Job Information
SciTec Senior / Principal Platform Engineer in Boulder, Colorado
Responsibilities:
- Lead a small (2-3 person) team along with mission partners in deploying multiple solutions for customers
- Develop and maintain Ansible automation playbooks for deploying and managing Red Hat OpenShift clusters
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment processes
- Integrate authentication services, including LDAP, SAML, and OAuth, into the platform
- Design, maintain, and improve CI pipelines (GitLab CI) for secure software builds and deployments
- Ensure high availability and performance of the data platform by implementing best practices for resource management and scaling
- Collaborate with security and DevOps teams to ensure compliance with security standards and policies
- Troubleshoot and resolve platform-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a DoD security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of professional experience in platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or software engineering
- Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management, including tools such as Ansible and Terraform
- Strong experience with Linux-based systems and Git version control
- Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
- Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD
- Working knowledge of authentication and identity protocols (LDAP, SAML, OAuth)
- Understanding of general security best practices
- Ability to write and maintain automation scripts and infrastructure-related code
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated attention to detail
Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred
- Linux systems administration experience in production environments
- Experience with container security tools (e.g., Grype, Syft)
- Familiarity with SAST/SCA and application security tools (e.g., Fortify, SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy, ZAP)
- Experience with AWS services, including EKS, EC2, and Lambda
- Application and service networking experience using tools such as Istio, NGINX, or Traefik
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
- Familiarity with authentication and identity management platforms (e.g., Keycloak)
- Experience leading a small team or collaborating with industry partners
- Red Hat certifications (RHCSA, RHCE, OpenShift certification)
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Benefits
SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including:
- 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
- 100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
- 80% company paid Dental insurance
- 100% company paid Vision insurance
- 100% company paid Life insurance
- 100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
- Short-term Disability insurance
- Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
- Discretionary Performance Bonus
- Paid Parental Leave
- Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
- Flexible Work Hours
The pay range for this position is $146,000- $206,000 / year. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.
SciTec is proud to be an Equal Opportu ity employer. VET/Disabled.