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2024-02-10

Cloud Engineer | TS/SCI | IAT Level 3

Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats. Be part of an exciting opportunity to contribute to one of the nation's most critical intelligence organizations. Your work directly impacts national security and global issues, you will have the chance to contribute to missions that are of paramount importance to the United States and its allies, know that that the environments and programs you support are making a difference on a global scale. Our customers operate at the forefront of technology, dealing with some of the most advanced defense, geospatial, and intelligence systems in the world. 

 

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for working with highly functional development team automating service deployments; optimizing system performance; integrating with enterprise authentication services; establishing/improving system monitoring; maintaining established security protocols; provide customers technical support. The Cloud Engineer will be integrated with an agile environment participating with scrums and other meetings.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Conduct full range of cloud engineering, administrative and IT operational tasks to support the environments to meet business needs
  • Build and support AWS infrastructure resources using CloudFormation and Code Pipeline (GitLab & Terraform)
  • Create and manage IAM users, and access policies
  • Integrate applications and services in AWS cloud environment
  • Implement and support tools and automation for AWS infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, diagnostics, and scaling
  • Utilize and maintain Python automation scripts
  • Use CloudWatch metrics to monitor the health and utilization of AWS resources and applications
  • Develop, document, and perform approved system maintenance plans

Education/Experience:  

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
  • 5+ years IT experience, preferably system administration of large enterprise networks (Windows, Linux platforms)

Required Skills:

  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology
  • Familiarity with DevOps development processes and GitLab Continuous Integration tool
  • Strong understanding of RHEL/CentOS Linux distributions
  • Knowledge of Bash and Python scripting languages
  • Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services
  • Strong troubleshooting skills
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Team player who works well with customers and colleagues
  • Work effectively both independently and in a team environment

Desired Skills:

  • Understanding of cloud APIs
  • Familiarity with the AWS/CLI
  • Exposure to Infrastructure as Code (IaC); preferably Terraform

Required Certifications:

  • DoD 8140/8570 IAT III compliance

Location: On Customer Site
US Citizenship Required

What you will get:  

  • Joining a team of technology experts and partners in the same mission  
  • A high-growth environment with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as the company grows 
  • Owner and Leadership team that come from technical backgrounds so they understand the day-to-day challenges of the technical consulting world and can offer real-life solutions and guidance  
  • Highly competitive benefits package that shows we want to hire the very best  
 
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. Individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans or veterans with service-connected disabilities, are encouraged to apply. If you need assistance applying outside of the online application, please contact recruiting@blackspoke.com for more information.
 
This Organization Participates in E-Verify
 
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. 
 
If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. 
 
Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9. E-Verify Works for Everyone For more information on E-Verify, or if you believe that your employer has violated its E-Verify responsibilities, please contact DHS. 
 
Department of Homeland Security:  888-897-7781and E-Verify.gov
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