Lead Platform Engineer – Cloud Infra & IaC Architect

NTT DATA Services; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. in Irving, Texas is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to lead the evolution of its infrastructure provisioning and automation ecosystem. This onsite role focuses on architecting scalable solutions, driving automation, and mentoring engineers.

You will collaborate across teams, define target state architecture, and influence engineering culture while delivering self-service platform capabilities and robust infrastructure services.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Engineering experience or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
• 7+ years of Technology Infrastructure Engineering and Solutions experience.
• 7+ years of software development and delivery; knowledge of virtualization, networking, storage, and security.
• 5+ years with Terraform, Ansible, Crossplane, or similar IaC tools.
• 5+ years of engineering/support on Linux/Unix and Windows servers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of target state architecture for infrastructure automation.
• Architect and oversee development of reusable, modular Infrastructure as Code components using Terraform, Ansible, and Crossplane.
• Define and drive adoption of GitOps driven workflows for automated provisioning, deployment, and lifecycle management of cloud infrastructure.
• Build and scale self-service platform capabilities for developers to manage infrastructure via interfaces and APIs.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Product Owners, and Principal Engineers to influence roadmaps and drive platform adoption.
• Mentor and coach engineers to foster engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Crossplane

Kubernetes

GitOps

Linux/Unix

Tools

ArgoCD

Tekton

GitHub Actions

Job description

NTT DATA, Inc. in Irving, Texas is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to lead the evolution of its infrastructure provisioning and automation ecosystem. This onsite role focuses on architecting scalable solutions, driving automation, and mentoring engineers.

You will collaborate across teams, define target state architecture, and influence engineering culture while delivering self-service platform capabilities and robust infrastructure services.