Platform Engineer
The Swift Group1 year ago
Columbia, MD, USAMid Level / Senior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud-based and hybrid infrastructure solutions in AWS.
- Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, or similar frameworks.
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes or related technologies.
- Develop custom software components and integrate open-source solutions for mission needs.
- Apply software engineering practices across build, deployment, and operations lifecycles.
- Build secure, automated, and repeatable deployment pipelines with tools such as GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across cloud, network, and platform layers.
- Collaborate across teams within Agile development frameworks and participate in reliability, maintainability, and performance improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- At least five years of experience in Platform Engineering or Software Development using Python, Go, or similar languages.
- Relevant experience developing and deploying infrastructure in AWS.
- Proficiency with Linux systems administration, networking, and Bash or shell scripting.
- Experience with Kubernetes or related container orchestration technologies.
- Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet.
- US citizenship and an active Secret clearance; Top Secret, TS/SCI, or TS/SCI with CI Polygraph are also accepted.
- Ability to obtain Security+ certification within 60 days of hire.
- Desired qualifications include CI/CD and automated build pipeline experience, familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, GitHub, or GitLab, virtualization or storage platform experience, Big Data ecosystem experience, and DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification or equivalent.
- Mid-level candidates require 5–8 years of relevant experience, senior-level candidates require 9–13 years, and SME-level candidates require 14 or more years.
Benefits
- Onsite work is required four to five days per week in Columbia, MD, or San Antonio, TX, with flexibility to align with customer needs.
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About The Swift Group
The Swift Group is a privately held IT services and solutions firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia, founded in 2019. It delivers software development, systems engineering, data science, cyber enablement, logistics, and training to U.S. civilian, defense, and intelligence community clients, largely via federal contracts. Engagements often involve global operations and secure environments, and many positions require U.S. citizenship and high-level clearances (e.g., TS/SCI with polygraph).