Cloud Engineer - Security Clearance Required

Cloud Engineer

Job Locations US-VA-Fort Belvior

Job ID 2024-2318

Clearance Level Top Secret SCI

Overview

Iron EagleX is a veteran owned defense contracting company based in Tampa, FL.

It is our mission to provide solutions to the most challenging technical problems facing the Department of Defense while simultaneously making a positive impact on our employees and community.

Responsibilities

Job Description :

The cloud specialist position will focus on all aspects of design, analysis, implementation and support of systems, software or other solutions pertaining to deploying capabilities to cloud systems.

The candidate will work within a team of software and IT engineers to build high performance, cloud-based visualization and dissemination services based on high fidelity geospatial data sources.

Job Duties Include (but not limited to) :

• Support the development of open architectures and applications, infrastructure, and cloud platforms to ensure they are best suited for Cloud deployment and consumption
• Support the adoption of Cloud best practices and supporting technologies to enable such capabilities as DevOps, Big Data / Analytics, AI, Micro-Services
• Support the architecture, design, develop, troubleshoot, and implementation of corporate cloud solutions
• Work closely with the Information Technology Security team to ensure the applications and solutions designed and deployed are secure and compliant
• Effectively interface with customer personnel at varying organizational levels
• Must be self-motivated and expected to work independently with minimal supervision
• Report status on tasks and assignments
• Must be able to generate preliminary and detailed designs as required for enhancements or modifications to existing designs, requiring the application of current industry design concepts and utilization of basic technical writing skills

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience :

5+ years of hands-on experience in a specific technology practice (Infrastructure, Network, Storage, Servers, Security, Windows, Linux, etc.

for both on premise and cloud resources

• 2+ years network and operating system experience
• 2+ years’ experience in cloud container management technologies like Kubernetes or Openshift
• Architect and deploy AWS infrastructure solutions, leveraging services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and IAM to meet scalability, performance, and security requirements.
• Lead the design and implementation of AWS cloud-native applications, adhering to AWS best practices and ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Provide expertise in AWS technologies, guiding the team in designing, deploying, and managing cloud environments, optimizing costs, and improving operational efficiency.
• Experience scaling and deploying applications to the AWS cloud
• Experience using and deploying RDMS, NoSQL, or Graph databases
• Experience managing / implementing server / clients with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Platforms and Federation Services (NetIQ, ADFS, Azure MFA, Keycloak, Redhat SSO, Duo, SAML, etc.)
• Experience using a source code repository such as BitBucket, Mercurial, GIT, or Subversion
• Experience using a defect management system such as Bugzilla, JIRA, or Fogbugz
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must have well refined troubleshooting skills, ability to determine the root cause of a problem and identify and resolve systemic problems.
• Ability to perform technical briefings to various groups and engineers
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.

Desired Skills :

• Multiple years of experience deploying containerized web applications to cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
• Multiple years of experience with container management technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, and Openshift.
• Experience scaling applications based on user demand
• Experience working with service-based architectures and Web APIs
• Experience with HTML, HTML5, CSS, XML, XSLT, and JSON
• Experience working and deploying on DOD networks including NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS
• Experience with migration of on-premises applications to a cloud provider
• Administration experience on Microsoft Enterprise CA Cert Requests / Monitoring
• Administration experience on Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
• Familiarity with Information Assurance programs is a plus
• Microsoft PowerShell Scripting for Server / Platform management
• CompTIA Cloud+
• Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect Professional

Education & Certifications :

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g. Computer Science, Software Development, IT Systems Engineering )

Security Clearance :

Active TS / SCI Clearance is REQUIRED

Benefits :

• National health, vision, and dental plans
• 20 days of PTO and 11 paid holidays
• Life Insurance
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• 401(K) retirement plan
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Relocation opportunities

Iron EagleX is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.