Platform Engineering Lead Jobs in Tennessee
Platform Engineering Lead jobs in Tennessee are open across Nashville, Chattanooga, and Memphis and other Tennessee metros, with employers like ASTEC, Asurion, and HCA Healthcare hiring at every experience level. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Job Summary
The Senior Manager, DevOps Platform Engineering – Observability & Developer Experience, leads a global DevOps platform engineering team responsible for defining and executing enterprise observability strategy and advancing developer platform capabilities. This role establishes enterprise-wide visibility into system health and customer-impacting services, enabling proactive detection, rapid resolution, and prevention of service disruptions. By advancing automation-first platforms and modern observability practices, this leader improves availability, reduces incident impact, strengthens customer trust, and elevates enterprise reliability maturity. The position requires strong executive presence and the ability to communicate platform health, risk posture, reliability trends, and strategic investment priorities to senior and executive leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Platform Leadership
- Lead a global DevOps platform engineering team with enterprise accountability
- Define and execute multi-year strategy and roadmaps for observability and developer platforms
- Establish platform-as-a-product operating models, governance standards, and adoption frameworks
- Drive enterprise adoption of reliability and observability standards across engineering teams
- Champion automation, self-service capabilities, and engineering enablement at scale
- Present strategy, reliability performance, and business-impact outcomes to executive leadership
Enterprise Observability & Reliability
- Define and institutionalize enterprise standards for logging, metrics, distributed tracing, alerting, and event correlation
- Improve visibility into customer-impacting services and reduce time to detection and resolution
- Own the strategy and optimization of enterprise application performance monitoring and observability platforms
- Partner with engineering teams to ensure monitoring and reliability are embedded into application architecture and delivery practices
- Translate observability insights into actionable improvements that prevent service disruptions and reduce operational risk
Developer Platform Enablement
- Oversee governance and administration of enterprise developer platforms
- Improve automation, integration, and workflow efficiency to increase engineering productivity and reliability
- Ensure compliance, security alignment, vendor management, and cost optimization
Operational Excellence
- Maintain continuous operational support for critical enterprise platforms
- Govern major incident response, escalation processes, and on-call standards
- Establish and track service level objectives, reliability indicators, and customer-impact metrics
- Drive ongoing resilience, automation, and operational maturity improvements
People Leadership
- Develop and mentor a high-performing global team
- Provide coaching, performance management, and career development
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, reliability, and continuous improvement
Qualifications
- 5+ years of progressive people leadership experience
- 8+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or enterprise platform administration
- Experience operating in a continuous support environment
- Experience with enterprise application performance monitoring and observability solutions
- Experience with enterprise developer platforms
- Executive-level communication and presentation skills
- Experience with cloud platforms and modern software delivery practices
Job Summary
The Senior Manager, DevOps Platform Engineering – Observability & Developer Experience, leads a global DevOps platform engineering team responsible for defining and executing enterprise observability strategy and advancing developer platform capabilities. This role establishes enterprise-wide visibility into system health and customer-impacting services, enabling proactive detection, rapid resolution, and prevention of service disruptions. By advancing automation-first platforms and modern observability practices, this leader improves availability, reduces incident impact, strengthens customer trust, and elevates enterprise reliability maturity. The position requires strong executive presence and the ability to communicate platform health, risk posture, reliability trends, and strategic investment priorities to senior and executive leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy & Platform Leadership
- Lead a global DevOps platform engineering team with enterprise accountability
- Define and execute multi-year strategy and roadmaps for observability and developer platforms
- Establish platform-as-a-product operating models, governance standards, and adoption frameworks
- Drive enterprise adoption of reliability and observability standards across engineering teams
- Champion automation, self-service capabilities, and engineering enablement at scale
- Present strategy, reliability performance, and business-impact outcomes to executive leadership
Enterprise Observability & Reliability
- Define and institutionalize enterprise standards for logging, metrics, distributed tracing, alerting, and event correlation
- Improve visibility into customer-impacting services and reduce time to detection and resolution
- Own the strategy and optimization of enterprise application performance monitoring and observability platforms
- Partner with engineering teams to ensure monitoring and reliability are embedded into application architecture and delivery practices
- Translate observability insights into actionable improvements that prevent service disruptions and reduce operational risk
Developer Platform Enablement
- Oversee governance and administration of enterprise developer platforms
- Improve automation, integration, and workflow efficiency to increase engineering productivity and reliability
- Ensure compliance, security alignment, vendor management, and cost optimization
Operational Excellence
- Maintain continuous operational support for critical enterprise platforms
- Govern major incident response, escalation processes, and on-call standards
- Establish and track service level objectives, reliability indicators, and customer-impact metrics
- Drive ongoing resilience, automation, and operational maturity improvements
People Leadership
- Develop and mentor a high-performing global team
- Provide coaching, performance management, and career development
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, reliability, and continuous improvement
Qualifications
- 5+ years of progressive people leadership experience
- 8+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or enterprise platform administration
- Experience operating in a continuous support environment
- Experience with enterprise application performance monitoring and observability solutions
- Experience with enterprise developer platforms
- Executive-level communication and presentation skills
- Experience with cloud platforms and modern software delivery practices
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Where Tennessee roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Platform Engineering Lead Job Market in Tennessee
A snapshot from current Tennessee openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- ASTEC2
- Asurion2
- HCA Healthcare1
- ITR1
- Noblesoft Solutions1
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software4
- Construction & Real Estate1
- Consulting & Professional Services1
- Consumer Goods1
- Healthcare & Medical Services1
What Tennessee Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in platform engineering lead jobs across Tennessee.
- 5 or more years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering roles
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines at scale across multiple engineering teams
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects and mentor engineers without direct authority
- Strong background in developer experience tooling such as Backstage, internal CLIs, or golden path templates
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical discipline
Platform Engineering Lead Jobs in Tennessee: Frequently Asked Questions
How many platform engineering lead jobs are there in Tennessee?
There are 12+ platform engineering lead openings in Tennessee on Migrate Mate as of June 2026, with the most roles in Nashville, Chattanooga, and Memphis. New positions post regularly as employers across Tennessee hire.
How much do platform engineering leads make in Tennessee?
Platform engineering leads in Tennessee earn a median of about $161,430 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $105,980 for the lowest 10% to over $239,240 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which Tennessee cities have the most platform engineering lead jobs?
Nashville, Chattanooga, and Memphis have the most platform engineering lead openings in Tennessee right now, with additional roles spread across smaller metros statewide.
Which companies hire platform engineering leads in Tennessee?
Employers hiring platform engineering leads in Tennessee include ASTEC, Asurion, and HCA Healthcare, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026.
Are there remote platform engineering lead jobs in Tennessee?
Yes. About 25% of platform engineering lead openings tied to Tennessee are remote or hybrid as of June 2026. The rest are on-site roles based in Tennessee metros.
How do I apply for platform engineering lead jobs in Tennessee?
You can apply to platform engineering lead jobs in Tennessee directly on Migrate Mate. Search the listings above, find roles that match your experience and preferred Tennessee location, then apply to each one that fits.
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