CivicPlus

Director, Platform Engineering

CivicPlus

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $177,000 - $279,600 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Set the platform vision and lead execution across shared services, infrastructure, and tooling while building and mentoring high-performing platform, SRE, and DevOps teams.
  • Own the design and operation of secure, scalable AWS and Azure environments, establishing standards for reliability, observability, resilience, and incident management.
  • Create paved-road developer platforms, CI/CD systems, and automation that improve velocity, quality, and consistency across teams.
  • Champion operational rigor through SLOs, reviews, and cost-aware engineering practices, ensuring efficient, sustainable growth.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE leadership roles within a SaaS environment.
  • Deep experience with secure cloud architectures, infrastructure-as-code, hybrid hosting models, and modern security technologies.
  • Strong knowledge of observability and reliability engineering practices.
  • Experience building internal platforms that enhance developer productivity and reduce operational burden.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage and optimize cloud costs at scale.
  • Strong track record in incident response, risk management, and executive communication.
  • Strong knowledge of GovRAMP, FedRAMP, NIST, STIGs, ISO 27001 and other government compliance frameworks.
  • Ability to engage with government agencies and communicate security posture with clarity and confidence.
  • Strong communication skills and experience collaborating across engineering, product, and business functions.
  • Able to work additional hours during the week after hours and on the weekend with 24-7 on-call status.
Benefits
  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Flexible Time Off
  • 401(k) plan
  • and more.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
AWSAzureinfrastructure-as-codeCI/CDautomationobservability engineeringreliability engineeringincident managementcloud cost optimizationsecure cloud architectures
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationrisk managementexecutive communicationoperational rigorclarityconfidenceability to work additional hours