Senior Cloud Platform Architect (FedRAMP IL5)

TechDigital Group; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group is seeking a system-level technical leader to shape the architecture and direction of Platform Services for FedRAMP High and IL5 in the Georgia area. You will influence decisions across centralized APIs, reusable CI components, and automated delivery workflows, driving gated, reliable deployment across federal environments.

You should guide engineers, build consensus, and contribute under time pressure on mission-critical systems, with a focus on security, observability, and

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years in SRE, platform engineering, infrastructure, distributed systems, or cloud operations.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across multi-team infrastructure or platform programs.
• Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, Ruby, or similar languages, plus infrastructure-as-code and production automation.
• Deep experience operating large-scale cloud or hybrid-cloud systems with reliability, security, and observability requirements.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, deployment orchestration, Kubernetes, AWS, and incident response.
• Ability to translate compliance and security requirements into practical engineering systems and operating models.
• Excellent written communication, architecture reviews, mentoring, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical strategy for Platform Services supporting FedRAMP High and IL5.
• Own architectural decisions for centralized platform APIs, CI components, delivery workflows, onboarding, and promotion gates.
• Move from manual federal promotion processes to automated, gated delivery workflows.
• Define patterns for service onboarding, deployment validation, operational readiness, audit-friendly change control, and rollback safety.
• Partner with teams to align dependencies, remove blockers, and drive technical decisions across the federal build-out.
• Lead design reviews for services entering federal environments with emphasis on isolation, observability, security controls, and ownership.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers; improve designs, code reviews, runbooks, and incident analysis.
• Represent Platform Services in program planning, risk reviews, and senior engineering discussions.
• Communicate difficult technical concepts clearly to stakeholders to reach durable decisions.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD Automation

Job description

TechDigital Group is seeking a system-level technical leader to shape the architecture and direction of Platform Services for FedRAMP High and IL5 in the Georgia area. You will influence decisions across centralized APIs, reusable CI components, and automated delivery workflows, driving gated, reliable deployment across federal environments.

You should guide engineers, build consensus, and contribute under time pressure on mission-critical systems, with a focus on security, observability, and