Join the Mizuho team!
We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Infrastructure Platform Engineering Lead to join our Infrastructure Engineering and Cloud Enablement organization. In this role, you will lead the transformation and expansion of a legacy automation function into a modern Infrastructure Platform Engineering (IPE) team. You’ll be responsible for building scalable, reusable platforms and tooling that enable technical teams to deliver faster, more reliably, and with consistency across environments.
This is a pivotal leadership position reporting directly to the Head of Infrastructure Engineering and Cloud Enablement, with a mandate to modernize how infrastructure is provisioned, automated, and consumed across the enterprise.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and build the Infrastructure Platform Engineering (IPE) function with a focus on modern tooling, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and self-service.
- Own the design and implementation of infrastructure pipelines, reusable modules, and self-service platforms enabling consistent and cloud-inspired delivery of infrastructure across hosting platforms (VMware, OpenShift).
- Own the firm’s container platform (OpenShift), ensuring scalability, reliability, and ease of consumption for internal application teams.
- Establish coding, testing, and release standards for infrastructure automation artifacts.
- Oversee and evolve the use of Ansible as a modern platform for automation, orchestration, and configuration management.
- Lead Linux OS engineering, driving automation and standardization across the RHEL environment while ensuring alignment with enterprise security and compliance requirements.
- Partner with Cloud and Core Infrastructure teams to ensure platform solutions are scalable, secure, and support hybrid infrastructure patterns.
- Mentor a growing team of engineers and set the technical direction for platform capabilities, toolchain integration, and internal developer experiences.
- Contribute to the strategic roadmap for infrastructure modernization and enablement.
What We’re Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering roles.
- Proven experience building or leading infrastructure platform teams in large enterprise environments.
- Hands-on expertise with Terraform and Ansible, with strong experience in automation across hybrid environments.
- Deep understanding of Linux OS engineering principles, including system configuration, automation, patching, and lifecycle management.
- Must-have experience with OpenShift or Kubernetes, including cluster deployment, configuration, and operations at scale.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps and Git-based workflows.
- Familiarity with VMware or VCF-based private cloud platforms and their integration with automation pipelines.
- Strong architectural skills and an ability to design scalable, reusable solutions.
- Ability to collaborate across traditional silos (cloud, network, compute, storage, security).
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Exposure to cloud-native blueprints, service catalogs, internal developer platforms, or infrastructure self-service models.
The expected base salary ranges from $160k-$220k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.
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Other requirements
Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.
Company Overview
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.
Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package.
We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran.
We participate in the E-Verify program.
We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.
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What We Do
This is not your typical financial institution. It’s our people who make us a cut above. Here, every person is respected because of their differences, not in spite of them. We pride ourselves on a culture of purpose, passion and compassion.
At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and a richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone.
Working for Mizuho opens doors not just to a rewarding career with excellent prospects, but to lasting friendships with colleagues from diverse cultures. It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have your same ambition, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world.
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