PaaS Lead

Description & Requirements

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced professional to join our team as a PaaS Lead.

The PaaS Lead will be responsible for leading the development, deployment, and maintenance of a platform-as-a-service offering.

The role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams and overseeing technical architecture while delivering scalable and reliable solutions.

This position is on-site, five days a week, and requires an active Secret security clearance.

Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS089, T5, Band 8

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Design, build, and maintain a scalable Platform-as-a-Service Infrastructure on RHEL and OpenShift Container Platforms, including data services, storage, networking, and security components.

- Monitor and optimize system performance, and implement corrective actions on a hybrid/private cloud-based platform.

- Conduct regular cybersecurity vulnerability assessments and penetration testing.

- Develop and maintain security incident response plans and procedures.

- Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to streamline platform deployments, provisioning, and management tasks.

- Deploy and manage machines with VMware, vCenter, Kickstart, Puppet, Foreman, and CIS-CAT

- Manage and configure host-based security systems.

- Experience with DevOps methodologies and tools, supporting Infrastructure as Code (IaC) within RHEL containers.

- Use monitoring and logging tools, such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, IBM NetCool, and Solarwinds.

- Patch and manage systems using Red Hat Satellite Server.

- Understand and manage integration with networking concepts (TCP/IP, routing, firewalls)

- Troubleshoot and resolve service interruptions, including on-call support

- Provide hardware support for servers and workstations.

- Experience with leveraging cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure to manage, secure, and maintain the environment/platform infrastructure.

- Additional tasks

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- An active Secret Clearance is required.

- Bachelor's degree: additional experience would be considered in lieu of degree.

- At least 12 years of experience in the related field.

- Must have demonstratable OpenShift experience.

- An active Secret Clearance is required.

- Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration OR Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) OR Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA)

- Due to federal requirements, only US Citizens can be considered.

Candidates with dual citizenship cannot be considered.

- Candidates must reside within a commutable distance.

- Participation in a rotational on-call schedule for emergency page-outs is required

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

- Recent DHS suitability

- Experience with leveraging cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure to manage, secure, and maintain the environment/platform infrastructure

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