Sr. Platform Engineer- Mclean, VA - Active TS/SCI CI polygraph required Information Technology

Platform Engineer needed for a contract opportunity with SOC's client to work on-site in Mclean, VA.

*Active TS/SCI with CI polygraph required*

Key Responsibilities:

Platform Engineers perform high quality network and system operations, deployments, scaling, technology refresh, sustain engineering, best practices applications, optimization, internal/external customer interactions, and produce appropriate technical documentation.

• Create and implement changes on the network through automation
  
• Deliver simple sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes
  
• Operate and trouble shoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configuration issues: including low level application interaction, Linux systems, and next gen networking software tools
  
• Maintain standards across the networking toolset and ensure that we are fully compliant to those standards and policies
  
• Drive and support innovation from Top of Rack to the Network Border and everything in between
  
• Work closely with the Network Architect to ensure fast. Smooth roll out of new designs and products. As well as assist with deployment and sustaining of network infrastructure and tooling
  
• Proficient in with Python or Go programming language
  
• Experience with automation frameworks, specifically Ansible. To write scripts and automate network configurations
  
• Experience with key OpenShift networking concepts, like Open vSwitch (OVS) / Open Virtual Network (OVN) to create an overlay network on top of the physical infrastructure to facilitate pod communication across nodes
  
• Experience using the OpenShift Kubernetes Container Network Interface (CNI) to interact with different network plugins and manage pod networking
  
• Familiarity with configuring, deploying. And maintaining the MetalLB Operator for traffic load balancing on bare metal clusters
  
• Experience using Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh for discovery, load balancing. Service to service authentication. Failure recovery, metrics and monitoring services
  
• Proficient with the Network Observability Operator for network debugging and insights
  
• Ability to effectively communicate with team members, vendors and customers to understand requirements and implement solutions
  
• Proficient time management to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines in a fast paced networking environment
  

• Strong Linux
  
• Automation Exp
  
• Experience with Python
  
• Extensive Kubernetes Exp
  
• Network exp
  
• OpenShift AI nice to have
  

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  Employment Prerequisites
  
  The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis.
  
  SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.
  
  Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations, which may have been provided by job boards. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.
  
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