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Infrastructure Engineer 04 - Aurora, CO - Active TS/SCI CI Poly Required Engineering

SOC LLC
United States, Colorado, Aurora
Feb 25, 2026
Senior Platform Engineer needed for a contract opportunity with SOC's client to work onsite in Aurora, CO. Contract Length: 12 months *Must have an active TS/SCI with CI Poly to be considered for this role.* Job Description: As a Senior Platform Developer, you will herald a transformative era in software engineering, one that underscores the integration of development and operations through a single, comprehensive platform. Platform engineers, with their comprehensive technical and problem-solving skills, are shaping the future of software development to efficiently deliver high-quality, secure software, by providing automated services that enable SW engineers to focus on developing mission capabilities. The role's core responsibility revolves around empowering development teams with a robust platform that streamlines processes, enhances collaboration, and accelerates release cycles, thereby driving efficiency and innovation. You will be on an agile team that is responsible for development and operational environments consisting of a mix of servers, workstations, storage, networks, and custom hardware. These environments provide the enterprise hybrid-cloud backbone for product development and testing for a large program producing a critical, strategic national asset. This will include a mixture of hands-on keyboard engineering work as well as documentation and baseline control. This position will be onsite in Aurora, CO. What You Will Do: Write Infrastructure as Code (IaC) in support of transitioning a system that is tightly coupled to the underlying infrastructure to a modern platform infrastructure Optimize implementation for performance and scalability across on-premise VMware computing environments Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to improve scalability, consistency, infrastructure efficiency, reduce deployment time, and automate configuration management Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and DevOps teams to design and implement development and mission solutions Integrate security and compliance into the platform with services such as encryption and access management Provide operational support for the platform Qualifications You Must Have: Typically requires BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and 5 years of related work experience Experience with containerization using technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker Experience with programming/scripting languages (E.g. Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, Go) Current CompTIA Security + or ability to obtain Active and current TS/SCI / CI Poly security clearance is required day 1. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Agile Development Methodologies (E.g. scrum, SAFe) Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CICD Pipelines tools (E.g. Jira, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Gitlab) Experience with automation frameworks such as Chef, Puppet, and Ansible Experience with scanning tools (E.g. Nessus, Fortify, Anchore) Exp developing, testing & delivering applications w/in a DevSecOps framework Multi-disciplined infrastructure experience and expertise (Server, Storage, Network Hardware) Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration Experience designing, implementing, and integrating platform infrastructure services using infrastructure as code (IaC) Employment Prerequisites The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis. SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations, which may have been provided by job boards. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply. #INDSOC Estimated Min Rate: $58.71 Estimated Max Rate: $83.87