Platform Lead Engineer

We are seeking a Platform Infrastructure Lead to lead the operations of enterprise container platforms and shared infrastructure services. You will manage a team responsible for ensuring the availability, security, and performance of Kubernetes platforms, middleware, and enterprise COTS applications supporting mission-critical systems. Key Responsibilities • Lead a team of 4–6 infrastructure engineers supporting container platforms and platform services. • Manage platform operations, incident response, problem management, change implementation, and lifecycle activities. • Deploy, configure, and support Kubernetes, Docker/Podman, and enterprise COTS products including MongoDB, MSSQL, NGINX, Apache, IBM MQ, MQTT, Kafka, and ArcGIS. • Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and integration teams to resolve platform issues and support new services. • Ensure platform monitoring, logging, documentation, and operational runbooks are maintained. • Drive platform upgrades, patching, OS hardening, capacity planning, and performance optimization. • Lead Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity (BCP), and operational readiness activities. • Promote automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the platform environment. • Requirements • 7–10 years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or middleware operations, including team leadership. • Strong hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Docker/Podman, Linux administration, and OS hardening. • Experience managing enterprise COTS platforms including MongoDB, MSSQL, NGINX, Apache, IBM MQ, and messaging technologies. • Good understanding of networking, firewalls, load balancers, monitoring, and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, eG Enterprise). • Experience with CI/CD, automation (Ansible, scripting), and modern platform operations. • Strong leadership, troubleshooting, stakeholder management, and communication skills. • Experience working in government or other highly regulated environments is highly desirable.