Lead Platform Engineer

The Lead Platform Engineer role is responsible for setting strategic priorities

for the maintenance of platforms within the current technology environment. The

role involves sharing leading best practices and providing guidance to maintain

the overall integrity of the platform, including operating systems, hardware and

software infrastructure that are critical to the company's user populace and

application environments. They foster a culture of collaboration with

cross-functional teams to ensure that all components of the platform are working

efficiently, securely, and resiliently. The Lead Platform Engineer leverages a

strategic mindset, offers advice, and drives the development and implementation

of security policies to ensure high performance and reliability of the company's

infrastructure, including both cloud and on-premises systems, in support of

DevOps efforts and general business and IT objectives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

WHAT THE ROLE WILL DO:

* Set strategic priorities for platform hardware, software, and network

requirements in alignment with overall organizational goals

* Share best practices for monitoring system performance, and lead teams

responsible for system performance and troubleshooting of issues

* Leverage advanced techniques and methods for optimizing DevOps tools (such as

API Gateway, Teraform) to support processes as per organizational needs

* Foster a culture of collaboration among cross-functional teams to ensure new

features and services are brought into production

* Leverage a strategic mindset to oversee the execution and maintenance of

automated and orchestrated fulfillment mechanisms to optimize delivery of key

platform services

* Lead cross-team collaboration and workstreams to ensure smooth operations

* Identify potential security threats, mitigate them proactively and set

standards for a strict security compliance

* Drive and oversee the development and implementation of security and

resiliency policies, standards, and procedures in line with organizational

strategic priorities and latest industry regulations

* Evaluate high-level design documentation, share feedback, and provide

recommendations

* Interpret results and present findings from technical research regarding user

requests for new/modified systems or severe problem resolution

* Foster strong relationships with vendors to create mutually beneficial

opportunities for the organization

This role is not remote/ hybrid and will report to Sherwin-Williams Global

Headquarters located at 1 Sherwin Way, Cleveland, OH 44113.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and

proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be

supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review

of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and

reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff,

employees, and business relationships

Must be eighteen years or older

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

Qualifications

• * Must be at least 18 years of age
• * Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without now
• or in the future requiring sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., OPT,
• CPT, H1B, EB-1, etc.)
• * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field. In lieu of a
• degree, at least 9 years of experience in the role of Platform Engineer or
• related position
• * 6+ years of experience in platform engineering and infrastructure components
• [with a strong focus on containerization technologies, including Docker,
• Kubernetes, and Rancher.]
• * Expertise in automated interaction with physical infrastructure
• * Proven track record in managing and maintaining cloud-based environments such
• as AWS, GCP, or Azure
• * Expertise in monitoring and log management tools such as Nagios, Splunk, and
• ELK
• * Proven track record in developing and implementing backup and disaster
• recovery strategies
• * Expertise in scripting experience in languages such as Python, PowerShell,
• and Bash
• * Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools
• such as Ansible, Chef, and Terraform

Preferred Qualifications

• * Azure Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or AWS
• Certified DevOps Engineer preferred
• * 3+ years of hands-on experience with containerization technologies, including
• Docker, and Kubernetes and Rancher for orchestration and cluster management
• * Proven expertise in maintaining platform-level runtimes, including ingress
• controllers (e.g., NGINX), TLS certificate lifecycle management (e.g.,
• cert-manager), and secrets management integrations (e.g., HashiCorp Vault)
• * Experience deploying and managing observability tools, such as Sysdig for
• monitoring and CVE scanning, Fluentd for log forwarding, and Elasticsearch
• for log analysis
• * Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools, particularly ArgoCD, to support
• continuous deployment workflows
• Technical Skills
• * Programming Languages
• * Cloud Technologies & Platforms
• * Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• * DevOps Methodology
• * Software Packaging and Deployment Procedures
• * Operating Systems
• * Network Operations, Configuration, & Services
• * Containerization
• * Monitoring and Logging
• * Integration Technology
• Travel: 5%
• At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring
• and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make
• the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent
• and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our
• business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its
• stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people.
• Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you
• in:
• Life … with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and
• well-being
• Career … with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your
• contribution
• Connection … with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader
• communities
• It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible
• At Sherwin-Williams, part of our mission is to help our employees and their
• families live healthier, save smarter and feel better. This starts with a wide
• range of world-class benefits designed for you. From retirement to health care,
• from total well-being to your daily commute—it matters to us. A general
• description of benefits offered can be found at http://www.myswbenefits.com/
• [http://www.myswbenefits.com/]. Click on “Candidates” to view benefit offerings
• that you may be eligible for if you are hired as a Sherwin-Williams employee.

Compensation

decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case

and will impact where actual compensation may fall within the stated wage range.

The wage range listed for this role takes into account the wide range of factors

considered in making compensation decisions including skill sets; experience and

training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational

needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable

geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may

be filled. The wage range, other compensation, and benefits information listed

is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to

modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to

applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for

employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws

including with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and

the California Fair Chance Act where applicable.

Sherwin-Williams is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All

qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment and will not be

discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,

gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age,

pregnancy, genetic information, creed, marital status or any other consideration

prohibited by law or by contract.

As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, Sherwin-Williams requests state and local

employment services delivery systems to provide priority referral of Protected

Veterans.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a

candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive

personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or

bank account numbers during the application process.