Software Designer (21592)

Translucent Services LLC was formed by a team of High Performance Computing and Data Storage Engineers trained in special U. S. Government spaces.

Translucent’s wide\-ranging experience with some of the world’s largest enterprise IT systems allows our engineering team to provide superior IT services for our customers. We are well known and respected for our enterprise storage, cloud storage, backup, computing, and security skillsets.

**Key Responsibilities**

**On\-Prem Platform Delivery**

• Deploy, configure, and maintain VMware vSphere/ESXi environments supporting HPE GreenLake workloads.
• Support CCP platform packaging, delivery, installation, and lifecycle management for SilverCreek deployments.
• Assist with infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and release validation activities.
• Troubleshoot deployment, integration, and operational issues across platform infrastructure and services.

**Automation \& Infrastructure as Code**

• Develop and maintain Terraform\-based infrastructure automation.
• Automate provisioning workflows through Morpheus or equivalent cloud management platforms.
• Support Git\-based CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and platform delivery.
• Create automated deployment validation frameworks, health checks, smoke tests, and infrastructure testing solutions.

**Air\-Gapped \& Regulated Environment Support**

• Design and support software delivery into disconnected or highly restricted environments.
• Maintain private package repositories, image registries, and artifact distribution processes.
• Manage certificate lifecycles, PKI integrations, and offline dependency management.
• Support compliance and security requirements including STIG, FIPS, and similar regulated deployment standards.

**Platform Operations**

• Support Linux infrastructure and Kubernetes platform services.
• Troubleshoot networking, storage, and virtualization\-related issues.
• Collaborate with platform engineering teams to optimize deployment reliability and operational efficiency.
• Participate in issue triage, root cause analysis, and operational readiness reviews.

Required Technical Skills

**VMware Infrastructure (Highest Priority)**

• VMware vSphere / ESXi administration
• VMware vCenter management
• Cluster configuration and operations
• Datastore management
• High Availability (HA)
• Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS)
• Virtual machine lifecycle management

**Platform Automation**

• Terraform (required)
• Infrastructure as Code methodologies
• Git\-based workflows
• CI/CD automation
• API\-driven infrastructure provisioning

**Linux Administration**

• Advanced Linux systems administration
• Performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Operating system lifecycle management
• Shell scripting and automation

**Kubernetes Ecosystem**

• Kubernetes administration and troubleshooting
• Helm package management
• Container lifecycle management
• Cluster operations and support

**Cloud Management Platforms**

Experience with one or more of:

• HPE Morpheus (preferred)
• VMware Aria / vRealize
• CloudBolt
• Comparable private cloud platforms

Preferred Skills

**Air\-Gapped Deployments**

• Offline package management
• Artifact bundling and promotion
• Disconnected software delivery
• Container image curation and management
• Private registries and repositories

**Image \& VM Engineering**

• Golden image creation
• VM template management
• OVF / OVA workflows
• Cloud\-init
• Sysprep
• Packer

**Networking \& Storage**

• VLAN configuration and troubleshooting
• VMware vSwitches
• DNS, DHCP, and NTP services
• NFS
• iSCSI
• vSAN

**Security \& Compliance**

• STIG implementation
• FIPS\-compliant environments
• Security hardening
• Certificate management
• Secure infrastructure deployment practices

**Software Packaging**

• Container image management
• Helm chart packaging and vendoring
• RPM repository administration
• DEB repository administration

**Validation \& Testing**

Experience with one or more:

• Goss
• pytest
• Ansible validation frameworks
• Infrastructure testing automation

Desired Experience

• 5\+ years of infrastructure engineering or platform engineering experience.
• Experience supporting enterprise private cloud or on\-premises platforms.
• Experience working in regulated or security\-sensitive environments.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes\-based platform services.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem\-solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Success Criteria

The successful contractors will help CCP:

• Accelerate SilverCreek deployment and release activities.
• Improve deployment automation and validation.
• Reduce engineering toil associated with on\-prem package delivery.
• Improve infrastructure reliability and operational readiness.
• Support secure, compliant deployments into disconnected customer environments.
• Increase team capacity for SilverCreek\-related engineering initiatives.

**Vendor Screening Keywords**

**Must\-Have Keywords**

• VMware ESXi
• vCenter
• Terraform
• Linux
• Kubernetes
• Helm
• GitOps
• Infrastructure Automation

**Strongly Preferred**

• Morpheus
• Air\-Gapped Deployments
• STIG
• FIPS
• Packer
• OVF/OVA
• Private Registry
• vSAN
• NFS
• iSCSI

**Bonus**

• HPE GreenLake
• Cloud Platform Engineering
• Regulated Government Environments
• DoD IL4/IL5
• OpenTofu
• GitHub Actions

Job Type: Full\-time

Pay: $100,000\. 00 \- $120,000\. 00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Software design: 10 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person