What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Systems Engineer position at NIH-NCBI?
Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is searching for Platform Systems Engineer 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
Bonus Skills
Educational Requirements
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. If you enjoy being a part of a high performing, professional service and technology focused organization, please apply today!
