Senior Platform Engineer needed for contract to hire role in Aurora, CO

*Must have an active TS TS/SCI with CI poly

Job Summary: Our client is looking for 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 cloud-based 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 compute/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.

NOTE: This position will be filled onsite at the Facility in Aurora CO.

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, optimizing for performance and scalability across cloud based 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 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

Qualifications You Must Have 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) A U.S. government TS/SCI / CI Poly issued security clearance is required day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance Must meet DoD 8570 IAT level II requirements (Security + CE or equivalent)

Qualifications We Prefer 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 with RedHat Linux 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

Employment Pre-requisites The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation, and d rug urinalysis. SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. #DZFED #INDSOC

Estimated Min Rate : $52.50 Estimated Max Rate : $75.00