Paladin Consulting is currently hiring a Sr. Principal Platform Architect to join our team working onsite at our client's office located in Aurora, CO.
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Job Title: Sr. Principal Platform Architect
Work Location: Aurora, CO
Duration: Long-term contract with option to hire
Education/Experience Required: BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and 5 years of related work experience
Job Description:
The Software Infrastructure group is seeking a Senior Principal Platform Architect to ensure the successful delivery of a Modernized Private Cloud Infrastructure for one of our premier programs on our Aurora, CO campus.
As the Senior Principal Platform Architect, you will be part of a multi-disciplined team developing, integrating, and deploying a modernized platform infrastructure for a system that is currently tightly coupled to the underlying infrastructure.
The role's core responsibility revolves around architecting a platform that is consistent, scalable, efficient, and reduces overall program deployment times. You will be on a team that is responsible for development and operational environments consisting of a mix of servers, workstations, storage, networks, and custom hardware. These environments provide the enterprise hybrid-cloud backbone for product development and testing for a large program producing a critical, strategic national asset.
NOTE: This position will be onsite in Aurora CO.
Responsibilities :

• Collaborate cross-functionally, building and refining solutions that align with tech standards, timelines, and budgets.
• Investigate and present technology solutions to improve performance.
• Design and implement automation and orchestration solutions.
• Identify gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing solutions.
• Coordinate with the team to Incorporate Cyber based solutions to the product.
• Collaborate across teams to define requirements and dependencies.
• You will coordinate needs and priorities specific to the implementations with Technical and Program and IPT Management.
• You will ensure infrastructure implementations are in accordance with the scope of the contract requirements.
• You will ensure compliance with the program's discrepancy / problem reporting and review process.
• You will use Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts and processes to design and develop solutions.
• You will leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to architect, develop and implement modern platform solutions.

Skills & Qualifications :

• Active U.S. government TS/SCI issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and ten (10 ) years of systems engineering experience.
• Experience designing, implementing, and integrating platform infrastructure services on Linux based Operating Systems.
• Experience with containerization using technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker.
• Able to break down complex ideas into easy-to-understand tasking.
• Experience with implementing an on-prem cloud in VMware.
• Experience working in a technical environment interfacing with systems, or software engineering disciplines.
• Strong interpersonal skills: Possess the ability to communicate technical and project information clearly and effectively to peers, management, and external associates.
• Current CompTIA Security or ability to obtain within 90 days.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) concepts.
• Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CICD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Gitlab).
• Experience with automation frameworks such as Chef, Puppet, and Ansible.
• Knowledge of secure coding practices such as OWASP, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience with scanning tools (E.g. Nessus, Fortify, Anchore).
• Multi-disciplined infrastructure experience with compute, networks, storage, and virtualization.
• Experience developing, testing & delivering applications w/in a DevSecOps framework.
• Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration.
• Ability to obtain a Counter Intelligence (CI) poly for purposes of Privilege User Access.

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