Platform Engineering Lead

Sprezzatura is a mission-driven, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business specializing in secure, scalable, and human-centered digital solutions. They are seeking an Engineering Lead to support the VA.gov Platform Management team in delivering secure and reliable platform capabilities for Veteran-facing digital services, providing technical leadership across various engineering and operational initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead engineering activities supporting VA.gov platform management initiatives and operational priorities
• Design, build, maintain, and optimize platform capabilities supporting software development and delivery
• Provide technical leadership across cloud infrastructure, application operations, integrations, and deployment pipelines
• Support platform scalability, reliability, security, maintainability, and operational performance initiatives
• Administer and manage configurations across development, testing, staging, and production environments
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and operational issue resolution activities
• Collaborate with SRE, DevOps, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to ensure platform stability and compliance
• Drive engineering best practices, automation efforts, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Partner with Product Leads, engineering teams, and government stakeholders to align technical execution with delivery priorities
• Communicate technical risks, dependencies, constraints, and operational impacts across varying stakeholder audiences
• Support Agile delivery activities including sprint planning, backlog refinement, technical estimation, and release coordination
• Prepare technical documentation, system reports, operational metrics, and platform status updates
• Participate in transition planning, knowledge transfer, and operational readiness activities
• Coordinate across cross-functional teams to manage external dependencies and platform integration efforts

Requirements:

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, Information Systems, or related engineering/technical discipline required
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant engineering, platform operations, infrastructure, or software delivery experience
• Additional relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of education requirements
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining platforms supporting software development and operational delivery
• Experience managing application configurations and supporting multiple operational environments
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery methodologies
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise or federal IT environments
• Experience with Agile delivery methodologies and cross-functional engineering collaboration
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience supporting VA.gov or other federal digital services platforms
• Familiarity with SRE practices, observability tools, monitoring platforms, and operational support models
• Experience with cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes, containerization, or infrastructure automation
• Experience supporting organizational transitions, onboarding activities, or knowledge transfer initiatives
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, GitHub, ServiceNow, or similar engineering collaboration tools