Senior Platform Services Architect (FedRAMP/SRE) – Remote

Akraya; California; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Akraya is seeking a senior technical leader to define and drive the architecture of platform services within a highly regulated federal environment. You will guide engineering teams, set technical direction, and ensure the reliability and security of critical systems.

This role demands collaboration, mentorship, and strategic thinking across complex platform challenges. You will lead efforts in API and CI component architecture, promote automated processes, and define scalable onboarding and

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of experience 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 experience with infrastructure-as-code and production automation.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, deployment orchestration, Kubernetes, AWS, and production incident response.
• Experience building or operating FedRAMP High, DoD IL5, GovCloud, FIPS, or other regulated environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical strategy for federal platform services.
• Lead architectural decisions for APIs and CI components.
• Automate federal promotion processes.
• Define service onboarding and deployment patterns.
• Collaborate with teams to align dependencies.

Skills

SRE leadership

Platform engineering

Python

CI/CD

Kubernetes

AWS

Infrastructure as code

GovCloud / FedRAMP

Production automation

Job description

Akraya is seeking a senior technical leader to define and drive the architecture of platform services within a highly regulated federal environment. You will guide engineering teams, set technical direction, and ensure the reliability and security of critical systems.

This role demands collaboration, mentorship, and strategic thinking across complex platform challenges. You will lead efforts in API and CI component architecture, promote automated processes, and define scalable onboarding and