Principal Platform Engineer KR1543

Clearance Level: Secret

US Citizenship: Required

Job Classification: Full Time

Location: Boston Metro Area

Years of Experience: 5-7 years

Education Level: Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree; or equivalent industry experience

Position Description: The Platform Services Engineer possesses senior software engineering experience building and operating hybrid-infrastructure developer platforms (private and commercial cloud infrastructure) at an individual contributor level. They must have prior experience deploying Kubernetes in multiple ways and supporting automation of platform management at enterprise scale. The engineer should have experience developing platform APIs that make common software operations scalable and repeatable. The engineer will feel comfortable maintaining the underlying services required to host containerized applications. The engineer should be at least a mid to senior level engineer capable of mentoring junior developers and engineers. The engineer should also possess effective communication skills to interact with various stakeholders internal and external to the organization.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree; or equivalent industry experience.
• Three-plus (3+) years of experience developing production software leveraging modern languages (including: Java, Python, Go, NodeJS, etc.)
• One-plus (1+) years of experience developing containerized services deployed in production on orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm, etc.
• Three-plus (3+) years of experience with agile and lean software development philosophies
• One-plus (1+) years of experience working with relational and/or non-relational databases e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch etc.
• Two-plus (2+) years of demonstrated experience with modern version control systems such as Git, Subversion, Mercurial, etc.
• Clearable to a SECRET or above security clearance.
• CompTIA Security+ CE or other DoD 8570 IAT II certification, within 90 days
• Five-plus (5+) years of experience leading teams building and developing containerized services deployed in production on orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Mesos, etc.
• Five-plus (5+) years of experience building developer platform services and APIs that scale in production.
• Five-plus (5+) years of experience building production services using Cloud Infrastructure Providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.

• Three-plus (3+) years of experience in Identity and Access Lifecycle Management Operations and Controls.
• Resume demonstrates deep understanding of modern microservices architectures, design patterns, resiliency techniques, and optimizations.
• Manage, report, and facilitate certification of access for all in-scope resources (including SaaS, AWS, Azure, CSS managed applications, tools, and systems).

Global InfoTek, Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or based on disability.

About Global InfoTek, Inc. Global InfoTek Inc. has an award-winning track record of designing, developing, and deploying best-of-breed technologies that address the nation's pressing cyber and advanced technology needs. For close to three decades, GITI has rapidly combined pioneering technologies, operational effectiveness, and best business practices.