Capital Technology Group provides expert consulting services software development, digital transformation, human-centered design, data analytics and visualization, and cybersecurity.
Our multidisciplinary teams use agile methodologies to rapidly and incrementally deliver value in close collaboration with our clients. For over a decade, we have been trusted by both federal and commercial clients to solve complex, mission-critical business challenges. The quality of our work has been recognized by our partners and peers through our inclusion in the Digital Services Coalition, a group of forward- thinking firms recognized for excellence in delivering IT services.
Client Requirements: applicants MUST BE US Citizens and be able to obtain Public Trust clearance
The CTG Experience
At Capital Technology Group (CTG), our teams are passionate about modernizing how the federal government delivers software. We partner with federal agencies to build secure, scalable, and mission-driven solutions that make a meaningful impact on millions of people. Recognized by The Washington Post as a Top Workplace in 2025 and 2026. CTG fosters a culture rooted in our core values. Our values guide how we work together and support one another, creating an environment where employees feel trusted, empowered, and encouraged to grow both personally and professionally.
About the Role
CTG is seeking a Sr Platform Engineer Lead to lead the design, automation, and reliability of the cloud platforms behind mission-critical federal systems. This role suits a senior engineer with deep DevOps and infrastructure expertise who wants to set technical direction, raise the bar on reliability, and grow the engineers around them.
You Will Get To
Lead the architecture, build, and evolution of secure, scalable cloud platforms that support federal mission needs
Own cloud Infrastructure-as-Code standards and implementation using Terraform or similar tools
Design, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that enable fast, safe, and repeatable software delivery
Define and track reliability practices, including SLIs, SLOs, monitoring, alerting, and observability
Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems for production issues, and drive lasting fixes
Build automation that reduces manual work, improves system resilience, and speeds up delivery
Design runbooks and procedures for troubleshooting, maintenance, and disaster recovery
Evaluate new and emerging technologies through prototypes and proofs of concept, weighing benefits and risks before adoption
Partner with development, architecture, security, and product teams to deliver integrated, production-ready solutions
Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, and platform decisions
Mentor and guide engineers while establishing platform engineering standards and best practices
Who You Are
A senior technical leader who enjoys solving complex infrastructure and reliability problems at scale
Someone who automates first and builds systems that are easy to operate and recover
Comfortable leading technical conversations and influencing engineering direction
Calm and methodical under pressure during production incidents
Collaborative, proactive, and quick to get up to speed on new projects and technologies
Passionate about building secure, high-quality systems in mission-driven environments
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
9+ years of professional experience in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure engineering, including technical leadership
Experience working with governance processes, technical standards, formal change management, or shared enterprise services
Ability to identify dependencies and articulate resource needs, tradeoffs, risks, and decisions for the product leadership
Strong hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, Git, Linux, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI
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