Platform Engineer – Technical Lead
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Job title: Platform Engineer – Technical LeadCompany: Leidos
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Leidos is looking for a Platform Engineer – Technical Lead to support a large program within a Federal Law Enforcement Agency. The Platform Engineer Technical Lead will oversee the design, development, and maintenance of enterprise-grade platform solutions. This includes managing cloud infrastructure, on-premise environments, and containerized applications. As a subject-matter expert (SME), you will be responsible for implementing best practices, optimizing performance, ensuring security, and providing leadership to the engineering team.
The successful candidate will leverage their knowledge of infrastructure automation, Dev Ops, cloud technologies, and platform architecture to build systems that are resilient, scalable, and maintainable. This work is located onsite in the DC area.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design and implementation of robust platform solutions, focusing on scalability, performance, and security.
- Collaborate with architects and other stakeholders to define platform strategies, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical requirements.
- Evaluate and recommend new platform technologies, tools, and methodologies to optimize performance and cost-effectiveness.
- Design and implement cloud-based platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and ensure seamless integration with internal systems and applications.
- Drive the automation of infrastructure provisioning and management using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments and reduce manual intervention in platform management.
- Ensure infrastructure as code (IaC) practices are followed to ensure consistency and repeatability in deployments.
- Lead and mentor a team of platform engineers, providing technical guidance and helping them develop their skills.
- Manage and prioritize tasks within the team, ensuring timely delivery of projects and effective resource utilization.
- Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure, including provisioning, monitoring, and scaling cloud resources (compute, storage, networking).
- Collaborate with Dev Ops teams to integrate platform solutions with automated deployment pipelines and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
- Develop and maintain detailed documentation for platform architecture, configurations, and procedures.
- Work closely with other engineering teams (Dev Ops, software, network, security) to align platform solutions with application and infrastructure needs.
- Communicate technical solutions and strategies to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment on platform goals and expectations.
- Provide technical leadership and support for ongoing projects, ensuring platform solutions meet both business and technical requirements.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience) and 12+ years of relevant experience. Additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
- 7+ years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure management, or a related technical field, with at least 3 years in a…
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