At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.
Department OverviewAt Unified Communications, our vision is to build a safer world - unified by instant, secure and reliable communications. We build best-in-class broadband mission critical voice, video and data communications products. Our portfolio includes evidence platforms as well as Land Mobile Radio interoperability solutions.
Job Description
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Manager, Platform Engineering to lead and scale our platform engineering teams. This role will drive the design, development, and delivery of scalable, reliable, and high-performance platform services, while enabling product teams through strong technical leadership and execution excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Building
Lead and mentor multiple engineering teams
Build a high-performing, scalable organization
Drive accountability, ownership, and engineering excellence
Platform Strategy & Execution
Define and execute platform engineering strategy aligned with business goals
Drive development of core platform capabilities across Kubernetes, operating systems, and distributed systems
Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of platform services
Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
Oversee design and operation of container orchestration (Kubernetes) and cloud-native platforms
Drive platform capabilities across compute, lifecycle management, orchestration, and APIs
Ensure strong integration between VM-based and containerized environments
DevOps & CI/CD Enablement
Partner with DevEx to establish and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and release processes
Drive adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) and automation-first practices
Improve deployment velocity, reliability, and developer productivity
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Product, DevEx, Security, and other engineering teams
Drive alignment across teams and manage dependencies effectively
Delivery & Operational Excellence
Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery of platform initiatives
Establish strong engineering practices, metrics, and governance
Drive continuous improvement in development, testing, and release processes
Architecture & Technical Leadership
Provide guidance on system design, scalability, and reliability
Ensure alignment with central engineering standards and long-term architecture vision
Basic Requirements
15+ years of experience in software engineering, with 5+ years in leadership roles
Proven experience building and scaling platform/infrastructure teams
Strong expertise in:
Kubernetes and container orchestration
Operating systems (Linux/Unix fundamentals)
Distributed systems and cloud platforms
CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
Experience with automation, infrastructure as code, and modern development frameworks
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and execution leadership skills
Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperiencedReferral Payment PlanNo
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.
