Platform Engineer

Overview:

LMI is looking for an experienced Platform Engineer with an active SECRET clearance or above and a minimum 5-years of experience to support a strategic United States Navy organization with transforming how the US Navy tracks assets worldwide.

We deliver integrated capabilities that incorporate emerging technologies and are tailored to customers’ unique mission needs, backed by objective research and data analysis.

Founded in 1961 to help the Department of Defense resolve complex logistics management challenges, LMI continues to enable growth and transformation, enhance operational readiness and resiliency, and ensure mission success for federal civilian and defense agencies.

LMI has been named a #TopWorkplace in the United States by Top Workplaces! We are honored to be recognized as a company that values a people-centered culture, and we are grateful to our employees for making this possible!

This position requires an active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage the logical infrastructure that applications will run on (Platform as a Service – PaaS).
• Ensure all new software functions smoothly across various programs and platforms, including mobile systems.
• Automate the testing, deployment and configuration management processes.
• Maintain the underlying infrastructure including hardware, software, and storage resources to ensure the infrastructure’s reliability, scalability, and security.
• Maintain the overall health and stability of the PaaS and the applications that run on it.
• Configure and deploy containerized applications using Docker & Kubernetes.
• Write original code and update existing code, ensuring that all code meets program requirements.
• Perform intensive testing of all new and existing programs to ensure they are free of errors and function as intended.
• Update and debug existing systems to ensure a smooth user experience and a uniform look across a variety of platforms.
• Optimize new and existing programs for mobile use, including smartphones and tablets.

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a SECRET clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• STEM Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Minimum of 2 year’s experience planning, analyzing, designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining software applications for an enterprise level system.
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience architecting and developing software/infrastructure for scalable, secure, and distributed systems on Hybrid or Multi-cloud environments.
• Experience using AWS Code Pipeline / Code Deploy for CI/CD and automated deployments.
• Experience with Terraform, Cloudformation, Ansible playbooks, and/or Linux automation scripts.
• Experience with rudimentary APIs or automation scripts to interact with existing APIs.
• Competency with at least one software development programming languages (C# or similar).
• Strong familiarity using Linux toolsets to support and analyze network related topics and issues.
• Demonstrated experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience managing, administrating, configuring, deploying, and maintaining environments and system integration tools, including Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, & Grafana.
• Knowledge of systems monitoring, alerting and analytics at the container level with APM or other tools, including Splunk, ELK, and Prometheus.
• Knowledge of IDAM requirements and technologies including Active Directory, SAML, OpenLDAP, hardware tokens, OAuth 2.0, and/or OIDC.
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) or Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification.
• Previous government technology experience.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and working with Agile teams.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• Knowledge of the Army software development process and its technologies
• Previous experience obtaining an ATO for a PaaS
• Experience and/or understanding of US Navy processes, business systems, and command and control policies and procedures.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Developer Associate certification