Platform Engineer - Technical Lead

Leidos is looking for a Platform Engineer Technical Lead to support a large U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) program. The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is responsible for enforcing federal antitrust laws and promoting fair competition in the marketplace. The Platform Engineer Technical Lead will oversee the design development and maintenance of enterprisegrade platform solutions. This includes managing cloud infrastructure onpremise environments and containerized applications. As a subjectmatter 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 DevOps 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 costeffectiveness.
• Design and implement cloudbased 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 DevOps 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 (DevOps software network security) to align platform solutions with application and infrastructure needs.
• Communicate technical solutions and strategies to nontechnical 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:

• Bachelors 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 leadership role.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and multicloud environments.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker Kubernetes) and orchestration.
• Proficient in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform CloudFormation or Ansible.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins GitLab CI CircleCI etc..
• Indepth understanding of networking storage and compute resources in both cloud and onprem environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack Splunk).
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix and/or Windows server administration and performance tuning.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor a team of engineers facilitating knowledge sharing and fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to analyze complex platform issues and implement effective solutions.
• Understanding of security best practices for cloud platforms and infrastructure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple projects prioritize tasks and deliver solutions within set deadlines.

Desirable Skills:

• Certifications in relevant cloud technologies (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect).
• Experience with microservices architecture and designing platforms for microservicesbased applications.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in an Agile environment.
• Familiarity with serverless technologies and frameworks (e.g. AWS Lambda Azure Functions).
• Experience with enterprisescale platform engineering solutions and working with largescale highavailability systems.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.