Platform Engineer Practice Lead

Akima
Austin
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureSkills: ["Coaching","Training","Continuous learning","Standardization"]

Lead platform engineering practice for a DoD customer’s Army Software Factory in Austin, using a one-to-many model to scale continuous practice improvement. Establish core platform practices, drive continuous learning, curate enablement resources, and coordinate with executive leadership to standardize practices. Bring 10+ years of platform engineering experience, expertise across SaaS/IaaS/PaaS, CI/CD pipelines, AWS containerized workloads, and release processes aligned to integration testing and operations.

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Akima
Akima
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Platform Engineer Practice Lead

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Job Summary

Lead platform engineering practice for a DoD customer’s Army Software Factory in Austin, using a one-to-many model to scale continuous practice improvement. Establish core platform practices, drive continuous learning, curate enablement resources, and coordinate with executive leadership to standardize practices. Bring 10+ years of platform engineering experience, expertise across SaaS/IaaS/PaaS, CI/CD pipelines, AWS containerized workloads, and release processes aligned to integration testing and operations.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Enable a one-to-many model for DoD customer practitioners, scaling activities and cultivating continuous practice improvement.
  • •Establish core practices and drive continuous learning.
  • •Deliberately coach for professional growth and curate learning resources.
  • •Coordinate with executive leadership to standardize enablement practices for the organization.

Key Requirements

  • •10 years of experience as a Platform Engineer.
  • •Ability to coach and train senior platform engineers in cloud service models (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS) and CI/CD processes and pipeline tools.
  • •Knowledge of an open source platform for managing containerized workloads and services in AWS.
  • •Knowledge of release steps aligned with higher levels of integration testing, certification, and operations using testbeds, modeling, and simulation.
  • •Must hold a current and valid IAT II or higher certification (Security+).
Skills:CoachingTrainingContinuous learningStandardization
Certifications:Security+
Tech Stack:AWSSaaSIaaSPaaSCI/CDContainerized workloadsExtreme Programming (XP)Lean Product DevelopmentUser-Centered Design (UCD)

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Interim Secret

Company Brief

Akima
Provides government and commercial clients with mission-critical services including operations & maintenance, logistics, IT, engineering, cybersecurity, and staffing solutions across defense, federal, and infrastructure markets.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Herndon, United States
Founded: 1996
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