Platform Systems Manager

Black Canyon Consulting
  • Bethesda, Maryland
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Black Canyon Consulting (BCC)  is searching for Platform Systems Manager to support our work for the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), an institute of the National Institutes of Health. This opportunity is full time and onsite/remote at the NCBI in Bethesda, MD and/or remote.

    NCBI is part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at National Institutes of Health (NIH). NCBI advances science and public health by providing free access to biomedical literature and genomic data over the web, making it one of the 400 top most-visited sites in the world. NCBI's diverse staff of smart, talented, and deeply technical people collaborate to build critically valuable services for researchers, physicians, educators, students, and the general public. For example, NCBI develops and delivers PubMed, an index of over 29 million biomedical research abstracts, often with links to full-text literature and supporting data. NCBI is located in Bethesda, Maryland.

    This is a great opportunity to work on challenging problems as part of a new DataOps Platform team at NCBI.  Developing an enterprise-wide DataOps platform is a new initiative at NCBI.  Stepping on decades of experience in dealing with some of industry's most vital data-intensive applications, NCBI approaches solving the problems at enterprise scale using modern technologies such as Kubernetes, GitOps and containerization.

    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 programing language are required
    • 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 (Telegraph, InfluxDB, Graphana, 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

    Educational Requirements

    • B.S. in a STEM field (Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics) or equivalent industry experience in Computer Systems Engineering.

    Benefits and Salary

    We attract the best people in the business with our competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.

    We offer a competitive salary commensurate with experience and location. If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationBethesda, Maryland

    Skills

    • Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
    • Apacheunmatched
    • Apache Sparkunmatched
    • Applications Securityunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Biomedical Researchunmatched
    • Biomedicineunmatched
    • Biotech and Pharmaceuticalunmatched
    • Cloud Applicationsunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Computer Programmingunmatched
    • Computer Scienceunmatched
    • Computer Skillsunmatched
    • Computer Systemsunmatched
    • Consultingunmatched
    • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
    • Continuous Improvementunmatched
    • Continuous Integrationunmatched
    • Data Processingunmatched
    • Design Patterns Programming Methodologiesunmatched
    • DevOpsunmatched
    • Dockerunmatched
    • Federal Laws and Regulationsunmatched
    • GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
    • Genomicsunmatched
    • Gitunmatched
    • GitHubunmatched
    • Health Scienceunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Linux Operating Systemunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Mathematicsunmatched
    • Medicineunmatched
    • Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
    • National Institutes of Health (NIH)unmatched
    • National Libraryunmatched
    • Physicsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Product Managementunmatched
    • Professional Servicesunmatched
    • Public Healthunmatched
    • RabbitMQunmatched
    • Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM)unmatched
    • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Systems Engineeringunmatched
    • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
    • TeamCityunmatched

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