Job Requirements
Remote
Secret Polygraph Unspecified
Career Level not specified
$112,000 - $179,000
Job Description
About Peraton
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Program Overview
Peraton provides the customer with enterprise infrastructure support to plan, engineer, implement, enhance, maintain and operate the global consular affairs IT environment.
About The Role
Peraton is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer, OpenShift & MuleSoft to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals on our Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT) Consular Affairs Enterprise Infrastructure Operations (CAEIO) program. CAEIO provides IT Operations and Maintenance to modernize the legacy networks, applications, and databases supporting consular applications and services globally.
Core Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM ET - 4:00 PM ET (Flexible).
Location: This position is fully remote after the Engineer completes a 4-6 week onsite New Hire Training program during which the Engineer will work Monday - Friday from 7:00AM - 4:00PM in Sterling, VA.
Candidates must reside in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area (DMV) to accommodate occasional onsite meetings, training, or customer support activities at the Washington, DC, customer location or the Peraton office in Sterling, VA. The number of days the team member works on-site in Washington, DC, or Sterling, VA, is subject to change based on government/program requirements (for example, surge support might require the individual to be in the office five days per week).
Roles and Responsibilities
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
Details
Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
Application Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity.
EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Program Overview
Peraton provides the customer with enterprise infrastructure support to plan, engineer, implement, enhance, maintain and operate the global consular affairs IT environment.
About The Role
Peraton is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer, OpenShift & MuleSoft to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals on our Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Diplomatic Technology (DT) Consular Affairs Enterprise Infrastructure Operations (CAEIO) program. CAEIO provides IT Operations and Maintenance to modernize the legacy networks, applications, and databases supporting consular applications and services globally.
Core Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM ET - 4:00 PM ET (Flexible).
Location: This position is fully remote after the Engineer completes a 4-6 week onsite New Hire Training program during which the Engineer will work Monday - Friday from 7:00AM - 4:00PM in Sterling, VA.
Candidates must reside in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area (DMV) to accommodate occasional onsite meetings, training, or customer support activities at the Washington, DC, customer location or the Peraton office in Sterling, VA. The number of days the team member works on-site in Washington, DC, or Sterling, VA, is subject to change based on government/program requirements (for example, surge support might require the individual to be in the office five days per week).
Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide day to day operational support for the installation, deployment, configuration, and maintenance of mission critical applications within the CA Applications Support environment.
- Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Red Hat OpenShift to ensure high availability, scalability, and operational stability.
- Support and maintain MuleSoft APIs and integration services to enable secure and reliable communication between enterprise applications.
- Develop, implement, and maintain automation solutions using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) to streamline system administration and application deployment processes.
- Configure and support Service Mesh technologies to manage microservices traffic, security, service discovery, and observability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex application, platform, and infrastructure issues while working closely with engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and development teams.
- Monitor application performance, identify operational issues, and implement corrective actions to improve system reliability and performance.
- Support application deployments, upgrades, patches, and production releases while following established change management and configuration management processes.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, deployment guides, and system configuration documentation.
- Participate in root cause analysis, incident response, and problem management activities to restore service and prevent recurring issues.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to evaluate new technologies, improve operational processes, and support continuous service improvement initiatives.
- Participate in an after hours on call rotation and provide production support during maintenance windows, system outages, and other critical operational events as required.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree and 8 years of experience or an Associates degree and 10 years of experience or a High School diploma/equivalent and 12 years of experience.
- U.S. Citizenship and an active SECRET Government Security Clearance.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience with OpenShift, including enterprise-grade cluster administration.
- 3+ years of experience working with MuleSoft Anypoint Platform and deployment and managing APIs under OpenShift.
- Extensive experience in Jenkins and understanding CI/CD pipeline design and automation scripting.
- Strong proficiency with Ansible and Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) for infrastructure and application automation.
- In-depth understanding of OpenShift security practice and tools (RBAC, SCCs, network policies, secrets, container image scanning).
- Advanced troubleshooting skills across to full stack - containers, APIs, integration, network, OS, and database layers.
- Experience with SQL queries -- specifically, debug in support of integration flows and platform diagnostics.
- Experience in multiple monitoring tools, such as Splunk, AppDynamics and Zabbix.
- Proven ability to manage production support in fast-paced, changing environments.
- Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills.
- Willingness to work flexible hours including nights and weekends for unplanned maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Self-driven, adaptable, and capable of meeting deadlines independently.
- Experience with AWS Cloud Services, such as CloudWatch.
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration.
- MuleSoft Certified Developer/Integration Architect.
Details
Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
Application Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity.
EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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