Platform Systems Engineer
Job Location:
Springfield, VT - USA
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Job Summary
Requisition Number:28899
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Employment Type:Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Anticipated Salary Range:$83092.00-$194078.00
Security Clearance:TS/SCI
Level of Experience:Mid
This opportunity resides with Warfare Systems (WS) a business group within HIIs Mission Technologies division. Warfare Systems comprises cyber and mission IT; electronic warfare; and C5ISR systems.
HII works within our nations intelligence and cyber operations communities to defend our interests in cyberspace and anticipate emerging threats. Our capabilities in cybersecurity network architecture reverse engineering software and hardware development uniquely enable us to support sensitive missions for the U.S. military and federal agency partners.
Leadership Mindset at HII Mission Technologies
Leadership at HII is a mindset not a title. Through our Leadership Capability Framework we define how every team member contributes to our mission and culture:
- Know & Grow Your People Commit to learning and supporting team success.
- Build Relationships Communicate openly collaborate well and build trust.
- Take Ownership Deliver on commitments and take pride in your work.
- Customer First Focus on the mission and those we serve.
- Shape the Future Bring ideas curiosity and continuous improvement.
- Act with Urgency Take initiative and follow through with purpose.
These capabilities guide how all employees contribute to our shared success across Mission Technologies.
Job Description
Mission Technologies a division of HII is hiring aPlatform Systems Engineerto join and support our team in Springfield VA.
As aPlatform Systems Engineerwill build maintain and optimize container platforms that supports modern scalable and resilient applications across the this role you translate operational and application requirements into robust container platform architectures ensuring reliability security and efficient automation throughout the ecosystem. This position bridges the gap between core infrastructure and application delivery requiring a deep understanding of Linux systems cloud-native networking and DevSecOps principles to maintain high-performance resilient and secure hybrid-cloud platforms.
Why HII
- A Competitive Salary That Rewards Your Talent
- Robust Health & Wellness Benefits to Keep You Thriving
- Generous Paid Time Off So You Can Recharge and Enjoy Life
- Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Repayment to Power Your Future
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Key responsibilities include working with development and infrastructure teams to design and implement Kubernetes clusters manage core components and develop automation for deployment scaling and lifecycle management.
- Create and maintain CI/CD integrations engineer containerized solutions and optimize cluster performance and resource utilization.
- May also support solution design efforts such as architecture documentation configuration prototypes and infrastructureascode patterns. Additionally you will conduct testing troubleshoot platform issues and ensure that Kubernetes environments operate securely consistently and in alignment with organizational standards.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5 years of hands-on experience responsible for the end-to-end engineering implementation and optimization of enterprise-grade container orchestration environments.
- 5 years of hands-on experience deploying running troubleshooting and managing containerized workloads with platforms such as Kubernetes OpenShift or Managed Cloud K8s (NKP/EKS/AKS/GKE).
- Demonstrate mastery in cluster lifecycle management automated deployment via Isac (Terraform/Helm/Ansible) and the engineering of robust observability and security frameworks.
- Strong understanding of Linux systems cloud-native networking and DevOps principles to maintain high-performance resilient and secure hybrid-cloud platforms.
- Must meet DoD 8140/CSWF for 661-Intermediate or be willing to obtain the appropriate credential within 6 months.
- 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD or Juris Doctorate in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
- TS/SCI clearance required with ability to obtain CI Poly.
Preferred Requirements
- Cloud-native formal training or vendor certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Associate Google Professional Cloud Architect)
- Kubernetes formal training or vendor certifications (e.g. Certified Kubernetes Administrator Certified Kubernetes Developer)
- Understanding and knowledge of system development lifecycles (e.g. waterfall spiral agile DevSecOps).
- Experience supporting infrastructure in a hybrid cloud environment.
- Expertise in engineering and implementing enterprise-level platforms focusing on Cluster lifecycle network service mesh and observability.
The listed salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the roles location expectations and responsibilities. When extending an offer HIIs Mission Technologies division takes a variety of factors into consideration which include but are not limited to the roles function and a candidates education or training work experience and key skills.
Meet HIIs Mission Technologies Division
Our team of more than 7000 professionals worldwide delivers all-domain expertise and advanced technologies in service of mission partners across the globe. Mission Technologies is leading the next evolution of national defense the data evolution - by accelerating a breadth of national security solutions for government and commercial customers. Our capabilities range from C5ISR AI and Big Data cyber operations and synthetic training environments to fleet sustainment environmental remediation and the largest family of unmanned underwater vehicles in every class. Find the role thats right for you. Apply today. We look forward to meeting you.
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HII is more than a job - its an opportunity to build a new future. We offer competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; as well as early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.
Why HII
We build the worlds most powerful survivable naval ships and defense technology solutions that safeguard our seas sky land space and cyber. Our workforce includes skilled tradespeople; artificial intelligence machine learning (AI/ML) experts; engineers; technologists; scientists; logistics experts; and business administration professionals.
Recognized as one of Americas top large company employers we are a values and ethics driven organization that puts peoples safety and well-being first. Regardless of your role or where you serve at HII youll find a supportive and welcoming environment competitive benefits and valuable educational and training programs for continual career growth at every stage of your career.
Together we are working to ensure a future where everyone can be free and thrive.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin physical or mental disability age or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local law.
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