Sr Platform Engineer Lead

capitaltg; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital Technology Group (CTG) is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer Lead to shape the design, automation, and reliability of our cloud platforms supporting federal systems. You will define infrastructure-as-code standards, build scalable pipelines, and lead incident response and postmortems to improve resilience.

You will mentor engineers, drive platform decisions, and partner with development, security, and product teams to deliver secure, production-ready solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 9+ years of professional experience in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure, including leadership.
• Experience with governance processes and enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, build, and evolution of secure, scalable cloud platforms for federal systems.
• Own infrastructure-as-code standards and Terraform implementations.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Automation

DevOps

SRE

Monitoring/Observability

Scripting (Bash, Python, Go)

SQL

Cloud architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)

Terraform

AWS (cloud platform)

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. CTG fosters a culture rooted in our core values. Our values guide how we work together and support one another, creating an environment where employees feel trusted, empowered, and encouraged to grow both personally and professionally.

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