Platform Engineer 2 | TS/SCI Cleared | Remote

Onyx Point, Inc.; Hanover (MD); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Remote work options

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Generous PTO and holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Technology allowance

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Onyx Point, Inc. is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to help build, test, and maintain the infrastructure and tools enabling rapid software development and release. You will collaborate with development and operations to automate processes, improve deployment pipelines, and boost system reliability.

The ideal candidate has extensive Linux/Unix/Windows experience, strong automation skills with Ansible, and a passion for continuous improvement and documentation for security accreditation.

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years' experience as a Platform Engineer is required.
• Five (5) years' experience supporting and installing on Linux, Unix, Windows, or Cisco OS operation systems.
• One (1) year experience configuring, troubleshooting, monitoring, and testing a messaging service (such as Java Messaging Service, TIBCO, ActiveMQ, Artemis, Kafka).
• One (1) year experience building/installing packages such as .iso and Red Hat Package Managers (rpm).
• Three (3) years' experience each supporting three (3) of the following tools/topics: Puppet, Ansible, clustering solutions, writing scripts, building, and maintaining storage arrays.
• One (1) year experience creating and maintaining virtual machines (for example, using VMWARE).
• Ability to run Security Scans on systems (such as Nessus).
• Ability to provide documentation for Security accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure platform security, compliance, and adherence to best practices
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and platform-related issues
• Design, build, and maintain internal platforms that support application development and deployment
• Monitor system performance, reliability, and availability using observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Automate operational processes to reduce manual intervention and improve efficiency
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to improve developer experience and deployment workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or related field

CWIP IAT Level II Certification

CWIP IA Baseline Certification

Tools

Puppet

Ansible

VMware

TIBCO

ActiveMQ

Kafka

Kubernetes

Nessus

Job description

Onyx Point, Inc. is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to help build, test, and maintain the infrastructure and tools enabling rapid software development and release. You will collaborate with development and operations to automate processes, improve deployment pipelines, and boost system reliability.

The ideal candidate has extensive Linux/Unix/Windows experience, strong automation skills with Ansible, and a passion for continuous improvement and documentation for security accreditation.