Vice President-Platform Private SaaS And Cloud Deployment

About Cognite

Embark on a transformative journey with Cognite, a global SaaS forerunner in leveraging AI and data to unravel complex business challenges through our cutting-edge offerings including Cognite Atlas AI, an industrial agent workbench, and the Cognite Data Fusion (CDF) platform. We were awarded the 2022 Technology Innovation Leader for Global Digital Industrial Platforms & Cognite was recognized as 2024 Microsoft Energy and Resources Partner of the Year. In the realm of industrial digital transformation, we stand at the forefront, reshaping the future of Oil & Gas, Chemicals, Pharma and other Manufacturing and Energy sectors. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.

About The Opportunity

As Cognite continues its transformation to an AI-native engineering organization, we are strengthening our platform foundation to ensure scalability, security, and reliability across Private SaaS and Cloud deployments. This role is pivotal in unifying Cognite’s delivery architecture and enabling our moonshot — to build the world’s most trusted, intelligent industrial platform.

The Engineering Leader – Platform, Private SaaS, and Cloud Deployment will lead a global team responsible for the technical backbone of Cognite’s deployment ecosystem — spanning the entire platform including Private SaaS environments, single/multi-tenant cloud deployment, developer tooling, observability/insight, datastore, and reliability engineering.This leader will drive the end-to-end strategy for how Cognite builds, deploys, operates, and monitors its services across environments. The role requires a balance of strategic thinking, architectural depth, and operational rigor, along with the ability to lead and build high-performing teams across multiple geographies.

How Youll Drive Impact

• Own the overall deployment strategy across Private SaaS and Multi Cloud, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reliability.
• Lead and grow engineering teams responsible for platform services, developer tools, observability, and reliability practices.
• Define and execute the roadmap for deployment automation, environment management, observability, and continuous delivery.
• Drive operational excellence across all environments, ensuring uptime, performance, and service quality aligned to defined SLOs.
• Establish and maintain reliability metrics (SLOs, SLIs, error budgets) and embed these into engineering culture and processes.
• Partner with the Architecture, Security, and Product teams to ensure platform services meet performance, compliance, and scalability goals.
• Champion platform reusability and internal developer productivity through tools, shared services, and CI/CD optimisation.
• Lead incident management and post-mortem practices, fostering learning and transparency.
• Collaborate with customers and partners for Private SaaS deployments to ensure secure, compliant, and high-performing environments.
• Mentor engineering managers and leads, driving a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to Cognite’s AI-native transformation, embedding automation, AI-assisted diagnostics, and intelligent observability into engineering operations.
  
  

What You Will Bring

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 4+ years in engineering leadership roles spanning platform, infrastructure, or reliability domains.
• Proven success leading SaaS or hybrid cloud deployments with high availability and stringent security requirements.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, etc.).
• Hands-on familiarity with observability and reliability practices (e.g., SLO/SLI, error budgets, incident management).
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical programs across multiple teams and time zones.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills able to partner with Product, Architecture, and Security to drive shared outcomes.
• Proven experience in building scalable engineering systems and teams that balance innovation with reliability.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to connect technical initiatives to business impact and customer outcomes.
• Passionate about modern engineering practices, developer productivity, and a culture of learning and excellence.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in data platforms, industrial, or mission-critical software.
• Background in multi-cloud or Private SaaS delivery models.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC2, GDPR, or similar.
• Exposure to AI-driven observability or autonomous remediation systems.
• Experience managing distributed teams across geographies (Europe and Asia).
  
  

Join the Global Cognite Community

Be part of a diverse, global team of 70+ nationalities, building technology that transforms how the world’s industries operate.

Work from our modern Bengaluru hub in a hybrid, high-trust environment with a flat structure and direct access to decision-makers.

At Cognite, you’ll learn fast, make an impact, and grow your career alongside exceptional talent.

Why Cognite

Recognized by CNBC and Frost & Sullivan as a global innovation leader, Cognite is driving the next wave of industrial AI and digital transformation.

Join us to shape the future of data and industry.

Apply today — and follow us on LinkedIn (@Cognite) to discover more opportunities.

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