Agilious is seeking a QA Platform Engineer to join our Agile Consulting practice. Our Agile consultants work closely with our customers to support them throughout their project needs. Our goal is to help our clients deliver value quickly and delight their end users by enabling a healthy Agile mindset and practices. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on modernization and technology transformation projects. You will be part of an empowered agile team with the opportunity to innovate and learn continuously, working with the best architects and technical leads. 

Level of Experience: >= 3-5 years of experience

Location/Remote: Remote

Residency Requirements: US Citizens, US Permanent Residents, EAD and H1-B visa *Must have US Residency for a minimum of 3 years

Clearance: US Federal Government Public Trust Clearance Required

Passing Codility Exam Required: Candidates must successfully complete and pass a Codility exam as part of the application process

Responsibilities:

• GitLab CI pipeline configuration, templates, and components to build a standardized ecosystem for developers across the organization to use for their applications, in many languages, from C++ to Scala, Kotlin, and Python.
• Python applications, scripts, and libraries to provide interfaces for DevOps and customer tools to manage builds, deployments, and more.
• Kubernetes configuration templates using the YTT templating language to create and maintain customizable patterns for consistent deployments across application teams
• Debugging deployments on Kubernetes distributions like Openshift and Anthos and using plugins like ArgoCD, Istio, and more.
• Documentation knowledge bases for each component project and the DevEx platform as a whole, in READMEs and on Confluence.
• Leading smaller projects within the DevEx teams to add new capabilities to the platform.
• Contribute to daily stand-up meetings and sprint retrospectives
• Other similar professional duties assigned as needed

Requirements:

• Strong coding fluency in at least one programming language. NCBI uses Python, C++, JavaScript/Typescript, some Kotlin & Scala, and small amounts of Golang and Rust.
• A working knowledge of Linux systems and the command line
• Familiarity with source control, CI/CD pipelines, package publishing, and containerization
• Experience developing CLI applications
• Experience building and deploying web APIs to cloud services or Kubernetes
• Familiarity with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes or Nomad, and Kubernetes distributions like OpenShift Container Platform, Anthos, GKE, AKS, EKS, etc.
• Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus, the EFK (ElasticSearch, fluentd, Kibana) or TIGK (Telegraph InfluxDB, Grafana, Kapacitor) stacks, DataDog, Sensu, Jaeger, Sentry, or OpsGenie.
• Familiarity with GitLab CI/CD pipelines

Bonus Technical Skills:

• Experience building high-availability applications
• Experience configuring multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters
• Familiarity with Service Mesh technologies like Istio or Linkerd
• Familiarity with event bus technologies like Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS Kenesis, etc.
• Familiarity with data processing and distributed computing tools like Apache Spark or Airflow
• Familiarity with secret management tools like Hashicorp Vault, Azure KeyVault, Google Secret Manager, etc.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics, physics, or related discipline

Why Work at Agilious

We work hard, so we take care of each other and try to enjoy ourselves along the way:

• We hire Smart People
• We encourage our team to raise their hand when they see an opportunity to change our existing processes.
• We value culture and believe our business thrives in the diversity of our teams.
• We offer company-paid medical benefits that are designed to support our employees.
• We offer competitive salaries and a 401(k) plan with profit sharing.
• We operate like a startup with a proven business model that's growing fast!
• We have a Casual dress code (jeans are welcome).
• We have a remarkable professional development program that allows you to stay current and on top of your field.
• We are passionate about our clients and live/breathe the client experience.
• We encourage creativity and embrace change.
• We believe in autonomy & taking initiative.
• We collaborate with our leadership team daily to ensure vision alignment and transparency as an organization.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

SALARY RANGE: $100K-$110K