Lead Data Platform Engineer

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

In the role of Lead Data Platform Engineer, we'll count on you to:
*Define and own the data platform roadmap, including target-state architecture, environment strategy, and investment priorities.
*Set standards for platform capabilities, engineering practices, and operational expectations.
*Represent platform strategy in cross-functional forums and executive communications.
*Establish organization-wide IaC standards (modules, state governance, promotion models, change controls).
*Ensure GitOps discipline: required reviews, policy gates, and controlled plan/apply workflows.
*Drive adoption of infrastructure as code as the default operating posture, reducing manual configuration risk.
*Security, Risk, and Compliance Alignment
*Partner with security and governance leadership to align platform controls to enterprise policies and risk posture.
*Ensure RBAC models, tagging/classification, and security policies are consistently implemented.
*Oversee operational readiness for audits and compliance inquiries through documentation and traceability.
*Drive operational excellence: SLO/SLI targets, incident learning, automation, and proactive reliability engineering.
*Champion observability, cost transparency, and platform usability improvements.
*Develop talent through coaching, mentorship, and setting technical standards.

Preferred Qualifications

*Deep experience scaling Infrastructure as Code with Terraform (module strategy, remote state, promotion workflows, and drift management) across multiple environments.
*Experience building governance models for Terraform usage (standards, code review practices, and policy/quality gates) across multiple teams.

Required Qualifications

*Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
*Minimum 8 years of experience in platform/data engineering or related roles with demonstrated ownership of enterprise-scale systems.
*Proven experience setting standards, leading complex initiatives, and aligning technical strategy to business outcomes.
*Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.