Senior Platform Engineering Technical Lead

Technical lead delivering mission-critical systems to government and intergovernmental agencies across the public safety, space (European Space Agency), and defense sectors. Operates across the full delivery lifecycle, from procurement to hands-on engineering to operations, both in greenfield (startups) and enterprise contexts. Proactive mindset, taking ownership of underserved problems, the latest of which a global, Ansible-driven, platform engineering initiative aimed at saving 1000h+/project worldwide, with CTO sponsorship. Played critical role both as requirements engineer and responding party in 1-10M+ tenders. Looking for companies aiming for engineering excellence, with roles especially in defense/dual-use, public sector tech, and geospatial, but open to anything. Example fits: Senior Solutions Architect, Platform/Staff Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Senior Technical Consultant.