Senior Platform Engineer (Richardson, TX)

Paladin Consulting; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their innovative team. This role focuses on transforming software engineering by integrating development and operations within a robust platform. You will empower development teams, streamline processes, and enhance collaboration, all while ensuring security and compliance. With a mix of hands-on engineering and strategic documentation, you will contribute to the hybrid-cloud backbone of a critical national asset. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of software development while working in a supportive and family-oriented environment.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI / CI Poly security clearance required.
• 5+ years of experience in relevant fields.

Responsibilities

• Support system transitions and optimize deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate with teams to design and implement solutions.

Skills

Automation Frameworks (Chef, Puppet, Ansible)

COTS/FOSS Product Installation

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Java

Bash

DevSecOps Framework

Networking Concepts

Education

BS/BA Degree in STEM

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Gitlab

Jenkins

Artifactory

Nessus

Fortify

Anchore

Job description

Paladin Consulting is currently hiring a Senior Platform Engineer to join our team working onsite at our client's office located in Richardson, TX.

We work with companies that offer environments for our employees to contribute, learn, and advance their career. We treat you like you are part of the family.

Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer
Work Location: Richardson, TX
Duration: 12 month contract with option to extend or hire
Education/Experience Required: Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI / CI Poly security clearance is required prior to start date; Experience with automation frameworks such as Chef, Puppet, and Ansible.

Job Description :

• As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will herald a transformative era in software engineering, one that underscores the integration of development and operations through a single, comprehensive platform.
• Platform engineers, with their comprehensive 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 revolves around empowering development teams with a robust platform that streamlines processes, enhances collaboration, and accelerates release cycles, thereby driving efficiency and innovation. You will be on a team that is responsible for development and operational environments consisting of a mix of servers, workstations, storage, networks, and custom hardware.
• These environments provide the enterprise hybrid-cloud backbone for product development and testing for 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.

Responsibilities :

• 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 on-premises cloud 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 DevOps teams to design and implement development and mission solutions
• Integrate security and compliance into the platform with services such as encryption and access management
• Provide operational support for the platform
• Administrative fluency with the following (or vendor equivalent): Red Hat Linux (v7+, 8+ preferred), Rancher
• Experience troubleshooting applications & infrastructure services on Linux based OS.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI / CI Poly security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• 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 with automation frameworks such as Chef, Puppet, and Ansible.
  • Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration
  • Experience designing, implementing, and integrating platform infrastructure services using technologies such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Rancher

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CICD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Gitlab)
• Exposure to Cloud based web services such as AWS
• Knowledge of secure coding practices such as OWASP, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation
• Experience with Networking Concepts and architectures
• 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
• Experience with programming/scripting languages (E.g. Python, Java, Bash, Perl, Ruby, C++)
• Current DoD 8570 certification (CompTIA Security +, CCNA) or ability to obtain within 90 days

For more information or to view other opportunities, visit us at www.paladininc.com.

Paladin Consulting is an EEOC employer.