Platform Engineer

US Citizenship is required.

An active TS/SCI is required.

An active CI Polygraph is required.

Security or CISSP required.

Total DPG Employee Package Compensation: $210k-$238k

As a Platform Engineer you will herald a transformative era in software engineering one that underscores the integration of development and operations through a comprehensive Infrastructure platform. Platform engineers with their wide-ranging technical and problem-solving skills are shaping the future of software development to efficiently deliver high-quality secure software by providing automated services that enable SW engineers to focus on developing mission capabilities.
The roles core responsibility is for providing the design development implementation and integration of a computer/network/storage infrastructure as well as supporting modernizing the program platforms over-arching design through new emerging technologies and the use of DevOps/DevSecOps tools and automation in order to streamline processes enhance collaboration and accelerate the release cycles thereby driving efficiency and innovation. You will be on a team that is responsible for development and operational environments on a large program producing a critical strategic national asset. This will include a mixture of hands-on keyboard engineering work as well as documentation and baseline control.

What You Will Do

• Support transitioning a system that is tightly coupled to the underlying infrastructure
• Assist with architecture design development integration and support of build integration & test and deployment pipelines
• Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to improve scalability consistency and infrastructure efficiency reduce deployment time and automate configuration management
• Collaborate with software engineers data scientists and other agile development teams to design and implement robust platform solutions
• Integrate security and compliance into the platform with services such as encryption and access management
  Provide operational support for the platform

Required Skills:

• Typically requires a BS/BA Degree in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) in Computer Science Computer Engineering Information Technology or Physics and 5 years of related work experience
• Experience designing implementing and integrating platform infrastructure services using technologies such as Kubernetes Docker
• Experience with programming/scripting languages (e.g. Python Java Ruby Bash C C# Go)
• Experience with Red Hat Linux
• An active and Current TS/SCI / CI Poly
• U.S. citizenship is required as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Desired Skills:

• Experience deploying configuring and supporting CI/CD Pipeline tools (e.g. Jira Confluence Bitbucket Jenkins Artifactory Gitlab)
• Experience with troubleshooting applications & infrastructure services on Linux-based operating systems
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Terraform Ansible and Chef
• Experience developing testing & delivering applications w/in a DevSecOps framework
• Background in COTS/FOSS product installation configuration and integration

Overview of Benefits:

• Competitive Salary (Ranges vary by position).
• Company Funded 401(k) - 25% of base pay deposited every pay period - Vested day one of employment.
• All Health Care Benefits and Premiums are paid by the company and with the companys HSA contribution.
• Quarterly Equity Share Bonuses.
• 250 hours of PTO with up to 40 hours available to be carried over.
• Biannual Company-Sponsored Events for the employees and their families.
• Education Benefits - Tuition Reimbursement Certificate and Udemy courses reimbursement.
  

Required Experience:

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