Digital Platform Engineering Lead - Erlanger, KY

Job Description

Digital Platform Engineering Lead - Erlanger, KY
This is an exempt level position

Position Summary:
The Digital Platform Engineering Lead is accountable for architecting, building, and operating the foundational cloud-native platforms and digital capabilities that power ADM's enterprise applications and Digital solutions. This role bridges deep technical engineering expertise with strategic thinking to ensure ADM's platforms are scalable, resilient, secure, and aligned with business objectives.
The Digital Platform Engineering Lead will own the end-to-end design and delivery of Cloud infrastructure and platform services across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS deployment models. They will lead a team of cloud engineers, platform architects, and web application developers to build the engineering backbone that enables rapid development and deployment of digital solutions across ADM's global business segments and corporate functions.
The role will serve as the technical authority for all cloud and digital platform decisions, working in close partnership with Digital Solutions Leaders, Data & AI teams, Cybersecurity, and Enterprise Architecture to deliver a modern, integrated, and high-performance digital engineering ecosystem.
Key competencies include deep expertise in cloud-native engineering, multi-cloud and hybrid deployment strategies, web application development, DevSecOps, and the ability to lead and influence global engineering teams.

Job Responsibilities:

• Cloud Platform Strategy & Architecture: Drive the design, development, and operationalization of ADM's cloud-native platform strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise digital transformation goals across global segments and corporate functions.
• Cloud Deployment Model Expertise: Define and govern the enterprise cloud architecture across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS models, establishing standards, patterns, and guardrails for secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud deployments.
• Application & Digital Capability Engineering: Architect and deliver reusable, scalable web application frameworks and digital platform services (APIs, microservices, integration layers) that accelerate the delivery of digital capabilities across ADM.
• Engineering Leadership & Technical Governance: Serve as the primary technical bridge between the Digital Solutions Leaders (business-facing) and the engineering delivery teams. Translate business requirements into robust, cloud-native engineering solutions, ensuring delivery excellence across the entire SDLC.
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a globally distributed team of cloud engineers, platform developers, DevOps practitioners, and full-stack developers. Foster a high-performance engineering culture grounded in continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation.
• DevSecOps & Platform Engineering: Own the design and implementation of ADM's DevSecOps pipelines and platform engineering practices - including CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), automated testing, and site reliability engineering (SRE) - to enable rapid, reliable, and secure software delivery.
• Platform Reliability & Security: Accountable for enterprise-wide platform performance, availability, and security. Establish SLAs, SLOs, and observability practices (monitoring, logging, alerting) to ensure mission-critical platforms meet business continuity requirements.
• Cost Optimization & FinOps: Partner with Finance and IT leadership to manage cloud infrastructure budgets, optimize platform costs through FinOps practices, and ensure maximum ROI on cloud and platform investments.
• Technology Innovation & Modernization: Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies - including serverless computing, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), edge computing, and AI/ML platform services - to continuously modernize ADM's digital engineering stack.
• Vendor & Partner Management: Cultivate and manage strategic relationships with key cloud and technology vendors (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, SAP). Lead vendor assessments, negotiations, and governance to ensure best-fit solutions and strong SLA performance.
• Platform Product Mindset: Champion engineering best practices, platform reusability, and a product-centric approach to platform development, enabling teams to build, iterate, and scale digital solutions faster across the enterprise.

Educational & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field. Master's degree is a plus.
• 12-15+ years of overall experience in IT, with at least 7+ years of hands-on experience designing and delivering cloud-native solutions.
• Deep expertise in Cloud deployment models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) across major cloud providers (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform). Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud experience strongly preferred.
• Proven experience in web application development and architecture (modern frameworks, APIs, microservices, containerization).
• Demonstrated ability to build and scale Digital capabilities end-to-end - from platform engineering through product deployment.
• Strong experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, or equivalent), and agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience leading and managing globally distributed engineering teams.
• Cloud certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Architect) are strongly preferred..

Excited about this role but don't think you meet every requirement listed? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another one of our openings.

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About ADM

At ADM, we unlock the power of nature to provide access to nutrition worldwide. With industry-advancing innovations, a complete portfolio of ingredients and solutions to meet any taste, and a commitment to sustainability, we give customers an edge in solving the nutritional challenges of today and tomorrow. We're a global leader in human and animal nutrition and the world's premier agricultural origination and processing company. Our breadth, depth, insights, facilities and logistical expertise give us unparalleled capabilities to meet needs for food, beverages, health and wellness, and more. From the seed of the idea to the outcome of the solution, we enrich the quality of life the world over. Learn more at ;br>
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Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are cornerstones of ADM's efforts to continue innovating, driving growth, and delivering outstanding performance. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and create welcoming, truly inclusive work environments - environments that enable every ADM colleague to feel comfortable on the job, make meaningful contributions to our success, and grow their career. We respect and value the unique backgrounds and experiences that each person can bring to ADM because we know that diversity of perspectives makes us better, together.

We welcome everyone to apply. We are committed to ensuring all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, language, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law

Benefits and Perks

Enriching the quality of life for the world begins by taking care of our colleagues. In addition to competitive pay, we support your diverse needs with a comprehensive total rewards package to enhance your well-being, including:

• Physical wellness - medical/Rx, dental, vision and on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable).
• Financial wellness - flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan, discounted employee stock purchasing program, life insurance, disability, workers' compensation, legal assistance, identity theft protection.
• Mental and social wellness - Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares).

Additional benefits include:

• Paid time off including paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
• Tuition assistance.
• Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.

*Benefits may vary for bargained locations, confirm benefit eligibility with your recruiter.

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

If hired, employees will be in an "at-will position" and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

The pay range for this position is expected to be between: