Overview

As a Cloud Engineer, you will work within our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud migration, cloud optimization and cloud deployment. We are looking for candidates with 3-5 years experience with cloud platform services and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include: 

• Identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the customer 
• Design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems 
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers 
• Automate and improve configuration, provisioning, deployment, and release processes 
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results 
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats 
• Identifying technical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and ‘fixes’ 
• Working with software developers and DevSecOps engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended 
• Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing 
• Ensure efficient functioning of data storage and process functions in accordance with organizational security policies and best practices  
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations  
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues 
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members 
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided 
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members. 

Qualifications

Required: 

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance 
• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience 
• At least 5 years of total experience 
• 3 Years of Experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions  
• 3 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP) 
• 3 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket 
• 3 Years of Experience with systems development in an Agile environment 
• 3 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration 
• 3 Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration 
• At least one of the below or similar certifications: 
  • AWS Certified DevOos Engineer 
  • AWS Certified Solution SysOps Administrator Associate 
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate 
  • SAFe DevOps Certification

Preferred: 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills 
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred 
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby 
• Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes 
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible 
• Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics