Platform Engineer, Product Team

Job summary

MANTECH seeks a Platform Engineer for their Product Team in Tampa, FL. This role involves onboarding product teams into a production environment, maintaining deep expertise in containerization, and ensuring product success through collaboration with platform teams. The engineer will leverage their technical background to optimize and troubleshoot production environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 4+ years of mid-level experience
• Proven experience developing, testing, and maintaining containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift
• Experience in DevSecOps implementation using Jenkins, GitLab, or similar automation tools
• Working knowledge of Source Version Control and Build/Release tools and methodologies
• Working knowledge of the Software Build process and its application within a production environment
• Strong understanding of product lifecycles, platform architecture, and application containerization
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification
• Advanced knowledge of specific product and platform architectures within secure environments
• Experience with VMWare PKS Essentials
• Relevant industry certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), AWS/Azure certifications, or Security+
• Experience mentoring junior team members and leading technical initiatives with cyber risk and compliance automation tools

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical liaison for onboarding product teams into the production environment
• Maintain, optimize, and troubleshoot production environments using Kubernetes, OpenShift, and VMWare PKS Essentials
• Collaborate with the core Platform Team to align product team needs with platform capabilities
• Implement and manage DevSecOps pipelines and workflows using Jenkins, GitLab, or similar CI/CD technologies
• Develop, test, and maintain containerized applications for high availability, security, and performance
• Oversee Source Version Control and execute Build/Release methodologies
• Manage and optimize the software build process for various product teams
• Document system configurations and deployment processes

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