# Platform Systems Manager
**Company:** [Black Canyon Consulting](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/blackcanyonconsulting)
**Location:** Bethesda, MD
**Salary:** $150K-$250K
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Docker, GCP, AWS, Azure, CI/CD, DevOps, Terraform, Argo CD, Prometheus, Grafana, Linux, GitOps, Hashicorp Vault, Agile
**Posted:** 2026-02-20
> Leads platform team building DevSecOps, DataOps, and observability platforms using Kubernetes, cloud services, and modern tools. Requires project management, agile skills, coding experience, and DevOps knowledge; manages compliance and developer adoption.
## Job Description
## Duties and Responsibilities
- Manage a platform team that:
  - Develops and continuously improves DevSecOps, DataOps and Observability 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
- Project and Product management skills
- Agile process skills
- Coding skills (even if dated) in at least one programming language
- **Kubernetes**, containerization
- **Google Cloud Platform (GCP)**, **Amazon Web Services (AWS)**, **Microsoft Azure** or equivalent cloud services
- Understanding of **CI/CD** and **DevOps**
- Experience with data processing applications and modern cloud-based data processing infrastructure
- At least some understanding of **Linux** and networking

## 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

## Compensation
- Targeted salary range: $150,000 - $250,000
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