Platform Engineer

Knack Works is seeking a qualified and highly motivated Junior to Mid-Level Platform Engineer to support the design, implementation and maintenance of our specialized developer platforms. The role is ideal for someone with hands-on experience building and maintaining platforms, automating infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security and compliance, collaborating with development teams and providing tools to help developers within the platforms.

What We Offer:

Knack Works offers an employer funded Profit-Sharing Plan (PSP) valued at up to 25% of base salary and an Individual Benefits Account (IBA), a use or get paid out benefits package, also valued up to 25% of base salary to cover medical benefits.

Total Package Value: Base + PSP + IBA - Up to $270,000

• Opportunities for personal and professional growth

• Hands-on exposure to real-world, rewarding projects

• Supportive team environment with mentoring by some of the best in the field

• Competitive salaries, and outstanding benefits package with many lucrative perks

• Training and certification support

Responsibilities:

• Manage Linux systems (on-premise and cloud infrastructure)

• Provide hardware and software support for users, customers and personnel

• Collaborate with a team of engineers to design, implement and test features and functionality to support Knack Works’ high performance computing products

• Support the development of system documentation

• Develop and define techniques and tools to support the most efficient solution to meet program needs

• Maintain and provide technical expertise in all areas of hardware, software and networking

• Ability to troubleshoot systems, performance, and security issues

• Follow change management and implementation best practices

• Collaborate with systems, security, and support teams as needed

• Scripting experience (e.g., bash, python, ansible, etc)

• Execute and coordinate the end-to-end remediation of critical and high-risk vulnerabilities, including analysis, patching, mitigation, and validation.

• Deploy, upgrade and manage containerized applications in a Kubernetes Cluster

• Build containerized applications to include building containers, writing helm charts, and testing helm deployments in Dev and Test Kubernetes Clusters

• Automate infrastructure tasks using tools such as Ansible, Python or Bash

• 3-7 years of hands-on Linux system administration experience

• At least 1 year of experience working with Kubernetes Clusters or related cloud native technology

• Knowledge of DevOps practices and automation

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

• Experience with installation and implementation of hardware, software and networking equipment

• Familiarity with common hardware vendors (e.g., HP, Dell, etc.) and cloud providers (e.g. AWS, Azure, etc.)

• Ability to create and maintain clear technical documentation

• Strong troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills

• Good communication and collaborations skills with the ability to work in a team environment

• Experience working in development and operational environments

• A current active TS with SCI eligibility and willingness to take a polygraph exam

• Ability to obtain a CompTIA Security+ CE certification within the first 6 months of employment

Desired Requirements:

• Current TS/SCI with Poly

• Hypervisor configuration and maintenance experience (e.g., VMware, Libvirt)

• CompTIA Security+ CE certification

• Experience with:

• System monitoring tools

• Linux OS (RHEL/Rocky/Fedora/RHEL compatible)

• Exposure to cloud networking (AWS, Azure or similar)

• Experience working in an enterprise or multi-site environments

• Kubernetes experience

• LDAP knowledge

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