Platform Engineer (IT Sys & Inf Eng III) - ITS

Posting Begin Date: 2024/09/20

Posting End Date: 2024/10/06

Category: IT And Computers

Work Type: Full Time

Location: Boise, ID, United States

Minimum Salary: 32.74

Maximum Salary: 37.10

Pay Rate Type: Hourly

Description

Information Technology ServicesState of Idaho Opportunity

Summary:

Information Technology Services is a team of dedicated professionals providing core technology and cybersecurity services to agencies statewide, enabling state employees to serve Idaho's citizens. We sincerely hope you will consider being part of our success!

Information Technology Services (ITS), currently has one opening for a Platform Engineer position within the Application Development team at our Chinden office in Boise. As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for building and maintaining an internal developer platform that empowers our software engineering teams to efficiently deliver customer products. Your role will focus on enabling development teams with self-service and automation tools to streamline software development, increase product quality, improve productivity, and enhance the developer experience.

The selected individual must possess in-depth knowledge and experience in IT infrastructure and cloud environments. This includes expertise in networking protocols and components, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, scripting languages, Infrastructure as Code, operating systems, data storage, and security best practices essential for delivering services and solutions.

Please note: The successful candidates will be required to pass a comprehensive fingerprint-based background check specific to the agencies ITS supports. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. The Idaho Office of Information Technology Services is unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of an employment visa.

Example of duties:

• Works directly with software engineering teams to create and maintain an internal development platform to streamline application development and deployment.

• Designs, implements, and maintains CI/CD pipelines to automate the software release process.

• Maintains monitoring and logging systems to ensure application performance and reliability.

• Identifies and automates repetitive tasks to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention.

• Implements security best practices to protect the infrastructure and applications.

• Diagnoses and resolves issues related to application deployment and operations.

• Maintains configuration management tools to ensure consistency, security, and scalability across environments.

• Provides training and support to development teams on platform tools and best practices.

• Partners with engineering teams to define and implement best practices for source control, build processes, integration, automated testing, security scanning, and application delivery.

• Installs, configures and implements infrastructure hardware/software solutions aligned to customer requirements.

• Coordinates with vendors and internal teams to implement new solutions.

  Minimum Qualifications:

• Considerable knowledge of current information technology trends and capabilities.

  Typically gained by a bachelor's degree directly related to information technology OR at least four years of work experience in information technology. Education and experience must be within the last five years.

• Experience planning, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting network, server, or storage systems.

Typically met by at least four years of full-time work experience where planning, installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting network, server or storage systems was part of the primary job responsibilities.

• Resolving network or server problems.

Typically met by at least four years of full-time work experience (within the last five years) where resolving network or server problems was part of the primary responsibilities.

• Working with end users to develop and implement information technology solutions for user computing needs in a business environment.

Typically gained by at least four years of full-time work experience where interviewing and consulting with clients/users to develop and implement solutions to meet computing requirements in a business environment was part of the primary responsibilities.

• Experience as a technical lead implementing or supporting network, server, or storage systems.

  Typically gained by at least four years of experience as a lead or Subject Matter Expert in implementing or supporting network, server, or storage systems.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with both private and public cloud platforms such as VMware Cloud Foundation, Azure, or AWS.

Typically met by two years of work experience.

• Proficiency with containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Typically met by two years of work experience.

• Experience in administering development and deployment tools such as Azure Pipelines, Jenkins, Azure DevOps Services, and Git.

Typically met by two years of work experience.

Applications will be accepted through 4:59 PM MST on the posting end date.

Benefits:

The State of Idaho offers a robust total compensation package, including medical, vision, and dental insurance; PERSI retirement benefits; paid sick, vacation, and parental leave; and 11 paid holidays per year. For additional information related to benefits and/or State programs, please visit https://dhr.idaho.gov/StateEmployees/Benefits.html.

EEO/ADA/Veteran:

The State of Idaho is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, political affiliation or belief, sex, national origin, genetics, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

The State of Idaho is committed to access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, auxiliary aids and services are available upon request. If you require an accommodation at any step in our recruitment process, you are encouraged to contact (208) 334-2263 (TTY/TTD: 711), or email[email protected].

Preference may be given to veterans who qualify under state and federal laws and regulations.