Sr Platform Engineer Lead

Capital Technology Group; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote Work (Hybrid roles)

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) with 4% match

Generous PTO

Continuing Education budget

Wellness Budget

Job summary

Capital Technology Group seeks a Sr Platform Engineer Lead to own cloud platforms for federal-grade systems. You will guide reliability, automate pipelines, and drive platform directions with senior engineers across teams.

You will shape IaC standards, runbooks, and incident postmortems while mentoring engineers and aligning with security principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in CS/IS or related field.
• 9+ years in DevOps, platform/SRE, or infra with leadership.
• Experience with governance, change mgmt, or shared services.
• Hands-on Docker/Kubernetes, Git, Linux, and CI/CD tools.
• IaC experience with Terraform or similar tools required.
• Cloud workloads on AWS preferred; GCP/Azure considered.
• Monitoring/observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, CloudWatch.
• Scripting in Bash, Python, or Go; SQL knowledge.
• DevSecOps mindset and secure infra principles.
• Strong communication and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, build, and evolution of secure cloud platforms.
• Own IaC standards and Terraform implementation.
• Design, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Define reliability practices: SLIs, SLOs, monitoring, alerts.
• Lead incident response, RCA, and postmortems.
• Build automation to reduce manual work and boost resilience.
• Create runbooks for troubleshooting, maintenance, DR.
• Evaluate new tech via prototypes and PoCs.
• Collaborate with dev, architecture, security, product teams.
• Lead reviews and set platform engineering standards.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps leadership

Automation focus

Security mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Linux

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

Splunk

CloudWatch

Bash

Python

Go

Argo CD

Flux

Harness.io

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

At Capital Technology Group (CTG), our teams are passionate about modernizing how the federal government delivers software. We partner with federal agencies to build secure, scalable, and mission‑driven solutions that make a meaningful impact on millions of people.

Recognized by The Washington Post as a Top Workplace in 2025 and 2026.

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.

You Will Get To

• 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.

Full Time Employee 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.