Platform Engineer
Job in
Columbia, Howard County, Maryland, 21045, USA
Listed on 2026-06-01
Listing for:
Real Soft, Inc.
Part Time
position Listed on 2026-06-01
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Essential Job Responsibilities
- The ideal candidate is a strong systems integrator with an eye for opportunity to enhance, optimize, or increase robustness of an existing code base.
- The candidate should have experience with infrastructure as code and be able to leverage modern tools to define, build and manage virtual infrastructure in the cloud.
- Design and implement core architecture and capabilities for software from prototype to operational applications.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Security Clearance - A current Secret U.S. Government Security clearance is required; U.S. citizenship required.
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering or Software Development (Python or Java) with Bachelors in related field; OR 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
- Must have experience developing infrastructure in AWS.
- Have a solid understanding of Linux systems, hosts, networks, security, applications and proficiency in shell scripting (Shell/Bash).
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Must be able to work in a hybrid environment, spending an average of 1-2 days per week at our Columbia, MD office with ability to visit customer site in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD when needed. However, flexibility is essential to accommodate any changes in the schedule.
- Prior experience or familiarity with DISA's Big Data Platform or other Big Data systems (e.g. Cloudera's Distribution of Hadoop, Hortonworks Data Platform, MapR, etc..) is a plus.
- Experience with Kubernetes (or vendor flavor of Kubernetes)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Gitlab-CI, Travis-CI, etc.)
- Understanding of agile software development methodologies and use of standard software development tool suites. (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Github, Gitlab, etc.)
- Experience with puppet, ansible, maven, virtualization (ovirt, proxmox, vmware, etc)
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