Senior Platform Engineering Leader

MAXIMUS; Idaho Falls (ID); On-site; USD 230,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus seeks an accomplished technology leader to own the program's engineering vision across CRM, ERP, and platform components. You will drive architecture, security, CI/CD, and DevSecOps, ensuring contractual requirements and SLAs are met while managing risk and budget.

You will lead multiple teams, coordinate with program customers and stakeholders, and champion reuse, modernization, and operational excellence across enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study.
• 12+ years of professional experience in enterprise applications, CRM, ERP, or platform engineering.
• 7+ years of technology leadership experience managing enterprise platforms or technical teams.
• Experience leading enterprise application strategy, architecture, integration, modernization, and operations.
• Strong knowledge of security, identity, data governance, risk, compliance, resilience, and lifecycle management.
• Experience managing technology budgets, licensing, vendors, professional services, and workforce planning.

Responsibilities

• Own the application development, administration, integration, DevSecOps, and operations of lifecycle of Salesforce, Deltek Costpoint, and supporting enterprise systems.
• Lead application engineering, platform operations, integration, DevSecOps, and release management.
• Drive platform modernization, automation, reuse, simplification, and technical debt reduction.
• Adhere to architecture, engineering, data, and integration standards across CRM, ERP, and connected enterprise systems.
• Ensure platform security, reliability, performance, resilience, compliance, and operational health.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to prioritize capabilities, investments, and transformation initiatives.
• Build and lead high-performing teams with clear accountability, standards, and workforce strategies.
• Manage technology budgets, licensing, vendors, professional services, resources, and total cost of ownership.
• Participate in reviewing emerging technologies, including AI, automation, analytics, and platform-native capabilities.
• Typically manages multiple department(s) or a mid-sized sub-function(s) for the organization that may include multiple teams led by directors, managers, and/or supervisors.
• Typically responsible for creating workforce and staffing plans for department/unit to ensure availability of human capital necessary to accomplish departmental business results.
• Typically has hiring, firing, promotion and reward authority within own area, in accordance with guidelines.

Skills

Salesforce

Deltek Costpoint

CRM/ERP platforms

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Architecture leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Maximus seeks an accomplished technology leader to own the program's engineering vision across CRM, ERP, and platform components. You will drive architecture, security, CI/CD, and DevSecOps, ensuring contractual requirements and SLAs are met while managing risk and budget.

You will lead multiple teams, coordinate with program customers and stakeholders, and champion reuse, modernization, and operational excellence across enterprise systems.