Senior Platform Engineer – Lead

Capital Technology Group; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Capital Technology Group seeks a Sr Platform Engineer Lead to steer design, automation, and reliability of cloud platforms powering federal systems. You will set technical direction, raise reliability standards, and mentor engineers across DevOps and platform teams.

Responsibilities include building scalable cloud platforms, IaC governance, CI/CD pipelines, incident response, and exploring new technologies through PoCs. Strong collaboration with product and security is required.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of professional experience in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering, including leadership
• Experience with governance, change management, and shared enterprise services
• Strong hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD tools, IaC and cloud workloads
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and monitoring/observability tools
• Scripting/automation skills in Bash, Python, or Go; SQL knowledge

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and evolution of secure, scalable cloud platforms
• Own infrastructure-as-code standards with Terraform or similar
• Design, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for fast, safe delivery
• Define reliability practices: SLIs, SLOs, monitoring, alerting, observability
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems
• Build automation to reduce manual work and improve resilience
• Create runbooks for troubleshooting, maintenance, and DR
• Evaluate new technologies via prototypes and PoCs
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready solutions
• Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and platform decisions
• Mentor engineers and establish platform engineering standards

Skills

DevOps leadership

Platform engineering

SRE

Infrastructure automation

Cloud leadership

Incident response

Communication

Problem solving

Security mindset

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Linux

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Azure

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Splunk

CloudWatch

Argo CD

Flux

Harness.io

Bash

Python

Go

SQL

Job description

Capital Technology Group provides expert consulting services software development, digital transformation, human-centered design, data analytics and visualization, and cybersecurity.
Our multidisciplinary teams use agile methodologies to rapidly and incrementally deliver value in close collaboration with our clients. For over a decade, we have been trusted by both federal and commercial clients to solve complex, mission-critical business challenges. The quality of our work has been recognized by our partners and peers through our inclusion in the Digital Services Coalition, a group of forward- thinking firms recognized for excellence in delivering IT services.
Client Requirements: applicants MUST BE US Citizens and be able to obtain Public Trust clearance
The CTG Experience

About the Role

CTG 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.

• 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

Salary

We 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.

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)

Thanks for your interest in Capital Technology Group!

Capital Technology Group is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.