Skillhouse Internal Career Opportunity
IT Platform Engineering Manager (JR2601573 / JG21 ~ JG22)
Position Title:
IT Platform Engineering Manager (JR2601573 / JG21 ~ JG22)
Employment Type:
Permanent
Working Hours:
English Level - Advanced (TOEIC 860), Japanese Level - Advanced (JLPT Level 1)
Salary
Description
A world’s leading Insurance service provider, is seeking a highly capable and bilingual IT Platform Engineering Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of the company’s middleware platforms and production support environment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Platform Engineering (Middleware) team and manage 20+ vendor resources
- Manage and support critical middleware and integration platforms
- Oversee technologies such as Tomcat, AWS/EC2, containers, Pega, MQ, HULFT, DataStage, and JP1
- Manage application integration, data transformation, messaging, and backend services
- Lead system improvements covering performance, reliability, monitoring, and automation
- Manage onshore and offshore vendors, including delivery, quality, and performance
- Lead technical troubleshooting and resolution of complex production issues
- Ensure systems meet security, availability, and disaster recovery requirements
- Work with Security and Infrastructure teams on secure and resilient architectures
- Manage multiple projects and technology upgrades simultaneously
- Provide technical direction and recommendations to senior management
- Drive adoption of DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and Generative AI to improve IT operations
Required Skills:
- 10+ years of IT experience, including experience leading engineering or infrastructure teams
- Strong experience with Middleware / Integration / Platform Engineering
- Handson experience with several of the following: Tomcat / AWS / EC2 / Containers / Kubernetes / MQ / Enterprise Service Bus / HULFT / DataStage / JP1 / Pega
- Experience designing and supporting highavailability systems
- Strong experience with system integration and data integration
- Experience with DevOps and CI/CD
- Experience managing IT vendors and offshore teams
- Understanding of security, disaster recovery, RTO/RPO, and cloud infrastructure
- Strong project management, problemsolving, and stakeholder management skills
Why should you apply?
- Senior leadership role, opportunity to make a difference
- You will be working with international team members
- Learn new technologies and on large scale projects
Company Details: A leading international insurance organization operates in over 130 countries and jurisdictions, offering services to commercial, institutional, and individual clients through one of the most extensive global property and casualty insurance networks. In addition to general insurance, the organization is also a prominent provider of life insurance and retirement services in the United States. Its common stock is publicly traded on both the New York and Tokyo stock exchange.The group's Japan-based affiliate provides IT-related services to support the organization’s operations within the country.
Working Hours: 9:00 - 17:30 (Mon-Fri)
Working Style: Hybrid (4 days in office, 1 day work from home)
Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays, Year-end and New Year Holidays, 27 Paid Holidays every year (20 paid leaves, and 7 especial leaves)
Services/Benefits: Social insurance, Employee Pension Scheme, Transportation Fee
Interview Process: 3
