Platform Engineer (Hybrid) - 27031

Enlighten; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 137,510 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid employee premium for healthcare

10% 401k benefit

Generous PTO + 10 paid holidays

Education/training allowances

Job summary

Enlighten is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer in Columbia, MD to develop custom software and integrate solutions to complex problems using Cloud technologies, emphasizing AWS and Go programming. Ideal candidates will have a strong Linux foundation and extensive experience in Platform Engineering.

The role involves enhancing existing code and managing cloud infrastructure in a hybrid environment. Comprehensive employee benefits include full healthcare coverage, 401k plans, and generous PTO.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in Platform Engineering or Software Development.
• Experience with deploying infrastructure in AWS.
• Strong understanding of Linux systems.

Responsibilities

• Enhance, optimize, and increase robustness of existing code.
• Define, build, and manage virtual infrastructure in the cloud.
• Design and implement core architecture for software applications.

Skills

Cloud technology (AWS)

Programming in Go

Linux systems

Infrastructure as code

Kubernetes

Shell scripting

Problem-solving

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field (or equivalent experience)

Tools

Ansible

CI/CD tools (Gitlab-CI, Jenkins, etc.)

Job description

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 involves developing custom software components and integrating open-source code to solve complex problems using Big Data and Cloud technologies. The candidate will work autonomously, identify and solve problems quickly, and collaborate on strategic goals set by Architects. Work is performed in a hybrid environment with a team.

Salary

Anticipated Salary Range: $137,510.00 - $185,000.00.

Benefits

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

Essential Job Responsibilities

• 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.
• 9+ years of experience in Platform Engineering or Software Development (Go) with Bachelors in related field; OR 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 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.
• 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.