Senior Platform Engineering Lead (Compute & Infrastructure Strategy)

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About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and technically driven Senior Platform Engineering Lead to help shape the future of enterprise compute and infrastructure platforms. As a key member of the Platform Engineering organization this role will provide technical leadership for platform strategy architecture modernization and engineering standards across the enterprise.

Reporting directly to the Sr. Manager Storage Engineering / Innovation & Design the successful candidate will partner closely with infrastructure cloud security architecture and application teams to define and execute the roadmap for enterprise compute platforms. This includes evaluating emerging technologies driving platform modernization initiatives establishing engineering standards and ensuring the long-term scalability resiliency and operational effectiveness of the organizations x86 and virtualization environments.

The role will work closely with a technical peer responsible for broader compute and platform engineering functions as well as engineering leads accountable for storage and data protection platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise compute and virtualization platforms including strategic planning architecture engineering standards and lifecycle management.
• Lead platform modernization initiatives including infrastructure transformation hypervisor strategy hardware refresh programs automation and cloud integration efforts.
• Develop target-state platform architectures that enable scalability resiliency security and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies industry trends and vendor roadmaps to guide platform investment decisions and long-term technology direction.
• Define and maintain engineering standards reference architectures technical patterns and operational best practices across platform technologies.
• Lead technical assessments proof-of-concepts (POCs) platform evaluations and technology validation activities.
• Collaborate with cloud infrastructure application and security teams to ensure platform capabilities align with enterprise requirements and business objectives.
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation self-service capabilities and modern platform engineering practices.
• Provide technical oversight and governance for major platform initiatives ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles and technology standards.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations articulating technology strategies risks trade-offs investment recommendations and modernization roadmaps.
• Present solution architectures and technology recommendations to Architecture Review Boards Design Review Committees and senior leadership forums.
• Serve as a senior technical advisor on compute virtualization and infrastructure technologies across the organization.
• Mentor engineering teams and contribute to the advancement of platform engineering capabilities operational maturity and engineering excellence.

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in infrastructure engineering platform engineering systems architecture or enterprise technology leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in enterprise virtualization technologies including:
  • VMware vSphere (required)
  • Nutanix AHV and ecosystem technologies (preferred)
  • Additional hypervisor platforms such as Hyper-V or KVM considered an asset
• Strong understanding of enterprise compute platforms including:
  • Dell PowerEdge and/or HPE ProLiant infrastructure
  • Blade rack and converged infrastructure architectures
• Proven experience leading large-scale infrastructure modernization and transformation programs.
• Strong knowledge of x86 platform architecture virtualization clustering high availability and disaster recovery technologies.
• Experience designing and supporting hybrid cloud architectures and cloud-enabled operating models.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating documenting and executing complex proof-of-concepts involving multiple stakeholders and technology vendors.
• Experience developing technology strategies roadmaps standards and reference architectures.
• Strong understanding of automation frameworks and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform Ansible PowerShell Python GitOps methodologies).
• Knowledge of platform engineering concepts including self-service infrastructure developer platforms automation and operational excellence.
• Experience working within large enterprise environments with formal architecture governance processes.
• Excellent executive communication skills with the ability to translate technical complexity into business-focused recommendations.
• Proven ability to influence strategic decisions and drive outcomes across teams without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting financial services regulated industries or large-scale enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with container platforms and modern application infrastructure technologies such as Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Experience integrating platform engineering practices with cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure solutions.
• Industry certifications such as VMware VCP/VCAP Nutanix NCP Azure AWS TOGAF or equivalent.

Why This Role

• Play a key role in defining the future-state architecture and strategy for enterprise compute and infrastructure platforms.
• Influence major technology investment decisions and modernization initiatives.
• Partner directly with senior technology leaders architects and engineering teams across the organization.
• Drive adoption of modern platform engineering automation and infrastructure transformation practices.
• Enjoy broad enterprise impact and visibility while remaining deeply engaged in technical leadership and engineering strategy.

The above represents BMO Financial Groups pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location skills experience education and qualifications for the role and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Groups expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Groups total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives discretionary bonuses as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance tuition reimbursement accident and life insurance and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits please visit: Us

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