Lead Data Platform Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define and own the data platform roadmap, including target-state architecture, environment strategy, and investment priorities.
• Set standards for platform capabilities, engineering practices, and operational expectations.
• Represent platform strategy in cross-functional forums and executive communications.
• Establish organization-wide IaC standards (modules, state governance, promotion models, change controls).
• Ensure Git Ops discipline: required reviews, policy gates, and controlled plan/apply workflows.
• Drive adoption of infrastructure as code as the default operating posture, reducing manual configuration risk.
• Security, Risk, and Compliance Alignment
• Partner with security and governance leadership to align platform controls to enterprise policies and risk posture.
• Ensure RBAC models, tagging/classification, and security policies are consistently implemented.
• Oversee operational readiness for audits and compliance inquiries through documentation and traceability.
• Drive operational excellence: SLO/SLI targets, incident learning, automation, and proactive reliability engineering.
• Champion observability, cost transparency, and platform usability improvements.
• Develop talent through coaching, mentorship, and setting technical standards.

• Deep experience scaling Infrastructure as Code with Terraform (module strategy, remote state, promotion workflows, and drift management) across multiple environments.
• Experience building governance models for Terraform usage (standards, code review practices, and policy/quality gates) across multiple teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in platform/data engineering or related roles with demonstrated ownership of enterprise-scale systems.
• Proven experience setting standards, leading complex initiatives, and aligning technical strategy to business outcomes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Primary

Location:

United States-Nebraska-Omaha

Industry: IT

Schedule:

Full-time

Employee Status:
Regular

Business Class:
Marketing and Admin

Job Posting:
May 27, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, arrests, and conviction records.