Cloud Engineer

San Bernardino, California, United States (On-site)

LOCATION: Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV)

CITIZENSHIP: U.S. Citizen

CLEARANCE LEVEL: Secret to TS to TS/SCI

Who We Are:

A 2023 “Top Work Places” recipient (https://topworkplaces.com/company/plus3-it-systems/)
A company committed to your training, technical experience growth, and well-being
We provide annual Professional Development Funds for full-time employees.
These funds cover various certifications, professional memberships, and more.
As an AWS Partner and proponent of our team, we will reimburse your AWS Certifications.
Uniquely positioned and ready to expand, with your help, into more complex and technically challenging environments
Built upon subject matter expertise supporting the Federal Government with a focus on Cloud Adoption, Cloud Security, Cloud Enabled Data Analytics, Cloud Native Application Development, and DevSecOps
A small business with big partners such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft (Azure), Google (Cloud Platform), and other technology partners;
- Immuta
- Databricks
- GitLab
- RedHat
Multiple Prime contract holders (GSA, SITE III, JAIC DRAID, and NDE)
Always a committed partner with our customers and laser-focused on their mission

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop automation and leverage DevSecOps tooling to deploy and integrate solutions, monitor system health
Troubleshoot system problems
Interface with other parts of the team for infrastructure support (DNS, Authentication (AD, LDAP), and Authorization)
Provide after-hours on-call/call-in support on a rotational basis
Ensure system security requirements are satisfied
Create/maintain system scripts, patch/upgrade system
Participate within a DevSecOps team to sustain a multi-domain mission-critical system
Execute automated deployment strategies for cloud account provisioning and resource requirements
Execute automated deployment strategies for secure and approved operating system Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and Identity & Access Management (IAM) resources
Evaluate and modify code automation for deploying and operating production services
Document SOPs for operational requirements
Provide customer support for cloud application owners
Troubleshoot issues within the cloud layer
DevSecOps Tool Integration:
- Guide integration of various tools for the DevSecOps process (GitLab/GITHUB, SonarQube, Jenkins, Selenium, Artifactory, etc.)

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Specific degree/education and years of experience are dependent on unique contract requirements

4-20 years of Information Technology related experience (less than 4 years would be considered for a Junior role)
Computer Science, Cyber Security, or a related technical discipline degree
Current technical certification in at least 1 discipline (Required)
Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, or civilian Federal Government Agencies experience
Understanding of broad IT topics such as
Basic understanding of an Object-Oriented Programming Language, preferably Java
Web Services
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
cloud (compute, services, storage, app development, etc.),
networking, security (cyber, network, cloud, application, etc.),
storage,
compute,
software development (code and methodologies),
system/application governance,
data (management, analytics)
Knowledge of analytical needs and requirements, query syntax, data flows, and traffic manipulation
- Desired Experience:

4 to 10 Years of experience with cloud services (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, etc.)
4 to 6 Years of experience with cloud services and DevSecOps tools
4 to 6 Years of experience with developing, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting cloud-based software solutions
Experience with cross-domain systems
- Demonstrated knowledge of analytical needs and requirements, query syntax, data flows, and traffic manipulation.
4 to 6 Years of experience/understanding of PKI, SSL, and related encryption technologies.
4 to 6 Years of experience with NiFi, HA Proxy, Docker, Kubernetes, Openshift, and ElasticSearch
4 to 6 Years of experience with Certification and authorization processes (i.e., NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF)800-37, 800-53)

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