Platform Engineer (DataOps)
Builds and maintains DataOps platform using Kubernetes, cloud services, and data processing tools to support NCBI developers. Requires strong coding, cloud experience, and data infrastructure knowledge; B.S. in STEM preferred.
About the job
Duties & Responsibilities
The DataOps Platforms team:
- Develops and continuously improves DataOps platform.
- Develops and maintains common tools and libraries.
- Evaluates new technologies and practices.
- Helps NCBI developers with adoption of platform.
- Ensures compliance with the Federal application security regulations and standards by providing automated solutions and compliance pipelines.
- Embraces agile development and continuous improvement.
- Encourages growth mindset and offers leadership opportunities at any level.
Required Skills
- Strong coding skills in at least one programming language (Python, C++, etc.)
- Kubernetes, containerization
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure or equivalent cloud services
- Apache Kafka, Google Cloud Pub/Sub or equivalent
- Apache AirFlow or equivalent
- Experience with data processing applications and modern cloud-based data processing infrastructure
- Linux command-line skills
Bonus Skills
- Google Anthos
- Docker
- GitOps tools: ArgoCD or equivalent
- Infrastructure as code tools: Terraform or equivalent
- GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket, Teamcity, Artifactory, or equivalent products for management of Git source control, CI/CD pipelines and artifact lifecycle management
- Modern observability and logging tools: Prometheus, EFK (ElasticSearch, fluentd, Kibana), TIGK (Telegraf, InfluxDB, Grafana, Kapacitor), DataDog, Sensu, Jaeger, Sentry, OpsGenie, PagerDuty, Splunk, or equivalent
- Secret Management tools such as Hashicorp Vault, CyberArk, Azure Key Vault, Google Cloud Secret Manager or equivalent
- Data transfer tools: AWS DataSync, Aspera, MinIO, CloudSoda or equivalent
- Apache Pulsar, RabbitMQ, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Flume, Apache Storm, Apache Spark Streaming, Google Cloud Pub/Sub
- Experience with best-practice design patterns in coding and architecture
- Experience working in Agile environment
Compensation
Targeted salary range: $115,000 - $150,000 commensurate with experience and location.
Skills
Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Apache Kafka, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Apache Airflow, Python, Terraform, Argo CD, Prometheus, Grafana, GitOps, Hashicorp Vault
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