[Hiring] Director, Infrastructure and Platform @GE Aerospace

Role Description

The Director, Infrastructure & Platform leads the team that creates standard, reliable environments on which Defense & Systems builds, tests, and delivers software. The team owns the secure platforms, shared services, and the single golden-path delivery pipeline that the organization's software developers depend on, so that delivery is dependable, on time, and to standard. The role runs the platform as a product, not as a help desk.

This is a people-leadership role accountable for both the operating model and the people who run it. The Director sets the platform roadmap and service standards, mandates the golden path that product teams adopt, and holds the team to FLIGHT DECK standard work and a bias toward flow. Success improves Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost by removing undifferentiated infrastructure work from every software team and replacing ad-hoc environments with a governed, consumable platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college with a minimum of 7 years of professional experience OR Associate's degree with a minimum of 10 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with a minimum of 12 years of professional experience.
• Minimum 6 years of professional experience in Infrastructure & Platform Engineering or IT.
• Minimum 3 years of experience leading technical teams.
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience.

Requirements

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. GE Aerospace will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.
• Export Control Required (ITAR/EAR).

Desired Characteristics

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering.
• Experience building and running an internal platform or paved-road capability as a product, with defined service levels.
• Platform engineering and site reliability engineering (SRE) background: CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and on-call operations.
• Working knowledge of cloud (AWS or Azure), hybrid, and edge environments.
• Demonstrated understanding of FLIGHT DECK, Lean, or a comparable operating model (e.g., Scaled Agile Framework, continuous improvement).
• Track record leading and developing technical teams across a complex, matrixed organization.
• Ability to drive adoption of a shared standard across teams that do not report to you.
• Defense, aerospace, or other regulated or export-controlled environment background.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government SECRET security clearance.

Success Metrics

• Product teams on the golden-path pipeline — adoption rate across the four software teams.
• Platform availability and reliability against published SLAs.
• Delivery improvement for teams on the platform: lead time and deployment frequency (DORA).
• Change failure rate and time-to-restore for platform services.
• Team health: role clarity in place, objectives set, and engagement sustained.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace.
• Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions.
• Tuition assistance and adoption assistance.
• Paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status.

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position.