Tanzu Platform SME

Remote

US Citizen

AgileTek is seeking a Tanzu Platform SME responsible for deployment and sustainment of an “on-prem” cloud hosted Tanzu (Pivotal Cloud Foundry - PCF) Platform. Duties include administering PCF Platform, performing upgrades, configuring PCF Components, and monitoring of the platform. Independently evaluates, selects, adapts, and modifies standard techniques and criteria to plan and conduct engineering assignments. Independently plans, schedules, and conducts or coordinates detailed phases of engineering work through the selection and adaptation or modification of techniques, procedures, and criteria. Analyzes complex features of the work and applies principles and practices of the discipline or devises new approaches to problem solutions. Thoroughly reviews all results from assigned tasks and determines if outputs are complete, correct, integrated with project objectives, and adequately documented.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintenance and sustainment of a modern and DoD Approved Tanzu (Pivotal Cloud Foundry - PCF) Platform operating in AWS GovCloud in support of the broader MCBOSS DevSecOps Pipeline effort and CI/CD efforts.
• Hands-on experienced Tanzu (Pivotal Cloud Foundry - PCF) Platform administrator. Must have strong experience with installation, configuration, and maintenance of Tanzu (Pivotal Cloud Foundry - PCF) as a Platform on AWS (highly preferred).
• Maintaining a fully functional and DoD Approved VMware Tanzu Platform including troubleshooting application issues with respect to Tanzu/PCF and guiding application teams for resolution.
• Experience in troubleshooting and monitoring Tanzu (Pivotal Cloud Foundry - PCF) Platform Components.
• Responsible for meeting Program Increment (~12week) deadlines to create and enhance the Tanzu (Pivotal Cloud Foundry - PCF) Platform
• Responsible to maintain compatibility/interoperability of all created platform elements with adjacent SCCA, pipeline tools, cloud services, and mission systems that are not containerized or are not container eligible
• Responsible to maintain compatibility/interoperability of all created system designs.
• Responsible, in conjunction with cybersecurity, for the creation and sustainment of continuous authorization playbooks/guides/wikis needed to ensure users of the Tanzu (Pivotal Cloud Foundry - PCF) Platform are kept within guardrails to reduce risk to their system.
• Responsible for the creation and sustainment of internal guides/wikis needed to operate, maintain, modify, and defend the Tanzu (Pivotal Cloud Foundry - PCF) Platform.
• Execute all efforts in a collaborative and Scaled Agile fashion while adhering to government-mandated fixed due dates
• Work with Agile teams (developers, testers, operators, and other production IT staff to oversee releases and deployments of capability.
• Work with Agile teams (developers, testers, operators, and other production IT staff to oversee code releases and deployments.
• Foster an agile relationship between software development and IT operations, establish and refine Continuous Integration (CI) and automation (key processes, release schedules, and infrastructure designs) so that organization can create and release regular updates to products quickly and efficiently as possible.
• Attend and Participate in Periodic Large Scale Agile Planning events.
• Support standard Agile ritual meetings (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives) as necessary and assist Scrum teams in the execution of Sprints.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Desired/Required Skills:

• 4 years IT experience with 2 to 5 years of direct Tanzu engineering experience.
• Hands on experience with a range of Tanzu products including but not limited to: Tanzu (Pivotal Cloud Foundry – PCF, Tanzu Application Service, Tanzu Build Service, and Tanzu Application Catalogue.
• Experience with the range of Tanzu FOSS subcomponents (e.g., Kubernetes, Harbor, Velero, Sonobuoy. Cluster API, Open Policy Agent, and Antrea) preferred but not required.
• Experience with RedHat Enterprise Operating System
• Experience with a range of automation and configuration management tools including but not limited to Ansible, SCCM, Jenkins, Puppet, or others.