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Powering and Empowering Government
Director, Platform Engineering
Location
United States
Posted
145 days ago
Salary
$177K - $279.6K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director, Platform Engineering
CivicPlus
• Set the platform vision and lead execution across shared services, infrastructure, and tooling while building and mentoring high-performing platform, SRE, and DevOps teams. • Own the design and operation of secure, scalable AWS and Azure environments, establishing standards for reliability, observability, resilience, and incident management. • Create paved-road developer platforms, CI/CD systems, and automation that improve velocity, quality, and consistency across teams. • Champion operational rigor through SLOs, reviews, and cost-aware engineering practices, ensuring efficient, sustainable growth.
Job Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE leadership roles within a SaaS environment.
- Deep experience with secure cloud architectures, infrastructure-as-code, hybrid hosting models, and modern security technologies.
- Strong knowledge of observability and reliability engineering practices.
- Experience building internal platforms that enhance developer productivity and reduce operational burden.
- Demonstrated ability to manage and optimize cloud costs at scale.
- Strong track record in incident response, risk management, and executive communication.
- Strong knowledge of GovRAMP, FedRAMP, NIST, STIGs, ISO 27001 and other government compliance frameworks.
- Ability to engage with government agencies and communicate security posture with clarity and confidence.
- Strong communication skills and experience collaborating across engineering, product, and business functions.
- Able to work additional hours during the week after hours and on the weekend with 24-7 on-call status.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Time Off
- 401(k) plan
- and more.
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