Platform Team Lead

Platform Team Lead
 

Secure and expertly apply the latest technologies to advance the mission as a Platform Team Lead with GDIT. Your work in enterprise IT will provide Architecture and Solution Design, Engineering, Implementation and Operational Support Services to design, engineer, implement and maintain emerging, evolving, and developing Information Technology (IT) strategic solutions for our customer’s enterprise. Own the opportunity to build your skills and accelerate digital modernization for our clients as you accelerate your career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Platform Team Lead supporting US Citizenship and Immigration Services, you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

As the Platform Team Lead, you will manage a team supporting the engineering and operations of the hybrid cloud-based platform IT infrastructure and applications delivery for the Enterprise. The position requires knowledge and experience in support of all aspects of the Enterprise Platform Infrastructure including enterprise directory services, on-prem cloud hosting services, and performance and capacity planning.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Operate and sustain the on-going daily operational use of on-prem cloud hosting services and enterprise directory services, to include assessment, gap analysis, automation, updating, testing, administration, and performance monitoring
• Build a shared platform aggregating the tools, services, workflows, and data used by engineers and technical teams across the organization to simplify the development process and make reusable services accessible to development teams.
• Work closely with client development teams and architects to design, build, and sustain a containerized application platform.
• Deploy software to new platforms and maintain multiple environments from development through production.
• Drive and manage improvements with an emphasis on automation, proactive monitoring across environments, and ongoing maintenance.
• Support and manage server lifecycles - provisioning, maintenance, security compliance, decommissioning of hardware
• Support the implementation of complex identity management solutions
• Active Directory and GPO support
• Virtualization management and support
• Monitor the infrastructure environment’s health status, service performance, and utilization
• Maintain continuous compliance to information security policies and technical standards, report and remediation of non-compliances
• Maintain the security baseline compliance via automation, container scanning, configuration, implementation, and remediation activities
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures and communicate with impacted constituencies.
• Troubleshoot, maintain integrity and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
• Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including the transition and migration of corporate systems to containerized environment
• Support implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems
• Manage IT system infrastructure and any processes related to these systems

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or related field
• Experience: 12 years

Required Experience

• A minimum of five (5) years of experience with architecting and developing platform-based solutions, establishing throughput and setting baselines for acceptable performances standards.
• Significant experience with managing and using DevSecOps concepts.
• Experience in evaluation and analysis of workloads that are running in public and private cloud environments.
• Expertise working with virtualization, storage and enterprise backup solutions using automation technologies.
• Expertise working with Active Directory technologies.
• Expertise working with application streaming and desktop virtualization technologies.
• Current relevant Microsoft Certification: Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Desired Experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Experience with any DHS agencies or entities
• Knowledge and experience with tools including, but not limited to:
  • Identify Management: PKI, ADFS, Azure AD Connect, and Microsoft Identity Manager
  • Directory Services: Active Directory, ADFS, Azure AD, ICAM, ASW IAM
  • Build tools: Chef, Ansible, Git, Sonatype, EKS, SCCM, Twistlock, Apigee, CloudBees, UiPath
  • Hosting Services: Netapp OnCommand, Microsoft VMM and HyperV, Microsoft System Center, VMWare ESXi, Cisco Flexpod
  • Automation and Orchestration tools

Security clearance level: Candidate must be able to obtain Public Trust Suitability and a DHS Entry on Duty (EOD)

Location: Remote

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:

• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and 10 company-paid holidays