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With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).\nBenefits We Offer:\n100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees\nPaid Time Off and Paid Holidays\n401K match up to 5%\nEducational Benefits for Career Growth\nEmployee Referral Bonus\nFlexible Spending Accounts:Healthcare (FSA)\nParking Reimbursement Account (PRK)\nDependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)\nTransportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)\n\nPosition Overview\nWe are seeking an IT Platform Engineering Manager with strong DevSecOpsexpertise to lead our platform engineering team and own the reliability, security, and scalability of our cloud and containerized infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role combining peoplemanagement, technical direction, and production operations. This is a hybrid position - local to the DC Metro Area. \nYou will partner with development, security (HIPAA and FedRampHigh), and business stakeholders to set platform priorities, improve the developer experience, and embed security throughout the software delivery lifecycle. You will guide the team while contributing directly to architecture, automation, and complex troubleshooting.\n\nKey Responsibilities\nLead and develop the platform engineering team through hiring, coaching, performance management, and clear ownership of delivery and operational responsibilities.\n\nOwn the platform roadmap and engineering standards. 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Define service reliability objectives and maintain actionable monitoring, alerting, logs, runbooks, and tested recovery procedures.\n\nLead incident response and technical escalations, coordinate stakeholder communications, and turn root-cause findings into improvements that prevent recurring failures.\n\nManage infrastructure costs and capacity, contribute to budget planning, and evaluate tools and vendors against security, reliability, and business requirements.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nDemonstrated experience managing or leading platform engineering, DevOps, infrastructure, or SRE teams, including mentoring engineers and delivering technical initiatives.\n\n4+ years of hands-on experience managing productionKubernetes clusters, including operations, troubleshooting, upgrades, and workload optimization. \n\nStrong proficiency with Helm charts for application deployment and configuration management.\n\nExtensive experience with Docker and Docker Compose, including multi-container architectures, image optimization, and secure container design.\n\nAdvanced Linux administration skills across multiple distributions, including package management, networking, storage, permissions, and system performance.\n\nStrong troubleshooting skills for network, DNS, API, and service connectivity issues in distributed systems.\n\nHands-on experience with log management, monitoring, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.\n\nAdvanced scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar languages for automation, tooling, and system integrations.\n\nProven experience with system hardening, security best practices, and vulnerability remediation across cloud infrastructure and containerized environments.\n\nProficiency with AWS services and tools, including EKS, EC2, IAM, CloudWatch, Security Groups, and VPC networking.\n\nExperience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security checks, and reliable deployment and rollback processes.\n\nProficiency with Terraform, including reusable modules, state management, and integration into infrastructure deployment workflows.\n\nStrong communication and planning skills, with the ability to explain technical tradeoffs, delegate effectively, and align engineering work with business priorities.\n\nWhat You Will Bring\nYou combine technical depth with thoughtful peopleleadership. 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