Director, Platform Engineering

Director, Platform Engineering

Versant Health is one of the nation's leading administrators of managed vision care, serving over 35 million of our clients' members across the United States. Our purpose is to make healthy vision a reality for everyone by improving access to care and education in the communities we serve. Fueled by our mission to improve members' lives with easy-to-use vision solutions rooted in choice value, and care, we believe that everyone has the power to become anything they set their sights on.

See how you can make a difference with the support of strong leadership and a team environment.

Versant Health: Making Healthy Vision a Reality for Everyone

What are we looking for?

Leads the strategy, delivery, and continuous improvement of secure, reusable, and automated enterprise platform capabilities across on-premises infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and container environments. The role establishes the target-state platform engineering model and modernization roadmap, replacing manual processes with standardized, code-driven and self-service capabilities where practical. This position provides technical and people leadership while partnering across Infrastructure, Information Security, Application Development, Operations, and Enterprise Architecture to improve delivery speed, reliability, security, and auditability. This is a technically deep leadership role requiring the ability to engage directly in architecture, engineering decisions, design reviews, and technical problem solving. The Director of Platform Engineering establishes engineering standards, builds and mentors a high-performing team, promotes an IaC-first operating model, and creates reusable platform services that make on-premises, cloud, and containerized infrastructure more consistent, supportable, compliant, and automation-ready. This position champions a culture shift where infrastructure changes are code-driven, peer-reviewed, version-controlled, tested, policy-enforced, repeatable, and auditable wherever technically feasible.

Where you will have an impact

• Define and execute the enterprise platform engineering strategy, operating model, architecture standards, service portfolio, and phased modernization roadmap.
• Build, lead, and develop the Platform Engineering function and team, establishing its service portfolio, roles, clear priorities, engineering practices, accountability, and a culture of collaboration, bias for action, and continuous improvement.
• Deliver reusable platform services and paved-road deployment patterns across hybrid cloud, container platforms, infrastructure automation, and developer enablement.
• Advance Infrastructure as Code, configuration management, Git-based workflows, CI/CD, automated testing, policy as code, GitOps, and self-service provisioning to reduce manual and ticket-driven work.
• Provide technical direction for cloud and container platforms, including Azure, AWS, Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, platform automation, resiliency, deployment standards, and operational support models.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture, and Application Development to establish reference architectures, integration standards, consumption models, and modern application-hosting patterns.
• Embed security, identity, access control, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, compliance, disaster recovery, observability, capacity, and audit requirements into platform designs and engineering practices.
• Own the engineering lifecycle and operational health of the Platform Engineering portfolio, including availability, incident response, problem management, root-cause analysis, documentation, and continuous improvement.
• Establish performance measures for platform adoption, automation, reliability, deployment consistency, customer experience, incident reduction, and audit readiness.
• Contribute to budget, workforce, vendor, licensing, contract, and technology planning, and coordinate cross-functional communication and escalation for platform-related priorities and risks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What's necessary to do the job?

Experience, Education, and Certifications/Licenses:

Education - Bachelor's Degree - Preferred - Notes: Or equiv. work experience.

Experience - 10+ Years - Preferred - Notes: Enterprise modernization experience should include production use of automation/IaC and experience with hybrid cloud and/or container platforms.Experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, AKS, EKS, Rancher, Tanzu, or similar container platforms.Experience with Terraform, Ansible, Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, automated provisioning, and infrastructure deployment standards.

Licenses and Certifications - N/A - Preferred/Required - Notes:

HIPAA & Security Requirements

All Associates must comply with the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as it pertains to disclosures of protected health information (PHI) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and HIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures. As a component of job roles and responsibilities, Associates may have access to covered information, cardholder data or other confidential customer information which must be protected at all times. As a result, Associates must explicitly adhere to all data security guidelines established within the Company's Privacy & Security Training Program.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package designed to support your health, financial well?being, and work?life balance. Benefits include medical, dental, and paid vision coverage; paid time off and company holidays; retirement savings with employer contribution; employee wellness resources; and professional development opportunities. Additional benefits may include flexible work arrangements, employee assistance programs, and other programs that support you both at work and beyond.

This role is salaried. The expected pay range for this position is $170,000.00 $180,000.00 per year, based on factors such as experience, skills, and role requirements. Actual pay within the range will be determined during the hiring process and in accordance with applicable wage and hour laws.

Versant Health will never request money from candidates who seek employment with us and will never ask for any payment as part of the recruitment process.

Versant Health is a proud Equal Emarployment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer dedicated to attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at Versant Health without regards to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our purpose is to make healthy vision a reality for everyone by improving access to care and education in the communities we serve. Fueled by our mission to improve members' lives with easy-to-use vision solutions rooted in choice, value, and care, Versant Health believes that everyone has the power to become anything they set their sights on.

Our team is guided by core Leadership PrinciplesPerspective, Care, Drive, and Ownershipwhich shape how we work, lead, and grow together.

Our Management Team is committed to fostering a strong and supportive culture, cultivating a thriving work environment, providing clear direction, optimizing resources, enabling innovative solutions, and driving meaningful results.