Platform Engineer

About LMI

LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed. Leveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage the logical infrastructure that applications will run on (Platform as a Service - PaaS).
• Ensure all new software functions smoothly across various programs and platforms, including mobile systems.
• Automate the testing, deployment and configuration management processes.
• Maintain the underlying infrastructure including hardware, software, and storage resources to ensure the infrastructure's reliability, scalability, and security.
• Maintain the overall health and stability of the PaaS and the applications that run on it.
• Configure and deploy containerized applications using Docker & Kubernetes.
• Write original code and update existing code, ensuring that all code meets program requirements.
• Perform intensive testing of all new and existing programs to ensure they are free of errors and function as intended.
• Update and debug existing systems to ensure a smooth user experience and a uniform look across a variety of platforms.
• Optimize new and existing programs for mobile use, including smartphones and tablets.

Qualifications

• Minimum of an active SECRET clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other related technical field
• Minimum of 3-year's experience planning, analyzing, designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining software applications for an enterprise level system.
• Previous government technology experience
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience architecting and developing software/infrastructure for scalable, secure, and distributed systems on Hybrid or Multi-cloud environments.
• Experience using GitLab for CI/CD and automated deployments.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible playbooks, and/or Linux automation scripts
• Experience with rudimentary APIs or automation scripts to interact with existing APIs.
• Competency with at least one software development programming languages (Python, Java, GO).
• Strong familiarity using Linux toolsets to support and analyze network related topics and issues.
• Demonstrated experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Experience managing, administrating, configuring, deploying, and maintaining environments and system integration tools, including Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, & Grafana.
• Knowledge of systems monitoring, alerting and analytics at the container level with APM or other tools, including Splunk, ELK, and Prometheus.
• Knowledge of IDAM requirements and technologies including Active Directory, SAML, OpenLDAP, hardware tokens, OAuth 2.0, and/or OIDC.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (SEC+ or other)
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and working with Agile teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• Knowledge of the Army software development process and its technologies
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) or Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification
• Experience and/or understanding of US Army processes, business systems, and command and control policies and procedures.
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Developer Associate certification

For applications and inquiries, contact: hirings@openkyber.com