Platform Engineering Team Lead

Description

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

The Platform Engineering Team Lead will provide both technical leadership and people management associated with the lifecycle of data center technology:

Leadership & Management

• 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

Technical Responsibilities

• 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.

Documentation & Processes

• 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

Innovation & Optimization

• 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

Basic Qualifications:

• 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+
• Docker containerization
• Kubernetes orchestration

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

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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

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Original Posting:

February 10, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and 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 at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

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Client-provided location(s): Flexible / Remote

Job ID: Leidos-R-00175654

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-02-11T18:54:47