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# Sr Platform Engineer Lead at Capital Technology Group

- **Company:** Capital Technology Group
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-01
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/capitaltg/jobs/5272568007?gh_jid=5272568007

## Job description

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
- Proven experience managing Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform or similar tools
- Experience designing and operating workloads in a cloud environment (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure considered)
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, or CloudWatchcf
- Proficiency in scripting and automation (Bash, Python, or Go)
- Working knowledge of databases and SQL
- Experience troubleshooting production systems, performance tuning, and leading root cause analysis
- Understanding of DevSecOps practices and secure infrastructure principles
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills

## Nice to Have

- Experience producing clear product status updates, operational metrics, dashboards, and risk narratives
- Strong stakeholder-management skills and ability to coordinate effectively across product, program, engineering, security, and operations organizations
- Experience coordinating shared resources or cross-team technical dependencies
- People management experience
- Experience with Harness.io
- Familiarity with Zero Trust principles and FedRAMP or ATO processes
- Experience with service mesh, GitOps tools (Argo CD, Flux), or serverless platforms
- Relevant certifications such as CKA, AWS Solutions Architect, or AWS DevOps Engineer
- Experience supporting federal government agencies

Salary

We are committed to offering a competitive salary for this position, with an estimated range of $140k–$200k annually. Please note that this range is intended to provide a general idea of what to expect. The final offer may vary based on experience, skills, and other factors.

Full Time Employee Benefits

- Remote Work (Hybrid roles will be specified in the job post)
- Competitive Compensation Package
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) with 4% matching
- Liberal PTO vacation policy
- Generous Annual Continuing Education
- Annual Wellness Budget
- Bonus Incentive Programs (Employee referrals and performance-based rewards)

Thanks for your interest in Capital Technology Group!

Capital Technology Group is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

## About Capital Technology Group

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Capital Technology Group (CTG) provides expert consulting services in software development, digital transformation, human-centered design, data analytics, and cybersecurity to federal and commercial clients.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Privately Held)
- **Headquarters**: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
- **Founded**: 2010
- **Founders**: Toby Lazar (Co-Founder and Managing Principal)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: IT Services and IT Consulting; Federal Government Digital Services; Cybersecurity; Data Science & AI/ML
- **Target customers**: B2G (federal agencies such as USCIS, DHS) and select commercial clients
- **Mission / purpose**: To solve complex, mission-critical business challenges through agile methodologies, close client collaboration, and innovative technology solutions.

## Products & Services
CTG offers a suite of professional services, each delivered as a consulting engagement:
- **Information Security**: Enterprise authentication, multi-factor authorization, Zero Trust implementation, and threat detection.
- **Data Science & AI/ML**: Big data processing pipelines (Databricks, Spark, Kafka, Airflow) and data visualization to drive actionable insights.
- **Agentic AI**: Production-grade agentic AI with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool-using assistants, and autonomous multi-agent workflows, built with governance and security.
- **DevSecOps**: Automated CI/CD pipelines, secure coding practices, and monitoring for reliable, scalable releases.
- **Digital Transformation**: Business Process Reengineering (BPR), legacy modernization, and cloud migration.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Revenue not disclosed; total funding not disclosed (appears bootstrapped/organic growth)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Member of the Digital Services Coalition; clients include United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- **Growth Signals**: 84 employees as of mid-2025, with **+43.2% year-over-year headcount growth**; recognized as a **Top Workplace 2025** by The Washington Post based on employee feedback; 8 active job postings; expanding AI/ML and agentic AI capabilities

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep federal expertise**: Over a decade of experience serving mission-critical government agencies with a track record of delivery.
- **Multidisciplinary team**: Combines software engineering, design, data science, and cybersecurity under one roof.
- **Agile & collaborative culture**: Emphasizes partnership, transparency, and continuous improvement, as reflected in their core values.
- **Recognized employer**: Washington Post Top Workplace 2025 award signals strong employee satisfaction and retention.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Scaling AI/ML and agentic AI offerings; continuing federal digital modernization; maintaining growth in headcount and capabilities.
- **Sustainability**: Aiming for net-zero impact by 2030, with Scope 2 emissions tracking in place.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, inclusive, and mission-driven with core values of excellence, humility, respect, and shared passion.
- **Remote / hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated; roles appear to be based in the Washington, DC area (Silver Spring HQ) with flexibility likely depending on client needs.
- **Benefits**:
  - Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  - 100% employer-paid short/long-term disability and life insurance
  - 401k with company match
  - Flexible time off + 10 federal holidays
  - Yearly wellness budget (up to $500)
  - Continuing education budget (books, classes, certifications, Codecademy subscription)
  - Generous equipment reimbursement
  - Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  - $5,000 referral bonus
- **Engineering culture**: Agile, innovation-focused, with opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies (AI/ML, DevSecOps, cloud). The interview process includes a technical challenge and a collaborative walkthrough.

## Sources
1. [capitaltg.com](https://www.capitaltg.com/) – Company overview and capabilities
2. [capitaltg.com/careers](https://www.capitaltg.com/careers) – Careers page with benefits and hiring process
3. [capitaltg.com/about](https://www.capitaltg.com/about) – About page, leadership, core values, sustainability
4. [linkedin.com/company/capitaltg](https://www.linkedin.com/company/capitaltg) – LinkedIn company profile, employee count, growth, open roles
5. [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250718053615/en/Capital-Technology-Group-Earns-Esteemed-Top-Workplace-2025-Honor-from-The-Washington-Post) – Top Workplace 2025 announcement

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