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 role's core responsibility is for providing the design, development, implementation, and integration of a computer/network/storage infrastructure, as well as supporting modernizing the program platform’s 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 company's 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.