Director, Infrastructure and Platform

Job Description Summary The Director, Infrastructure & Platform leads the team that creates standard, reliable environments on which Defense & Systems builds, tests, and delivers software. The team owns the secure platforms, shared services, and the single golden-path delivery pipeline that the organization's software developers depend on, so that delivery is dependable, on time, and to standard. The role runs the platform as a product, not as a help desk. This is a people-leadership role accountable for both the operating model and the people who run it. The Director sets the platform roadmap and service standards, mandates the golden path that product teams adopt, and holds the team to FLIGHT DECK standard work and a bias toward flow. Success improves Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost by removing undifferentiated infrastructure work from every software team and replacing ad-hoc environments with a governed, consumable platform. Job Description Roles and Responsibilities Team leadership and talent Lead and develop the Infrastructure & Platform team — technical program management, platform and infrastructure engineering, and infrastructure architecture — with clear role clarity, objectives, and standard work for each seat Own the team’s performance and development; build a culture of ownership, flow, and continuous improvement Identify and remove obstacles on behalf of the team, and coach problem-solving at the point of work Platform operating model and governan