Platform Engineer

Journey with us!  Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.

We are proud to be the vacation-industry leader with global brands — including Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises — the most innovative fleet and private destinations, and the best people. Together, we are dedicated to turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations for our guests.

The Royal Caribbean Group’s AI & Analytics Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Platform Engineer reporting to the Senior Manager, Data Intelligence Operations.

The position is onsite and based in Miramar, Florida.

The position is also not eligible for work authorization sponsorship.

Position Summary

Royal Caribbean Group is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join the Enterprise Data Office. This individual will serve as a key administrator of our GitHub and Azure DevOps organizations, drive the migration of assets from Azure DevOps to GitHub, and support cloud infrastructure operations across Azure and AWS environments. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in developer tooling, CI/CD pipeline design, repository governance, and cloud resource management.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Administer all aspects of the GitHub and Azure DevOps organizations, including user management, permissions, and policy enforcement across multiple teams.
• Lead and execute the migration of pipelines, repositories, and related assets from Azure DevOps to GitHub.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD workflows for solutions including container app deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and data platform integrations.
• Implement and enforce repository standards, branch protection rules, and configuration file governance across all repositories.
• Establish and maintain security controls within the GitHub organization, covering repository access, workflow permissions, secret management, and supply chain security.
• Provision, configure, and manage self-hosted GitHub Actions runners to optimize workflow execution efficiency and cost.
• Partner with the cloud operations team to administer, monitor, and provision Azure resources, ensuring adherence to organizational standards.
• Support infrastructure operations in AWS as needed, contributing to provisioning and access control efforts.
• Document platform standards, runbooks, and architectural decisions to support team scalability and knowledge transfer.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills

• 5–7+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure Engineering
• Expertise administering GitHub at enterprise scale, including Actions, branch protections, CODEOWNERS, and organization-level governance
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, and platform administration)
• Proven ability to design, build, and operate CI/CD pipelines from development through production
• Experience enforcing code quality standards, including linting, testing, and repository governance
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices, including secrets management, secure workflows, and dependency scanning
• Experience managing self-hosted CI/CD runners, including provisioning, scaling, patching, and cost optimization
• Experience with Azure cloud services (compute, networking, monitoring, RBAC); AWS experience considered
• Proficiency in Python and/or PowerShell for automation and tooling
• Familiarity with security and compliance tools (e.g., Snyk, Orca Security)
• Experience supporting or building platforms for Databricks or similar data engineering environments
• Working knowledge of SQL for data validation, auditing, or reporting
• Experience operating within enterprise data platforms or Center of Excellence (CoE) governance models
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering and business stakeholders

Agency and Third-Party Submissions:  Please note this is a direct search by the Company, and applications through agencies and other third parties will not be accepted, nor will fees be paid for unsolicited resumes. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered the Company's property.

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.