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Director, Platform Engineering
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Summary

Location

Bengaluru

Type

full-time

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Job Title

Director, Platform Engineering

Common Accountabilities

  • Lead teams, including other managers, with accountability for performance and results across related units.
  • Develop departmental plans, allocate resources, and shape policies within your area of responsibility.
  • Anticipate business challenges and define solutions for complex issues that may affect the division or function.
  • Work within the division strategy with a high degree of autonomy in a complex environment.

Specific Accountabilities

  • Manage infrastructure such as platforms, containers, and cloud operations.
  • Build and maintain platforms that form the foundation for software solutions and services.
  • Lead the transition from on‑premises and network‑based environments to cloud solutions, applying expertise in network engineering, system administration, and storage administration.
  • Develop tools and infrastructure that improve engineering productivity.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead team outcomes: report on activities and results; own team performance.
  • Plan and optimize operations: set priorities, address resource and operational needs, and manage budgets and financial impacts.
  • Improve ways of working: recommend process and workflow improvements, introduce new techniques, and lead change management.
  • Safeguard operations and customers: ensure timely investigation and resolution of production support issues and customer inquiries; promote a safe, inclusive working environment.
  • Partner across functions: collaborate with software development, architecture, solutions engineering, and Quality Assurance (QA) teams to design for testability, stability, scalability, and performance; collaborate with the Cytric platform community of practice (internally known as “Amigos”).

Skills

  • Clear written and verbal communication with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
  • Experience working in global or multicultural environments
  • Experience with Amadeus teams or products is helpful but not required; we welcome equivalent experience from similar environments.
  • Typically 5–7 years in engineering or site reliability engineering (SRE), or equivalent skills demonstrated through projects, training, or transferable experience.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Amadeus aspires to be a leader in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the tech industry, enabling every employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment, attracting the best talent from all backgrounds, and as a role model for an inclusive employee experience.  

Amadeus is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, disability or any other characteristics protected by law.  

Other facts

Tech stack
Platform Engineering,Cloud Operations,Network Engineering,System Administration,Storage Administration,Team Leadership,Communication,Collaboration,Process Improvement,Change Management,Problem Solving,Budget Management,Customer Support,Diversity and Inclusion,Software Development,Quality Assurance,Engineering Productivity

About Amadeus

We make the experience of travel better for everyone, everywhere by inspiring innovation, partnerships and responsibility to people, places and planet.

Our technology powers the travel and tourism industry.

We inspire more connected ways of thinking, centered around the traveler.

Our platform connects the travel and hospitality ecosystem. We are making travel a force for social and environmental good.

We are passionate about travel. With a unique perspective, at the heart of our industry, we are redesigning the travel of tomorrow.

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting

What you'll do

  • Lead teams to achieve performance and results while managing infrastructure and transitioning to cloud solutions. Collaborate across functions to improve operations and safeguard customer support.

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What does a Director, Platform Engineering do at Amadeus?

As a Director, Platform Engineering at Amadeus, you will: lead teams to achieve performance and results while managing infrastructure and transitioning to cloud solutions. Collaborate across functions to improve operations and safeguard customer support..

Why join Amadeus as a Director, Platform Engineering?

Amadeus is a leading IT Services and IT Consulting company.

Is the Director, Platform Engineering position at Amadeus remote?

The Director, Platform Engineering position at Amadeus is based in Bengaluru, India. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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