Platform Engineer

DPG Solutions LLC

$210K — $238K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active U.S. citizenship required for security clearance
  • Current TS/SCI and CI Polygraph clearance necessary
  • Security+ or CISSP certification mandatory
  • Bachelor's degree in STEM field with 5 years of relevant experience
  • Experience with Kubernetes and Docker for platform infrastructure
  • Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java, Bash)
  • Experience with Red Hat Linux environment

Responsibilities

  • Support transition of tightly coupled systems to new infrastructure
  • Assist in design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines
  • Leverage best practices for infrastructure scalability and efficiency
  • Collaborate with development teams for robust platform design
  • Integrate security features into the platform
  • Provide operational support for the platform
  • Document and manage baseline controls for engineering work

Benefits

  • Company-funded 401(k) with 25% match immediately vested
  • Employer-covered health care benefits and HSA contributions
  • Quarterly equity share bonuses
  • Generous PTO policy allowing for 250 hours annually
  • Company-sponsored events for employees and families
  • Education assistance, including tuition and course reimbursement
Full Job Description
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.

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