Platform Director

Job Family:
Engineering Operations & Planning

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

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…