Platform Engineering Manager

ECS is seeking a Platform Engineering Manager to work in our Fairfax, VA office.

ECS is seeking talented professionals to join our successful and growing team in building the next-generation Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Cyber data solution. The CDM Program is the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) dynamic approach to strengthening the cybersecurity of Federal networks and systems through better awareness and visibility into their security posture and cyber threats. ECS is responsible for designing, building, deploying, operating, and maintaining a complete 'Data Services' solution which includes the collection, normalization, visualization, and sharing of cyber data from more than 100 Federal agencies. The CDM Data Services product is an integrated suite of multiple Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products, software configuration packages, and custom code which work together to operate as an integrated solution tailored to meet Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requirements.

We are seeking professionals who thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, and highly collaborative environment where problem-solving, critical thinking, and a holistic approach to serving the mission are key. Our program operates within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). An aptitude and enthusiasm for continuous learning, improvement, and cyber security is a must!

ECS is seeking an Engineering Manager to drive architecting, deployment, configuration, and sustainment of numerous instances of CAASM (Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management) platforms including Armis and Axonius. This role is expected to be a SME in technologies for collecting asset data and entails working with customers to create complete inventories of assets, identify coverage and configuration gaps, and automate tagging, policy enforcement, and other actions.

The successful candidate will be proactive and able to work both independently and as part of a team to achieve objectives across a wide customer base. They will drive design and best practices in implementation across the program, and will lead recruitment, training, management, and retainment of a team of senior to junior level engineers. Primary duties include:

Working with the team to architect, secure, configure, integrate, and maintain quality support of Armis and Axonius solutions that support production and non-production workloads

Working closely with architects, engineers, and integrators to assess customer requirements and to design and support Armis and Axonius configurations in compliance with CDM data requirements

Following life cycle processes to move configurations from Dev to Test to Pre-Staging to Production

Installing and configuring platform components in non-production and production environments and configuring integrations to collect asset data from cyber tools, sensors, and other sources

Designing and implementing configurations to support asset tagging

Documenting the installation and configuration for production deployments

Securing the solution using TLS, certificates, SSO/PIV authentication, and encryption technologies

Designing and implementing data lifecycle management strategies

Testing data flows, troubleshooting issues, and monitoring the health of the solution and servers to maximize performance and minimize downtime

Working with Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to design and implement logging and monitoring solutions to ensure continuous operations

Participating in group sessions with both internal development teams and the OEM vendor to ensure the solution development meets project and customer requirements

Serving as a trusted advisor, providing subject matter expertise, guidance, and best practice recommendations

US citizenship with ability to obtain Public Trust Suitability

10+ years designing and implementing technical solutions, at least 3 of which are in a lead technical delivery role

4+ years deploying, hosting, monitoring, and securing solutions in a cloud environment for Government customers, preferably AWS GovCloud

2+ years architecting, implementing, integrating, and managing COTS products in a production environment (Axonius/Armis preferred)

2+ years experience with data ingest and Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) techniques using COTS Products (Axonius/Armis preferred)

2+ years experience supervising and leading others, preferably a team of 5 or more

Excellent communication and relationship skills to articulate technical topics and build consensus among stakeholders