Lead Infrastructure/Platform Service Engineer

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Infinity’s niche in the aerospace and defense industry is specialized solutions that help bridge the gap between space and ground. This is no small task, and we owe our success to our team who help us fulfill our mission; to match people with their legacies for betterment of the world. There is always a place at Infinity for a motivated, capable individual seeking a career to better the world. We prioritize supporting our team through exceptional benefits, work-life balance, and structured career development. At Infinity, WE ARE MORE – now, come be more with us!

Please note: Resumes, in month and year format, must be submitted with application in order to be considered for the position. The selected candidate may be assigned as one of our teammate companies.

Position Overview

Selected by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Strategic Warning and Surveillance Systems Division for Operations, Maintenance, and Sustainment (OM&S) of critical mission systems for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC), we support the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II).

Since 2020, through the (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II), has provided:

• Operations, maintenance, and Sustainment of current and legacy systems for the surveillance and cataloging of manmade objects in space
• Mitigation of orbital conflicts
• Threat warnings and control from airborne, land-based, and space-based systems for threat activities
• Operations and maintenance of classified communications
• Software development and integration

NISSC II supports the classified communications and processing for Command and Control (C2) capability and legacy space C2 systems located at: Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station (CMSFS), Colorado, Peterson Space Force Base (PSFB), Colorado, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, and Numerous sensor and forward operator sites around the world.

Primary Responsibilities

The Lead Infrastructure/Platform Service Engineer supports North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) on the Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract II (NISSC II). The candidate will:

• Technical team lead of system administrators and automation engineers
• Install and maintain VMware visualization environments
• Install and maintain Kubernetes-based orchestration platforms
• Implement and maintain a Centralized and Access Management (IDAM) solution
• Install and configure Red Hat Satellite services
• Integrate Red Hat Satellite with VMware products
• Examine current server configurations and scaling as necessary
• Configure Ansible to integrate with Satellite server
• Configure Ansible to integrate with VMware Cloud Foundation and Aria Automation
• Ensure security compliance of Red Hat and Windows systems through Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) and patching CVEs
• Deploy virtual machine STIG templates
• Design, provision, manage, and monitor systems and infrastructure
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of systems and infrastructure availability
• Provide 2nd and 3rd tier support to mission partners
• Coordinate with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution
• Work to mature and further develop IT standards and processes
• Research and propose new technology options and methodologies

Minimum Qualifications

• Must have or obtain within 60 days of start date IAT Level II Certification (CCNA-Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP)
• 12 years or more of IT experience
• 14 years of general work experience
• 3 or more years’ experience leading an Engineering Team
• Experience with isolating issues and apply troubleshooting methodologies to repair, document and prevent issues
• Experience with managing deployment, configuration, upgrades, and patch systems
• Experience and in-depth understanding of VMware vSphere and vCenter
• Experience with: Installing and hardening Kubernetes-based orchestration platform

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD systems, GitOps, Terraform, Packer, Bamboo, etc.
• Knowledge of information assurance compliance to specified standards, including DoD STIGs and ICD 50
• Experience designing, building and deploying DevSecOps pipelines with Bitbucket, Git, Bamboo, Artifactory (or equivalent tools)
• Experience designing and implementing application deployment pipelines and developing software in a containerized environment with Kubernetes and Docker. Specific experience with Tanzu
• Current Red Hat Certified Kubernetes Expert certificate or equivalent
• Full software life-cycle automation experience (design, development, test, deployment), including deployment to a production environment
• Experience with Atlassian tools, including Bitbucket integrations with JIRA and Confluence
• Experience managing and providing redundant deployments with several Linux services like NFS, FTP, DNS, NTP, LVM etc.
• Solid understanding of the fundamentals of providing Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and Software as a service

Education/Experience 

STEM degree

Clearance Requirement

Platform Active Secret Clearance

Infinity Benefits

Company Culture. Infinity firmly believes that our success is due to the happiness and personal satisfaction of our employees.

Health Benefits. Infinity covers 100% of the monthly medical and dental premiums for you and your family.

Rest and Relaxation. Enjoy three weeks of vacation, with the flexibility to use vacation hours in advance before fully accrued.

Health and Wellness. In addition to vacation, we provide 48 hours of sick leave, plus Flex-Spending Account (FSA) options for medical and dependent care.

Prepare for the Future. Our 401(k) plan includes company contributions without requiring matching, along with access to free professional financial planning services.

Education and Professional Training Reimbursement. We invest in our team’s growth with our Education Reimbursement Program, supporting your career advancement.

Profit Sharing Plan. Our employees are key to our success, which is why all eligible team members receive an annual payout through our Profit-Sharing Plan.

And more!  

U.S. Citizenship is required.

EOE including /vet

To learn more about our company and benefits, please visit: Infinity Careers

Anticipated Close Date: 2/7/25