ECS is seeking a Chief Platform Engineer to work in our Colorado Springs, COoffice. Please Note: This position is contingent upon [contract award].

Job Description:

We are looking for a motivated and solution focused, hands-on technicalleader to join us to boost effectiveness and accelerate delivery flow. Yourteam is fully responsible for the design, optimization and operation of theDevSecOps platform. Your DevSecOps teams engage in the product evolution,ensuring consistent and stable services that support software development,quality assurance, cybersecurity, operations and the scalability andresilience of IT infrastructure.

Responsibilities Include:Analyze technical and functional requirements and translate them into softwaresolutions. Understand dependencies toward other systems and teams.Establish, deliver, and refine a platform engineering roadmap to ensurethat all platforms and products remain current, deliver value to productengineering teams, and supports the needs of internal stakeholders in termsof scalability, resilience, cybersecurity, capacity, and operationalmaintenancDes ign, develop and integrate third party components including systemtesting and installations.Automate operational tasks and develop/maintain IaC/CaC ecosystem.Anticipate product features by tracking dependent product strategies androadmaps, eliciting stakeholder input, monitoring industry advancements,and collecting business needs.Develop automation to complete installations, security, configuration,tuning and maintenance of database management.Provide technical assistance to colleagues and assist in resolving problemsreported by other team members.Prepare user documentation, installation guides and operating procedures.Support the delivered software and be part of a 'Center of Expertise'problem solving team. Analyze support cases and, when appropriate, providesolutions following the established case management processes.Initiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project'sinception to conclu sion for complex to extremely complex programs.Provides strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program andproject staff.Provides detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations forimprovements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts forclient-specific or mission critical challenges/issues.Consults with client to define need or problem supervises studies and leadssurveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.Salary Range: $175,000-$235,000

General Description of Benefits

Required Skills:Must be a US Citizen per contract.Must have an Active Top-Secret Clearance.Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar experience.5+ years experience in a DevOps/Platform role.Strong experience with Azure cloud technologies to include AKS, Azure DevOpsand Azure Pipelines.Requires 5+ years of experience in software development / platform automation.Experience working with the following:DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) expertise.Proven past performance delivering software or automation and managing releasecycles, merges, commits, PRs.Experience developing IaC and CaC artifacts.Language familiarity: Python, NodeJS, Shell scripting, Java, Yaml.Experience with continuous integration/delivery build environment:Git/Bitbucket, Jenkins/Cloudbees, Maven.Familiarity with core RDBMS database concepts and experience with:MySQLPostgresMongoDBUnderstanding of system administration in Linux (RHE L) and Windowsenvironments.Experience with common cloud technologies like K8s, Docker, Istio,Twistlock, and Argo.Experience implementing CI/CD (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins,TravisCI) with vulnerability and risk management attributes.Experience with GitLab.Solid understanding of networking concepts (e.g., VPC, subnetting,routing, etc.).Strong problem-solving s ills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.Strong DoD cybersecurity and RMF knowledge.Strong communication and documentation skills.

Desired Skills:Familiarity with Tanzu TKGS Kubernetes, vSphere, MinIO container,Harbor, Nimble storage, Blade Servers, Networking, Switches, Firewalls.Familiarity with Virtual Networks, Linux VMs, Cloud Serverconfigurations, and storage arrays.Familiarity with operational availability, MMTR, ArgoCD, Jira,Confluence, Google Workspace Mattermost, RBAC, MFA, ICAM and Kafka.Familiarity with C, C++, java and FORTRAN.Familiarity with Trivy, SonarQube, GitLeaks, OWASP and SD Elements.Excellent time management and organizational skills.Experience with Jira or similar project management software.Experience providing feedback to leadership on strategic initiatives.Proficiency with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus).Proficiency with Bash and Python.Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Cloudformation)ECS is an equal opportunity employer and d oes not discriminate or allowdiscrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age,sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin,ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner