10 hours ago
Richmond, VA, USA +2 moreStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead large cross-team platform programs from design through delivery, including multi-region EKS, GovCloud expansion, and IaC framework re-architecture.
- Own architecture decisions across compute, networking, identity, account structure, and software delivery, and document tradeoffs.
- Design enterprise IaC frameworks and multi-region CI/CD with approval gates, automated rollback, and policy enforcement.
- Build platform guardrails and developer tooling for compliant FedRAMP and GovCloud development.
- Design and validate disaster recovery, capacity, resilience, RTO/RPO, failure-injection, and chaos-testing strategies.
- Partner with product, data, and AI/ML teams on platform infrastructure design.
- Own on-call escalation paths, lead difficult incidents, and improve incident response.
- Set platform quality standards, including IaC testing, policy tests, and failure testing in CI.
- Shape adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools within federal compliance boundaries.
- Mentor and coach engineers, delegate work, and help raise the hiring bar for platform roles.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience serving as technical lead for large, cross-team infrastructure or platform programs with many stakeholders.
- Advanced production experience with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes/EKS, and CI/CD.
- Experience translating FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, and SOC 2 requirements into automated controls with continuous evidence.
- Strong architecture judgment, complexity-reduction experience, and ability to communicate design tradeoffs to engineers, auditors, and business leaders.
- Strong Python or Go skills for platform tooling and automation.
- Typically 10+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years as a technical lead on cross-team programs.
- U.S. citizenship is required for access to Exiger’s FedRAMP federal environments where legally required.
- Preferred experience includes FedRAMP authorization or continuous monitoring, SOC 2 Type II audits, AWS GovCloud, internal developer platforms, service mesh, container supply chain security, HashiCorp Vault, chaos engineering, FinOps, and infrastructure for data and AI/ML workloads.
- Preferred certifications include AWS Professional or Specialty certifications, CKA/CKS, or HashiCorp Terraform certification.
Benefits
- Discretionary time off with no maximum limits.
- Health, vision, and dental benefits.
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- Flexible hybrid work from home and in the office where applicable.
- Wellness stipends and dedicated wellness programming.
- Career development programs with reimbursement for educational certifications.
- Locations are McLean, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; or New York City.
About Exiger
Exiger builds AI- and data-driven software for supply chain, third‑party risk, and compliance management, used by corporations, banks, and government agencies. Its 1Exiger platform provides supplier visibility, risk detection, and due diligence, delivered as SaaS with supporting analytics and advisory services. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Exiger is FedRAMP authorized for U.S. public‑sector use and is majority‑owned by The Carlyle Group.