Client Requirements: applicants
MUST BE US Citizens and be able to obtain Public Trust clearance
About the RoleCTG is seeking a
Sr Platform Engineer Lead to lead the design, automation, and reliability of the cloud platforms behind mission-critical federal systems. This role suits a senior engineer with deep DevOps and infrastructure expertise who wants to set technical direction, raise the bar on reliability, and grow the engineers around them.
You Will Get To- Lead the architecture, build, and evolution of secure, scalable cloud platforms that support federal mission needs
- Own cloud Infrastructure-as-Code standards and implementation using Terraform or similar tools
- Design, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that enable fast, safe, and repeatable software delivery
- Define and track reliability practices, including SLIs, SLOs, monitoring, alerting, and observability
- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems for production issues, and drive lasting fixes
- Build automation that reduces manual work, improves system resilience, and speeds up delivery
- Design runbooks and procedures for troubleshooting, maintenance, and disaster recovery
- Evaluate new and emerging technologies through prototypes and proofs of concept, weighing benefits and risks before adoption
- Partner with development, architecture, security, and product teams to deliver integrated, production-ready solutions
- Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and platform decisions
- Mentor and guide engineers while establishing platform engineering standards and best practices
Who You Are- A senior technical leader who enjoys solving complex infrastructure and reliability problems at scale
- Someone who automates first and builds systems that are easy to operate and recover
- Comfortable leading technical conversations and influencing engineering direction
- Calm and methodical under pressure during production incidents
- Collaborative, proactive, and quick to get up to speed on new projects and technologies
- Passionate about building secure, high-quality systems in mission-driven environments
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 9+ years of professional experience in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering, including technical leadership
- Experience working with governance processes, technical standards, formal change management, or shared enterprise services
- Ability to identify dependencies and articulate resource needs, tradeoffs, risks, and decisions for the product leadership
- Strong hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, Git, Linux, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
- Proven experience managing Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform or similar tools
- Experience designing and operating workloads in a cloud environment (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure considered)
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, or CloudWatchcf
- Proficiency in scripting and automation (Bash, Python, or Go)
- Working knowledge of databases and SQL
- Experience troubleshooting production systems, performance tuning, and leading root cause analysis
- Understanding of DevSecOps practices and secure infrastructure principles
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills
Nice to Have- Experience producing clear product status updates, operational metrics, dashboards, and risk narratives
- Strong stakeholder-management skills and ability to coordinate effectively across product, program, engineering, security, and operations organizations
- Experience coordinating shared resources or cross-team technical dependencies
- People management experience
- Experience with Harness.io
- Familiarity with Zero Trust principles and FedRAMP or ATO processes
- Experience with service mesh, GitOps tools (Argo CD, Flux), or serverless platforms
- Relevant certifications such as CKA, AWS Solutions Architect, or AWS DevOps Engineer
- Experience supporting federal government agencies
SalaryWe are committed to offering a competitive salary for this position, with an estimated range of
$140k-$200k annually. Please note that this range is intended to provide a general idea of what to expect. The final offer may vary based on experience, skills, and other factors.
Full Time Employee Benefits- Remote Work (Hybrid roles will be specified in the job post)
- Competitive Compensation Package
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) with 4% matching
- Liberal PTO vacation policy
- Generous Annual Continuing Education
- Annual Wellness Budget
- Bonus Incentive Programs (Employee referrals and performance-based rewards)
