Platform Engineer

MANTECH • Tampa, FL

27d • Onsite

About The Position

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

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED