Hybrid Platform Engineer

Expertise and Functions:

• Implement, troubleshoot, and sustain hybrid environments for the Missile Defense Space Enterprise Architecture
• Work with a team that manages the full lifecycle of a secure, air-gapped on-premises infrastructure, with ownership from the physical hardware (compute and storage) up through the hypervisor layer
• Conduct administration, lifecycle management, and security hardening of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 appliance suite
• Work with a team that will design and implement secure, scalable cloud architectures (VCF 9.0, AWS GovCloud, Azure for US Government) for enterprise workloads
• Implement, and sustain Container Platforms such as VKS (Kubernetes v1.35), Docker, and Podman as well as maintain Repositories/Registries
• Work with system engineers to identify and define requirements for new systems/system modifications, developing designs, and implementing and testing solutions
• Conduct daily system monitoring, system backup and restoral, and application upgrades to ensure optimal and continuous system operations
• Ensure system software installations, maintenance, break/fix activities, and cyber security mitigations are performed in accordance with established policies, procedures and service level agreements
• Carry out high-level activities associated with design and system architecture
• Quickly learn challenging concepts, decompose difficult service problems and provide resolution
• Effectively function as self-starter and identify risks, issues, and opportunities to leadership
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Training:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related subject required  
• Must have, or acquire within 60 days of hire, Security+ certification or equivalent

Experience:

• 2+ years of professional experience in the required task area 
• Familiarity with Cloud engineering experience requried
• Experience with enterprise hardware stack (HPE Synergy, HPE Nimble, NetApp ONTAP, etc.) required
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerization required
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform required
• Understanding of networking, storage, identity, and DevSecOps pipelines required

Preferred Experience:

• Experience working within the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) or other Department of Defense (DoD) organizations preferred
• Experience with continuous delivery tools (VCFA Blueprints, GitLab, ArgoCD, etc.) preferred
• Experience with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, HELM, Bash, etc.) preferred
• Experience designing hybrid and multi-cloud solutions preferred
• Ability to logically decompose complex mission systems into manageable components preferred
• A track record of effectively troubleshooting and applying critical thinking skills to resolve IT system dependencies, impacts, and sustainability challenges preferred•
• Experience supporting Department of Defense (DoD) or Federal cloud initiatives preferred
• Experience working in an agile environment preferred
• Experience  administering a Red Hat Linux environment (RHEL 9.x) preferred