Platform Engineering Team Lead

Leidos

1d • Remote

About The Position

Leidos' Data Center and Network Services (DCNS) within the Office of the Chief Information Officer, reporting through the Digital Modernization sector, has a career opportunity for an Team-Lead Engineer for the Platform Engineering team. The ideal candidate would have deep experience with designing, deploying, operating, and supporting corporate systems and ancillary applications. This position is a supervisory position within Leidos’ DCNS Organization with a focus on development of future state of technology and ensuring the organization is adhering to best practices. Location: This is a fully remote position that may require travel to Orlando, Florida, Dallas Texas, Virginia/DC area, or other locations to attend meetings. Citizenship: US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline and 8+years of experience; or an associate’s degree coupled with 10+ years of experience; or a High School diploma coupled with 12+ years of experience.
• Managerial or Team Lead experience preferred.
• Solid knowledge and experience working with IT systems and is expected to already have in-depth specialized knowledge of specific IT systems engineering processes and practices.
• Must have the following experience:
• Enterprise data center operations and capacity planning
• Experience with highly available enterprise systems and structured change management processes
• High availability and disaster recovery implementation
• Configuration management and deployment pipelines
• Security compliance: CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIG, NIST frameworks, SCAP compliance
• VMware vSphere 7.0+, ESXi 7.0+, vCenter 7.0+, Hyper-V
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform 1.0+, Ansible Automation Platform (AAP 2.x), Ansible Tower
• CI/CD tools: GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins
• Scripting: Python 3.x, PowerShell 7.x, Bash
• Version control: Git with branching strategies and GitOps practices
• Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7-10+, Ubuntu Server 18.04-24.04 LTS+
• Windows Server: 2016-2025+
• Active Directory, Azure AD/Entra ID, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, DFS
• Enterprise networking: TCP/IP, VLANs, VPN
• MS SQL Server 2016-2022: Always-On Availability Groups
• MySQL 8.0+ and/or PostgreSQL 13+, Oracle 19c+
• Must have experience/understanding of:
• Deep knowledge of engineering concepts, system design, and DevOps practices.
• Deploying/maintaining enterprise-level corporate systems.
• Communicating complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Managing the expectations of senior leadership, product teams, and end-users.
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with vendors and customers.
• System security practices and requirements to comply with corporate policies.
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to identify opportunities for efficiency gains.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Ability to develop documentation for proposed solutions.
• Ability to multi-task and balance multiple priorities.
• Ability to work within a structured change management process for highly available enterprise systems

Nice To Haves

• Ability to work well in a team environment
• A possession of excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels of staff and management
• Ability to estimate level of effort
• Ability to exercise independent judgment, develop relationships, and obtain consensus among interested parties
• Ability to develop peer networks across an enterprise to maintain technology awareness and to support resolution of problems.
• Ability to lead architectural design discussions and carry those designs through deployment and into operations.
• Certifications in relevant technologies.
• Experience in budgeting and cost optimization.
• SOC 2, FedRAMP, or other compliance framework implementation experience
• Exposure to Data engineering, ETL pipelines, or related disciplines
• Programming/development experience: Python, C#/.NET Core, Java, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript
• ASP.NET Core, React, Vue.js, Node.js

Responsibilities

• Supervisor for Platform and Tools Engineers within the organization
• Mentoring and development of team members, fostering technical growth and career progression
• Collaborating with the Architecture team in developing multi-year technology roadmaps for the organization
• Work with leads in other sub-systems, customers, and process owners to ensure solution integration
• Communicate complex technical ideas to technical and non-technical audiences
• Manage the expectations of senior leadership, product teams, and end-users
• Establish and maintain relationships with vendors and customers
• Work in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and participate in Agile Team events, including providing leadership duties as required
• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Ansible Automation Platform (AAP 2.x), or similar
• Architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins, or similar
• Design and optimize enterprise database platforms with high availability
• Deploy and Manage Container technologies using Docker, Kubernetes, or similar for data center workloads
• Develop automation scripts using Python 3.x, PowerShell 7.x, Bash for operational efficiency and system management
• Oversee the lifecycle of corporate server operating systems (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7-10+, Ubuntu Server 18.04-26.04 LTS, & Windows Server 2016-2025+)
• Ensure security compliance with CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIG, NIST frameworks, SCAP compliance, IRAT scans, SOC 2
• Manage incident response that escalate or assist with them.
• Produce and maintain documentation of the data center environment, including as-built documentation, capacity/performance plans, as well as all other areas of server system life-cycle planning
• Adhere to company policies and processes including change control, security, corporate policies, ITIL, and Sarbanes Oxley 404
• Develop architectural design documents and technical standards for data center operations
• Establish and enforce best practices for DevOps, configuration management, and deployment pipelines
• Maintain system security practices and requirements to comply with corporate policies
• Explore new technologies and make recommendations for their introduction into the data center environment
• Identify opportunities for automation, cost optimization, and operational efficiency gains
• Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and technology assessments
• Ability to lead architectural design discussions and carry those designs through deployment and into operations

Benefits

• Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision.
• That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.
• Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.
• More details are available here.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level