Sr. Platform Engineer (TS/SCI)

Ashley Ellis, Inc • Aurora, CO, US • 5m ago

Job Title: Sr. Platform Engineer
Work Location: Aurora, CO
Duration: Long-term contract with option to hire
Education/Experience Required: BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and 5+ years of related work experience

Job Description:

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will herald a transformative era in software engineering, one that underscores the integration of development and operations through a single, comprehensive platform. Platform engineers, with their comprehensive 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 role's core responsibility revolves around empowering development teams with a robust platform that streamlines processes, enhances collaboration, and accelerates release cycles, thereby driving efficiency and innovation. You will be on a team that is responsible for development and operational environments consisting of a mix of servers, workstations, storage, networks, and custom hardware. These environments provide the enterprise hybrid-cloud backbone for product development and testing for 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.

NOTE: This position will be onsite in Aurora CO.

Responsibilities:

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, optimizing for performance and scalability across on-premise VMware computing environments.
Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to improve scalability, consistency, infrastructure efficiency, reduce deployment time, and automate configuration management.
Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and DevOps teams to design and implement development and mission solutions.
Integrate security and compliance into the platform with services such as encryption and access management.
Provide operational support for the platform.

Skills & Qualifications:

Active U.S. government TS/SCI issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering 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.
Administrative fluency with the following (or vendor equivalent): Linux and VMWare solutions.
Experience with programming/scripting languages (E.g. Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, Go).
Experience with troubleshooting applications & infrastructure services on Linux based Operating Systems.
Current CompTIA Security + or ability to obtain within 90 days.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CICD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Gitlab).
Experience with automation frameworks such as Chef, Puppet, and Ansible.
Knowledge of secure coding practices such as OWASP, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
Experience with scanning tools (E.g. Nessus, Fortify, Anchore).
Multi-disciplined infrastructure experience with compute, networks, storage, and virtualization.
Experience developing, testing & delivering applications w/in a DevSecOps framework.
Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration.
Ability to obtain a Counter Intelligence (CI) poly for purposes of Privilege User Access.