Cloud Engineer (Ts/Sci Cleartance Required)

NorthHill Technology Resources has a need for a Cloud Engineer to support a Federal Program in Springfield, VA.  This is a direct-hire role with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator.  Experience with Cross-Domain Solutions is strongly desired.  An active TS/SCI Clearance is required, will sponsor for CI Polygraph within first year.

Cloud Engineer

In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers’ operations. As a Cloud Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools to automate and optimize service deployments within development, test, and production systems
2. Integrate with enterprise authentication services
3. Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
4. Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
5. Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
6. Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation along with maintaining documentation and ensuring continuity of recurring tasks
7. Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
8. Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
9. Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
10. Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
11. On-call support will be required

Required Skills:

1. AWS serverless infrastructure components
2. Willing to learn cross-domain services available at NGA
3. A working understanding of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Bash
4. Multi-platform integration (connecting processes and services between AWS, GitLab, OpenShift, Nexus, Self Service)
5. GitLab CI/CD pipelines, typically centered around deploying or updating applications/services in OpenShift or AWS
6. Strong understanding of DevSecOps and software/application development processes
7. Understanding of GitLab or other DevSecOps/Continuous Integration tools
8. Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design

Desired Skills:

1. Background as a system administrator
2. Cross Domain engineering
3. AWS Diode
4. Security+ Certification
5. Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
6. Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
7. Experience using Jira and Confluence
8. Strong written and oral communication
9. Customer engagement