Platform Engineer

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Platform Engineer to join our team.

The Platform Engineer will leverage their strong technical background and knowledge to develop and maintain the production environment, ensuring a modern and secure foundation upon which all product teams can deploy containerized applications.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Develop, configure, and maintain production container orchestration environments including Kubernetes, OpenShift, and VMWare PKS Essentials
• Ensure a modern, secure, and highly available infrastructure foundation for product teams to deploy containerized applications
• Collaborate closely with co-located team members and product developers to troubleshoot infrastructure and deployment issues
• Monitor platform performance, implement scaling strategies, and ensure system reliability and uptime
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to streamline platform operations
• Managing the software build process and ensuring a seamless connection to the enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
• Maintaining system baselines and configuration management items for the production infrastructure.
• Working with all stakeholders to ensure complete and functioning systems that meet all platform requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED with 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in Information Systems Security or Platform Engineering.
• Experienced in providing DevSecOps implementation using Jenkins, GitLab, or similar industry-standard tools.
• Hands-on experience managing and maintaining containerized environments such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, or VMWare PKS
• Experience with Linux systems administration and troubleshooting in enterprise environments
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash for automation and system management
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
• Working knowledge of Source Version Control and Build/Release tools and methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP certification).
• Experience with cyber risk and compliance automation tools.
• Advanced certifications in Kubernetes such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or cloud platforms
• Experience implementing security best practices and compliance controls within containerized environments
• Strong background in networking concepts, service meshes, and ingress controllers
• Experience working in highly secure, co-located government or defense environments

Clearance Requirements:

• An active Secret clearance is required.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.
• Needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.
• Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.