of CI/CD pipelines and automation strategies.
• Establish infrastructure as code practices using CDK, Git Lab, AWS developer tools.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure platform stability.
• Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies and develop best practices based on MIO’s use cases.
• Ensure application architectures follow cloud best practices for reliability, security, performance, and efficiency.
• Develop and enforce best practices for system security, compliance, and disaster recovery.
• Optimize infrastructure costs while maintaining performance standards.
• Develop reference implementations and contribute through hands‑on coding as needed.
• Work with development teams to improve deployment processes and system reliability.
• Collaborate with business owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions with an eye toward technology consistency and best practices.
• Work with engineers, business users, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure solutions align with business goals.
• Maintain detailed documentation for reference architectures, design patterns, and system configurations.
• Raise the bar on our development capabilities, standards, and processes.
• Synthesize requirements gathered from various teams within/outside of IT and suggest creative solutions; guide MIO to “do it the right way.”
• Following a scrum methodology, organize with end users, business analysts, and other architects and developers.
• Recommend positive steps toward standardizing development processes, including technology selection, deployment steps, code reviews, and IT tools.
• Partner with development, QA, and App Sec Ops  teams to promote standardization, consistency, and improved security posture.

• 25% Technology Leadership
• 15% Relationship Building
• 25% Team Management / Leadership
• 35% Head’s Down Development

• Ownership mindset: takes full responsibility for outcomes and proactively solves problems beyond immediate remit.
• Excellence oriented: sets a high bar, delivers impact without over‑engineering, and relentlessly follows through.
• Curiosity driven: asks questions, challenges assumptions, and seeks deeper understanding to continuously learn and improve.
• Problem‑solving excellence: uses structured approaches, prioritizes issues, and implements solutions with a bias for action.
• Client service orientation: truly understands business needs, anticipates requirements, and delivers high‑impact solutions.

• 13+ years of hands‑on experience in Dev Ops, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• 7+ years in team leadership or management positions.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong experience with AWS Cloud technologies and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tools (Git Lab, Jenkins, etc.).
• Experience…