diff --git a/argocd/argocd-rbac-cm.yaml b/argocd/argocd-rbac-cm.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: argocd-rbac-cm
+  namespace: argocd
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: argocd-rbac-cm
+    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: argocd
+data:
+  policy.csv: |
+    # Grant the platform-engineer local account read + sync access to all applications
+    p, role:platform-engineer, applications, get, */*, allow
+    p, role:platform-engineer, application, sync, */*, allow
+    g, platform-engineer, role:platform-engineer
+  policy.default: ""