Platform Director

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Engineering Operations & Planning

Up to 10%

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

Guidehouse is seeking an experienced, execution-focused technology leader to join our team as a Director responsible for technical delivery and engineering leadership on a large, mission-critical Federal technology program. Guidehouse operates and continuously enhances a complex, high-visibility Federal platform supporting multiple agencies, significant transaction volumes, and a very large user community.

In this role, you will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for end-to-end engineering execution, streamlining and scaling the technology stack, and ensuring reliable, secure, high-quality delivery. You will partner closely with program leadership and Federal technical stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into actionable technical plans and measurable outcomes.

• Lead day-to-day execution of technology delivery across architecture, platform operations, security and engineering services
• Contribute to the overall technical roadmap, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability for a complex, mission-critical Federal SaaS platform
• Drive the technology stack, addressing technical debt while enabling new product capabilities and growth
• Establish and mature engineering standards, development processes, and SDLC practices aligned with Agile and Dev Sec Ops  principles
• Lead architecture and design decisions, ensuring solutions are performant, secure, and aligned to long-term program needs
• Partner with program leadership to align technical priorities with contractual requirements, delivery milestones, and operational goals
• Guide incident response, vulnerability remediation, and production stability efforts for high-availability systems
• Manage and mentor engineering managers and senior technical leads; build, develop, and retain high-performing engineering teams
• Lead recruitment and workforce planning efforts to scale engineering capacity in a dynamic delivery environment
• Collaborate with Federal technical stakeholders to manage expectations, resolve issues, and ensure transparency and responsiveness
• Support integrated planning with product, operations, and business teams to ensure coordinated execution
• Contribute to program status reporting, leadership briefings, and internal governance forums related to technology delivery
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and engineering excellence

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Minimum of TWELVE (12) years of experience in technical leadership roles within large-scale software or platform environments
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering delivery for complex, mission-critical Federal systems with high availability and security requirements
• Experience managing and scaling large engineering teams, including employees and subcontractors, in a matrixed environment
• Proven ability to lead managers and senior individual contributors across multiple delivery teams
• Strong background in Agile development methodologies and SDLC process maturity
• Hands‑on technical expertise across modern cloud-based architectures and enterprise application delivery
• Experience working directly with Federal clients and stakeholders in delivery, operations, and issue resolution contexts
• Strong operational, organizational, and prioritization skills in fast‑paced environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for non‑technical audiences
• Demonstrated experience identifying, escalating, and mitigating delivery, technical, and operational risks
• Strong people leadership skills, including mentoring, performance management, and career development
• Solid understanding of Government contracting environments and delivery constraints
• Expertise with…