What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Engineer position at Actalent?
Hiring a Platform Engineer for a Top Aerospace Company
Location: Mostly remote in Colorado Springs, CO
Pay: Up to $195,000
Position Responsibilities:
• Utilize Kubernetes and supporting tools such as Helm to design, build, deploy and maintain the management, control, and data plane components of a high-performance edge system.
• Automate system builds and configuration using Ansible, Bash and similar technologies.
• Thrive while solving challenges related to availability, flexibility and ease of use.
• Demonstrate ability to navigate through ambiguous and challenging technical problems.
• Be willing to take on challenging design, development work and technically lead.
• Have excellent collaboration, communication and coordination skills.
• Have a positive and growth mindset, which embraces collaboration, challenges and ambiguity in a complex technical environment.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
• Bachelor, Master or Doctorate degree from an accredited course of study, in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or other technical degree.
• 7 or more years of professional software development and broad engineering experience.
• 5 or more years of software development experience with a backend programming language such as C , Rust, Go, Java or C#
• 2 or more years of experience with microservice architectures utilizing Kubernetes for container orchestration.
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
• Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant industry experience.
• A passion for distributed systems and microservice architectures.
• Experience with complex systems containing many integrated components.
• Experience with multi-threaded/parallel programming.
• Experience with lock-free algorithms and data structures.
• Experience with open-source software development experience.
• Experience with fine tuning Kubernetes and the underlying host OS for optimal performance in a low-latency environment.
• Proven ability to plan, schedule, and deliver quality software.
• Experience with Continuous Delivery/Deployment pipelines and concepts.
• Experience working in an Agile or Kanban software development environment.
• Experience utilizing the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.) or similar tools.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:
- Hiring diverse talent
- Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
- Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
- Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.
About Actalent
Actalent connects passion with purpose. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts that drive scale, innovation, and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 engineering and sciences consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia, and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. An operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions, Actalent launched as a new specialized engineering and sciences services and workforce solutions brand in 2021.
Salary : $195,000 - $0
