Platform Engineer (Hybrid) - 27029

Huntington Ingalls Industries; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 111,662 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid employee premium for healthcare, vision, and dental

10% 401k benefit

Generous PTO + 10 paid holidays

Education/training allowances

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer based in Columbia, Maryland. The successful candidate will have extensive experience with Cloud technology (AWS), programming skills in Go, and a strong Linux foundation. Key responsibilities include developing custom software components, integrating open-source code, and optimizing existing code bases. This role offers a hybrid work environment with excellent benefits, including healthcare and generous PTO.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering or Software Development.
• Experience deploying infrastructure in AWS.
• Solid understanding of Linux systems, networks, and shell scripting.

Responsibilities

• Develop custom software components for Cloud technology.
• Integrate open-source code for Big Data solutions.
• Work autonomously and solve complex issues.

Skills

Cloud technology (AWS)

Programming skills in Go

Linux foundation

Excellent problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree in a related field

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Ansible

CI/CD tools (Gitlab-CI, Jenkins)

Job description

Enlighten, honored as a Top Workplace from USA Today, is a leader in big data solution development and deployment, with expertise in cloud-based services, software and systems engineering, cyber capabilities, and data science. Enlighten provides continued innovation and proactivity in meeting our customers’ greatest challenges.

We recognize that the most effective environment for your projects doesn’t always look the same. Our hybrid work approach ensures that you can make lasting relationships with your team and collaborate in‑person to get the job done—while having the flexibility to work from home when needed to achieve focused results.

Why Enlighten?

At Enlighten, our team’s unwavering work ethic, top talent and celebration of innovative ideas have helped us thrive. We know that our employees are essential to our company’s success, so we seek to take care of you as much as you take care of us.

• 100% paid employee premium for healthcare, vision and dental plans.
• 10% 401k benefit.
• Generous PTO + 10 paid holidays.
• Education/training allowances.

Anticipated Salary Range: $111,662.00-$145,000.00. The salary range for this role is intended as a good faith estimate based on the role's location, expectations, and responsibilities. When extending an offer, Enlighten takes a variety of factors into consideration which include, but are not limited to, the role's function, internal equity and a candidate's education or training, work experience, certifications and key skills. Occasionally positions/roles may include additional non‑recurrent compensation and will be addressed by the recruiter during the interview process.

Job Description

Enlighten is looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer with experience in Cloud technology (AWS), programming skills in Go, and a strong Linux foundation. The role will significantly contribute to the development of custom software components and integration of open‑source code to address complex problems through the use of cutting edge Big Data/Cloud technology. The candidate will be expected to work autonomously, identifying and solving problems quickly while working toward broader strategic goals set by Architects on the team. Work is performed in a hybrid environment with a great team.

• The ideal candidate is a strong systems integrator with an eye for opportunity to enhance, optimize, or increase robustness of an existing code base.
• The candidate should have experience with infrastructure as code and be able to leverage modern tools to define, build and manage virtual infrastructure in the cloud.
• Design and implement core architecture and capabilities for software from prototype to operational applications.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Security Clearance – A current U.S. Government Security clearance is not required at start, but will be processed for a Secret level clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering or Software Development (Go) with Bachelors in a related field; OR 3 years relevant experience with Masters in a related field; OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
• Must have experience developing and deploying infrastructure in AWS.
• Experience with Kubernetes (or vendor flavor of Kubernetes), ansible, storage layers (ceph, rook, longhorn, etc.).
• Experience with programming skills with Go.
• Have a solid understanding of Linux systems, hosts, networks, security, applications and proficiency in shell scripting (Shell/Bash).
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and the ability to identify and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must be able to work in a hybrid environment, spending an average of 1‑2 days per week at our Columbia, MD office. Flexibility is essential to adapt to schedule changes as needed.

Preferred Requirements

• Prior experience or familiarity with DISA’s Big Data Platform or other Big Data systems (e.g. Cloudera’s Distribution of Hadoop, Hortonworks Data Platform, MapR, etc.) is a plus.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Gitlab‑CI, Travis‑CI, Jenkins, etc.)
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies and use of standard software development tool suites. (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Github, Gitlab, etc.)
• Experience with puppet, ansible, maven, virtualization (ovirt, proxmox, vmware, etc.)
• DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT Level II compliance certifications may be required in this position as directed by the customer.

Additional benefits and perks can be found on our website at www.eitccorp.com.