Infrastructure Engineer 102114

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 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 support modernizing the program platform's over-arching design through new emerging technologies and 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., * 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, 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.

• Typically requires 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.
• Experience with programming/scripting languages (E.g. Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, Go).
• Experience with RedHat Linux.

Desired Skills:

• Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CICD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket, 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.
• Must meet DoD 8570 IAT level II requirements (Security + CE or equivalent).

Since 1999, ITEC has been a powerhouse in supporting mission-critical programs for the DoD and Intelligence community, building a solid reputation along the way. At ITEC, we don't just care for our employees-we champion them with competitive salaries, an outstanding employee care program, and a benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, and a 401k match.

U.S. Citizenship Mandatory: Due to our US federal government contract, candidates for this position are required to be a US Citizen and will be subject to a background investigation.