Platform Engineer Team Lead

Leidos•San Antonio, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is hiring a Platform Engineer Team Lead in the Digital Modernization Sector to support the USAF Defensive Cyber Systems Program Management Office’s Product Section at Joint Base San Antonio. This technical leadership role will lead major development projects for data and analytics solutions and platforms. The initial project is development of a next-generation Internal Developer Platform supporting delivery of Defensive Cyber Capabilities. The role works in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with product and project teams and business partners. On-site presence at Joint Base San Antonio is required. The Team Lead will lead and develop platform engineers; establish engineering roadmaps, standards, and practices; and coordinate efforts across development, operations, security, and architecture. The role designs, implements, and operates cloud-native platforms and reusable self-service services, manages infrastructure as code, and leads enterprise CI/CD, GitOps, automation, observability, reliability, and production operations. It also ensures security, governance, regulatory compliance, and supporting documentation and procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical roles.
3+ years of experience leading technical teams or engineering initiatives.
Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated software delivery processes.
Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or other container orchestration technologies.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
Knowledge of DevSecOps principles, automation, and software delivery best practices.
Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
Strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading enterprise platform engineering or developer platform initiatives.
Experience implementing GitOps solutions such as ArgoCD or Flux.
Experience supporting federal, defense, or highly regulated environments.
Knowledge of RMF, NIST, Zero Trust, or compliance-driven software delivery practices.
Experience with platform governance, policy-as-code, and automated compliance validation.
Experience implementing Kubernetes-based developer platforms or Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs).
Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices and operational excellence programs.
Professional certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), Terraform Associate, or Security+.
Experience mentoring engineers and building high-performing technical teams.
Experience driving cloud modernization and enterprise DevSecOps transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of platform engineers supporting enterprise software delivery platforms.
Establish platform engineering roadmaps, standards, and best practices.
Coordinate platform initiatives across development, operations, security, and architecture teams.
Drive continuous improvement in automation, reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.
Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native platforms using AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and container technologies.
Develop reusable platform services and self-service capabilities for application teams.
Manage Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
Ensure platform scalability, resiliency, and operational efficiency.
Lead implementation and governance of enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
Establish automated build, test, security scanning, compliance validation, and deployment processes.
Implement GitOps practices and deployment automation strategies.
Integrate security controls and policy enforcement into delivery pipelines.
Implement and maintain observability solutions, including logging, monitoring, tracing, and alerting.
Establish automated recovery, rollback, and incident response capabilities.
Monitor platform health, availability, and performance metrics.
Support production operations and reliability engineering initiatives.
Ensure platform solutions comply with organizational security and regulatory requirements.
Support RMF, audit, and compliance initiatives through automated evidence collection and reporting.
Enforce platform governance, access controls, and operational guardrails.
Maintain documentation, standards, and operational procedures.