Hybrid-Cloud Platform Engineer (TS/SCI required)

Springfield, VA
Full Time
Experienced

Job Summary
We are seeking a Hybrid-Cloud Platform Engineer to support an IC customer/contract in Springfield, VA. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI polygraph. 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  • O&M of existing Red Hat OpenShift environment across multiple security domains in both Cloud and datacenter (vSphere) environments
  • Support OpenShift operators and frameworks including Crossplane, Kyverno, RedHat GitOps
  • Deploy OpenShift to new sites as they come online
  • Work with internal and external teams to understand integration requirements and scale existing platforms to meet them
  • Work with Security to ensure ongoing compliance and develop secure solutions
  • Support data services including RabbitMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL, Elastic Stack

Required Skills:

  • Prior experience building and maintaining Platform as a Service offerings via Cloud based providers
  • Strong understanding of RHEL/CentOS Linux distributions
  • Experience deploying and managing RedHat OpenShift in a cloud and/or vSphere environment
  • Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services
  • Experience in automating tasks using scripted languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Perl
  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology
  • Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus

 

Education/Experience:  

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
  • 10+ years IT experience
  • 5+ years experience with Platform as a Service Offerings (e.g. RedHat OpenShift, Tanzu, etc)

Desired Certifications:

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • RedHat Certified OpenShift Administrator

 

Benefits and Perks

Compensation

  • Industry competitive salary well above market average
  • 401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vested
  • Referral bonuses up to $5,000

100% company-paid benefits

  • Cigna Open Access Plus Medical plan for employee + family
  • Vision and Dental plan for employee + family
  • Short Term Disability for employee
  • Long Term Disability for employee
  • Life Insurance for employee

Flexible Paid Time Off Policy

  • 180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion
  • 10+ Company Holidays per year
  • 6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave
  • Flexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedules

Career Growth

  • Company sponsored training and certifications
  • No questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursement
  • Company paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses
     

Company Overview
Innovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.

Established in 2008, IDS has 15 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market.  We’re a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations.  We specialize in Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics.  Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services: strategy, design, implementation and operations.

IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.

 

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