Platform Engineering Manager, Data Security Team

At Thales we know technology has the ability to make our world more secure sustainable and inclusive and that its all driven by human intelligence.

Because it takes human intelligence to build and power the systems and solutions that people depend on every day. So we stay curious and make space for diverse points of view. We share what we know and we challenge whats possible.

Were driving progress in some of the worlds most important industries - from the bottom of the oceans to the depths of space and cyberspace - and from manufacturing to engineering we work together to build a future we can all trust.

Imperva a Thales company is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader dedicated to securing data and applications across diverse environments. Our cutting-edge solutions empower organizations to safeguard their most critical assets ensuring robust protection against emerging threats.

Imperva a Thales company is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader dedicated to securing data and applications across diverse environments. Our cuttingedge solutions help organizations protect their most critical assets against emerging threats.

Thales believes that technology becomes truly powerful when driven by human intelligence. We value curiosity diverse perspectives and bold thinkingand we are proud to be ranked among Israels Top 50 HighTech Companies to Work For in 2025 (Dun & Bradstreet)and offer a flexiblehybrid work modelfrom ourTel Aviv office.

We are looking for a Platform Engineering Manager to join the Data Security team. In this role you will lead the Platform Engineering team whose mission is to empower engineering teams by delivering reliable scalable environments services and tools that enable efficient development seamless delivery and high productivity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead mentor and grow the Platform Engineering team .

• Own the CI/CD ecosystem (e.g. GitLab CI Jenkins etc) while driving adoption of best practices in build and CI/CD pipelines testing supportability and security for faster and safer deployments.

• Manage testing infrastructure and environment provisioning.

• Drive automation to reduce manual intervention and operational overhead.

• Improve developer productivity by streamlining local dev environments sandbox infra and test automation. Release faster and more reliable product.

• Ensure ease of supportability maintainability and observability of services.

• Conduct regular infrastructure reviews audits and cost optimizations.

Requirements:

• 4 years hands-on in Infrastructure/DevOps roles.

• At least 3 years in leadership/management role. Managing and scaling infra/DevOps teams (5 engineers).

• Experience decomposing large initiatives into phased incremental programs.

• Deep knowledge of automation and CI/CD pipeline tools (GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins etc.).

• Proficiency in GCP.

• Exposure to hybrid setups (cloud on-prem).

• A team player with excellent collaboration communication skills to collaborate with product engineering security and leadership stakeholders.

• Strong analytical diagnostic and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and take ownership.

• Proven experience working with AI tools to speedup processes and improve efficiency.

• Be able to adapt to new technologies and infrastructure.

Nice to have:

• Experience with multi-cloud or cloud migration projects and on-prem infrastructure.

• Demonstrated success in building productivity improvements.

• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) Docker Helm service meshes.

• Experience in environment provisioning using Terraform Ansible or equivalent.

• Proficiency in at least one language (Python Go Bash etc.) for automation.

• Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus Grafana ELK/EFK Datadog New Relic Open Telemetry.

Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race colour religion national origin disability protected Veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.