Engineering Lead

Role: Engineering Lead

Location: Raleigh NC Charlotte NC Wilson NC Richmond VA Atlanta GA(Onsite)

Type: Contract

Overview:

• The Engineering Lead provides technical and delivery leadership to ensure the Service-Aware Operating Model is implemented as a coherent sustainable engineering capability rather than a collection of disconnected workstreams.
• This role aligns architecture platform engineering integration delivery and data enablement into a unified execution model that can scale over time.
• The Engineering Lead is accountable for orchestrating engineering outcomes across those lanes resolving tradeoffs and maintaining alignment to strategic objectives delivery commitments and engineering standards.

Engineering Strategy & Execution Alignment:

• Translate Service-Aware objectives into an actionable engineering roadmap that aligns platform data integration and service visibility work.
• Ensure workstreams converge into a cohesive operating model rather than optimizing independently.
• Maintain alignment between near-term delivery decisions and long-term engineering sustainability.
• Cross-Functional Technical Leadership
• Provide leadership across engineering disciplines to resolve design dependencies delivery tradeoffs and sequencing challenges.
• Create clear accountability for engineering outcomes while preserving clean capability boundaries between roles and teams.
• Escalate and resolve issues that could impair delivery quality runtime stability or strategic alignment.
• Standards Quality & Delivery Discipline
• Establish expectations for engineering quality maintainability release readiness and operational supportability.
• Drive disciplined planning review and execution practices that improve predictability and reduce avoidable implementation risk.
• Promote consistency in engineering methods design reviews and decision-making across workstreams.
• Stakeholder Alignment & Outcome Transparency
• Engage with leadership and partner teams to maintain visibility into delivery progress dependencies risks and decisions.
• Translate complex technical issues into clear implications for service outcomes operational value and execution health.
• Ensure stakeholder expectations remain aligned to delivery scope priorities and tradeoffs.
• Value Realization & Continuous Improvement
• Guide engineering efforts toward outcomes that improve service visibility governance maturity reliability and automation readiness.
• Use delivery lessons platform feedback and operational patterns to continuously improve the engineering approach over time.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 years experience leading engineering teams or complex platform transformation initiatives.
• Strong ability to align architecture engineering execution and operational outcomes across multiple technical disciplines.
• Experience establishing delivery discipline engineering standards and cross-functional accountability in complex environments.
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity prioritize effectively and drive durable outcomes across interconnected workstreams.
• Must be onsite at the client in one of the following locations: Raleigh NC; Charlotte NC; Wilson NC; Richmond VA; or Atlanta GA
• Bachelors Degree preferred
• Experience supporting service-centric or Service-Aware operating models.
• Familiarity with platform engineering data architecture integration delivery and service visibility capabilities.
• Background in highly regulated large-scale or operationally complex environments.
• Relevant leadership engineering or architecture certifications.