About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Lead DevOps / Platform Engineering Lead to drive the strategy, architecture, and evolution of our cloud-native platform.
This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for building scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-effective engineering platforms that enable development teams to deliver software quickly and safely. The successful candidate will combine deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, Observability, and Software Engineering.
This role requires a strong Java software engineering background, combined with extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and platform operations. We are looking for a leader who understands both application development and platform engineering, and who can effectively bridge the gap between software teams and infrastructure teams.
The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader capable of defining engineering standards, mentoring teams, making architectural decisions, and driving automation and platform modernization across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Engineering & Developer Enablement
Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure
Core AWS Services
Kubernetes Platform Leadership
Kubernetes Ecosystem
DevOps, CI/CD & GitOps
Technologies
Artifactory
Infrastructure as Code
Technologies
Observability, Reliability & SRE
Observability Stack
Monitoring
Logging
Tracing
Security & DevSecOps
Security Technologies
Software Engineering & Java Development
This role requires a strong software engineering foundation.
The successful candidate must have significant hands-on experience developing and operating enterprise-grade Java applications and microservices. Platform decisions should be informed by a deep understanding of application architecture, developer workflows, runtime performance, and operational requirements.
Required Java Experience
Preferred Java Technologies
Lead-Level Expectation
The candidate must be able to:
Data & Messaging Technologies
The successful candidate should have practical knowledge of modern data and messaging platforms.
Databases
Messaging & Event Streaming
Architecture & Design Expertise
The ideal candidate demonstrates expertise in:
Leadership Responsibilities
As a technical leader, you will:
Required Qualifications
Education
Professional Experience
Preferred Qualifications
Certifications
Additional Experience
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 12 months, the successful candidate will:
Ideal Candidate Profile
You are a technical leader who combines:
✅ Deep AWS expertise
✅ Advanced Kubernetes knowledge
✅ Strong Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code capabilities
✅ Modern DevOps and GitOps experience
✅ Platform Engineering leadership
✅ DevSecOps and Observability expertise
✅ Strong Java software engineering background
✅ Architectural decision-making skills
✅ Coaching and mentoring abilities
✅ Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.
Open job postingAbout the company
Wolters Kluwer Financial & Compliance Services division is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to work out of our St. Cloud, MN location. The Financial & Compliance Services division of Wolters Kluwer consists of businesses that empower professionals in highly regulated industries to make the best decisions in a rapidly changing, global environment by providing the knowledge-rich solutions and services they need to manage risk across their business, improve efficiency and profitability, and support their firm’s goals. There are three business units within the Wolters Kluwer Financial & Compliance Services division: Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, which provides risk, compliance and audit solutions specifically designed to help financial organizations around the world manage risk, ensure compliance and improve efficiency and effectiveness; Wolters Kluwer Audit, Risk & Compliance, a provider of audit, risk and compliance software for professionals in highly regulated industries; and Wolters Kluwer Transport Services, which provides real-time marketplace and transport management services on-demand. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., the Financial & Compliance Services division employs 2,100 people and has offices in more than 20 countries.