Senior Manager, Data & AI Platforms Reliability

For over 50 years, AmeriLife has been a leader in the development, marketing and distribution of annuity, life and health insurance solutions for those planning for and living in retirement. We are seeking a highly technical Senior Manager, Data & AI Platforms Reliability to lead the operational excellence, production reliability, and support of our Enterprise Data & AI Platforms. This leader will own day-to-day production operations across Databricks, enterprise data platforms, Financial Data Platform (FDM), enterprise data products, and associated data services. This role is responsible for ensuring highly available, secure, scalable, and well-governed production platforms while leading production support, incident management, release coordination, platform monitoring, operational readiness, and continuous service improvement. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong operational leadership and has experience managing enterprise-scale cloud data platforms. Production Operations & Reliability Own production support for enterprise data platforms and data products. Ensure platform stability, availability, and operational excellence. Drive root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions. Establish operational SLAs, KPIs, and platform health dashboards. Lead production readiness reviews for all new platform releases. Enterprise Platform Ownership Own day-to-day operations of Databricks Lakehouse, FDM, EDR, semantic platforms, and enterprise data services. Partner with Engineering teams to ensure seamless deployments into production. Manage platform capacity planning, performance tuning, resiliency, and operational scalability. Oversee platform upgrades, maintenance windows, and disaster recovery readiness. Drive continuous improvement initiatives across production operations. Lead Production Support Engineers, Platform Engineers, Database Administrators, and Operations specialists. Build a high-performing operations organization focused on customer experience and reliability. Partner with Data Engineering, Architecture, Governance, Infrastructure, Security, and business stakeholders. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.~10+ years supporting enterprise data platforms.~5+ years leading technical operations or production support teams.~ Hands-on Databricks experience, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark, Workflows, SQL Warehouses, and Lakehouse architecture.~ Experience supporting enterprise data warehouses and cloud data platforms.~ Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring, observability, and automation.~ Experience with Azure cloud services.~ Strong SQL and performance tuning expertise.~ Experience leading major incident management and root cause analysis. Insurance or Financial Services experience. Experience supporting Financial Data Platforms (FDM).Experience with Data Vault 2.0 and Medallion Architecture. Experience implementing enterprise monitoring platforms. This role may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus. Salary offers will vary commensurate with experience, education, skills, and training A comprehensive benefits package that includes PTO, medical, dental, vision, retirement savings, disability insurance, and life insurance. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity at all levels of the organization. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local law. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Statement We are committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and all applicable state and local disability laws. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities throughout the application and employment process. If you require assistance or accommodation during the application process, please contact us at HR@AmeriLife.com .We are committed to pay transparency and equity, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Additional compensation information, such as benefits, bonuses, and commissions, will be provided as required by law. All screenings are conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, and information collected will be kept confidential.