CIOs take note: Platform engineering teams are the future core of IT orgs

And then there’s Sanjay Srivastava, chief digital strategist at Genpact, who says that platform engineering allows them to build a common pipeline and methodology for every product they deploy. “We found this particularly helpful when it comes to skills and talent, which are hard to find and retain,” he says, and there are many positions to fill.

The core roles in a platform engineering team range from infrastructure engineers, software developers, and DevOps tool engineers, to database administrators, quality assurance, API and security engineers, and product architects. In some cases teams may also include site reliability engineers, scrum masters, UI/UX designers, and analysts who assess performance data to identify bottlenecks. And according to Joe Atkinson, chief products and technology officer at PwC, these teams offer a long list of benefits to IT organizations, including building and maintaining scalable, flexible infrastructure and tools that enable efficient operations; developing standardized frameworks, libraries, and tools to enable rapid software development; cutting costs by consolidating infrastructure resources; and ensuring security and compliance at the infrastructure level.

“Platform engineering teams work closely with both IT and business teams, fostering collaboration within the organization,” he says.