Platform Engineer Lead

This Department of War enterprise data and analytics program delivers mission-critical capabilities that enable leaders across the Department to make faster better-informed decisions using trusted data at scale. Leidos Digital Modernization sector is seeking an experiencedSMEPlatform EngineerLeadto support the delivery enhancement and adoption of enterprise data and analytics products used across multiple DoD organizations.

In this role you will work alongside government partners engineers and other industry teammates to translate operational and strategic requirements into scalable production-ready solutions. You will contribute directly to product planning execution and continuous improvementhelping ensure capabilities are delivered efficiently aligned to mission priorities and positioned for sustained success.

This position offers the opportunity to work on a high-visibility enterprise program at the intersection of data analytics and emerging AI technologies. Ideal candidates are motivated by mission impact comfortable operating in complex stakeholder environments and interested in building deep domainexpertisewhile delivering capabilities with real-world national security outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities

• PerformsMLOPs andDevSecOpsengineeringoperations to include Mission-Driven Design Static Code AnalysisCI/CD Automation Security Scanning Model Scanning Audit & Compliance Secure and Post Deployment and Artifact Assurance

• Builds and manages the underlying infrastructure platforms and tooling that support application data and AI workloads.

• Designs resilient scalable and secure environments thatoptimizeresourceutilizationand performance.

• Streamlines developer workflows by implementing automation integration pipelines and platform services that accelerate delivery andmaintainoperational reliability.

• Identify prepare track secure and integrate government commercial and open-sourcetoolsand services into theCDAOSystem.

• Build and foster relationships with industry and academia

• Analyze and review the latest advances in commercial/open-source data analytic and AI technologies

• Prepare and integrate commercial and open-source tools into theCDAOSystem withina timelymanner

• Assistvendor engineers in preparing and integrating tools to meetIndustryDoW and CDAOstandards.

• Integrate government commercial and open-sourcesoftware data and AItools.

• Manage a team of 8-15 direct reports providing leadership mentorship and performance management.

• Foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment.

• Conduct regular team meetings performance reviews and career development discussions.

• Ensure team members have the necessary resources training and support to succeed.

• Address and resolve any team conflicts or issues promptly and effectively.

Basic Qualifications

• Advanced: Must either have aBachelordegree orhigher from an accredited college or university OR Valid certification of DoD 8140 (CASP or CCNP Security or CCSP)

• Must have an activeTop Secretclearance and ability to obtain SCI and CI Poly

• 12 years of experience as an application developer.

• Demonstrated experience with:

• Architecting and designing software using MBSE approaches(Requirements specification User Behavior modelsComponentDesign andrequirementstraceability)

• Building and/or integrating Custom or COTS software products throughMLOPS andDevSecOpsautomated tools within a cloud-based environment

• Installing configuring and managing Data and/or AI related COTS enterprise SW platforms in support of capability builders who develop Data AI and SW capabilities

• Engineering and operatingdata and AI platform tools(for example:DataBricksPlantir Collibra Tableau) and performingat least 5 out ofthe following functions: Mission-Driven Design Static Code Analysis CI/CD Automation Security Scanning Model Scanning Artifact Assurance Secureand PostDeployment and Audit and Compliance.

• Experience with Agile software development methodologies and working in a dynamic MLOPS/DevSecOpsteam

• Experience in leading teams of infrastructure platform or system engineers in the development and use of data intelligence capabilities.

• Strong problem-solving troubleshooting and analytical skills.

• Proficiencyutilizing Atlassian andopen sourcetools such JIRA JenkinsGithubandSonarCube

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience successfully developing configuring and / or managing capabilities within the CDAO ecosystem to meet Government requirements and mission needs

• Experienceperformingall ofthe following functions: Mission-Driven Design Static Code Analysis CI/CD Automation Security Scanning Model Scanning Artifact Assurance Secureand PostDeployment and Audit and Compliance.

• Experience with configuring and managing GitHub AtlassianDevSecOpstoolsandautomated CI/CD scripting

• Hands on experience withDatabricks or related Data& AIEngineering and Operation platforms

• Understanding of end-to-end decision-making capabilities that are developed through Data & AI COTS SW platforms such as Databricks Anthropic Palantiretc

• ProficiencyutilizingCameo to build architecture and design MBSE-based artifacts and products

• Degree from an accredited Computer ScienceCyber Security Information Technology Software Engineering Information Systems or Computer Engineering degree or a degree in a Mathematics or Engineering field.

• Active TS/SCI with CI Poly