Manager, Platform Engineering - Technology Advisory

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Lead discussions across cloud transformation, platform engineering, data, AI, security, and application modernization.
• Translate banking priorities and regulatory requirements into technology strategies and executable programs.
• Guide Azure, AWS, and GCP architecture in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Shape engagements from discovery through proposal, mobilization, and delivery.
• Develop account growth strategies with sales, delivery, and practice leadership.
• Lead workshops, architecture reviews, proposals, roadmaps, and strategic presentations.
• Stay involved in delivery to maintain trust and identify emerging priorities.
• Mentor architects, consultants, and engineers in banking accounts.
• Evaluate technical approaches, risks, and recommendations for technical and executive audiences.

Required experience and capabilities

• Deep banking experience spanning technology governance, risk, compliance, and investment decision-making.
• Experience in one or more banking domains, including retail, commercial, payments, lending, wealth, capital markets, risk, or finance.
• Broad understanding of cloud, data, AI, cybersecurity, integration, and application modernization.
• Ability to assess complex technology environments and provide practical direction.
• Strong executive presence and communication with senior executives and technical teams.
• Cloud Platform Architect-level knowledge of Azure, AWS, and/or GCP.
• Knowledge of platform engineering, shared cloud services, governance, landing zones, identity, networking, security, resilience, and observability.
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, APIs, and modern application delivery.

Preferred qualifications

• Five or more years of progressive experience across banking technology, cloud architecture, consulting, or technology leadership.
• Experience working for a bank, advising banking clients, or both.
• Consulting, professional services, systems integration, or technology-provider experience.
• Responsibility for account growth, business development, or market development.
• Experience leading major cloud transformation, platform modernization, or enterprise technology programs.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and influencing without direct authority.

Workplace

• BDO uses a blended work model involving time in the office, at client sites, and virtually.

Compensation

• Expected annual compensation is CAD 115,000 to CAD 165,000.