Platform Engineering Manager, Data Security Team

At Thales, we know technology has the ability to make our world more secure, sustainable, and inclusive – and that it’s all driven by human intelligence.

Because it takes human intelligence to build and power the systems and solutions that people depend on every day. So we stay curious and make space for diverse points of view. We share what we know and we challenge what’s possible.

We’re driving progress in some of the world’s most important industries - from the bottom of the oceans to the depths of space and cyberspace - and from manufacturing to engineering, we work together to build a future we can all trust.

Imperva, a Thales company, is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader, dedicated to securing data and applications across diverse environments. Our cutting-edge solutions empower organizations to safeguard their most critical assets, ensuring robust protection against emerging threats.

Imperva, a Thales company, is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader dedicated to securing data and applications across diverse environments. Our cutting‑edge solutions help organizations protect their most critical assets against emerging threats.

Thales believes that technology becomes truly powerful when driven by human intelligence. We value curiosity, diverse perspectives, and bold thinking—and we are proud to be ranked among Israel’s Top 50 High‑Tech Companies to Work For in 2025 (Dun & Bradstreet) and offer a flexible hybrid work model from our Tel Aviv office.

We are looking for a Platform Engineering Manager to join the Data Security team. In this role, you will lead the Platform Engineering team, whose mission is to empower engineering teams by delivering reliable, scalable environments, services, and tools that enable efficient development, seamless delivery, and high productivity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow the Platform Engineering team .
• Own the CI/CD ecosystem (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc) while driving adoption of best practices in build and CI/CD pipelines, testing, supportability, and security for faster and safer deployments.
• Manage testing infrastructure and environment provisioning.
• Drive automation to reduce manual intervention and operational overhead.
• Improve developer productivity by streamlining local dev environments, sandbox infra, and test automation. Release faster and more reliable product.
• Ensure ease of supportability, maintainability, and observability of services.
• Conduct regular infrastructure reviews, audits, and cost optimizations.
  
  

• 4+ years hands-on in Infrastructure/DevOps roles.
• At least 3+ years in leadership/management role. Managing and scaling infra/DevOps teams (5+ engineers).
• Experience decomposing large initiatives into phased, incremental programs.
• Deep knowledge of automation and CI/CD pipeline tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.).
• Proficiency in GCP.
• Exposure to hybrid setups (cloud + on-prem).
• A team player with excellent collaboration, communication skills to collaborate with product, engineering, security, and leadership stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and take ownership.
• Proven experience working with AI tools to speedup processes and improve efficiency.
• Be able to adapt to new technologies and infrastructure.
  
  

• Experience with multi-cloud or cloud migration projects and on-prem infrastructure.
• Demonstrated success in building productivity improvements.
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), Docker, Helm, service meshes.
• Experience in environment provisioning using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent.
• Proficiency in at least one language (Python, Go, Bash, etc.) for automation.
• Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Datadog, New Relic, Open Telemetry.