About the role

What will you do at DPG Solutions?

US Citizenship is required.

An active TS/SCI is required.

An active CI Polygraph is required.

Security+ or CISSP required.

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.

Which skills does this role require?

KubernetesDockerPythonJavaRubyBashC++C#GoRed Hat LinuxDevOpsDevSecOpsInfrastructure as codeAutomationCI/CD pipelinesSecurity compliancePlatform EngineerTS/SCICI PolygraphSecurity+CISSPCI/CDJiraConfluenceBitbucketJenkinsArtifactoryGitlabTerraformAnsibleChefEncryptionAccess managementAgile

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