Platform Engineer (Req #: 30872) with Security Clearance

Platform Engineer Req #: 30872 Clearance: Clearable Certification: Security+ within 60 days of hire Schedule: Hybrid (1-2 days per week) Location: Columbia, MD Anticipated Salary Range: $111,662.00 - $145,000.00. Essential Job Responsibilities The ideal candidate is a strong systems integrator with an eye for opportunity to enhance, optimize, or increase robustness of an existing code base. The candidate should have experience with infrastructure as code and be able to leverage modern tools to define, build and manage virtual infrastructure in the cloud. Design and implement core architecture and capabilities for software from prototype to operational applications. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications Clearance Requirements: Must obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance, but not required on day one; U.S. Citizenship required. 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering or Software Development (Go) with Bachelors in related field; OR 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience. Must have experience developing and deploying infrastructure in AWS.

Experience with Kubernetes (or vendor flavor of Kubernetes), ansible, storage layers (ceph, rook, longhorn, etc.) Experience with programming skills with Go. Have a solid understanding of Linux systems, hosts, networks, security, applications and proficiency in shell scripting (Shell/Bash). Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and troubleshoot complex issues. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Must be able to work in a hybrid environment, spending an average of 1-2 days per week at our Columbia, MD office.

Flexibility is essential to adapt to schedule changes as needed. Preferred Requirements Prior experience or familiarity with DISA’s Big Data Platform or other Big Data systems (e.g. Cloudera’s Distribution of Hadoop, Hortonworks Data Platform, MapR, etc..) is a plus. Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g.

Gitlab-CI, Travis-CI, Jenkins, etc.) Understanding of agile software development methodologies and use of standard software development tool suites. (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Github, Gitlab, etc.) Experience with puppet, ansible, maven, virtualization (ovirt, proxmox, vmware, etc) DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT Level II compliance certifications may be required in this position as directed by the customer.