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.
What you will be working on:
As the Cloud Engineer, you 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 customer technical support. The Cloud Engineer will be integrated with an agile environment participating with scrums and other meetings.
- Build and Maintain Platform as a Service Offering using RedHat OpenShift
- Work with A&A Team to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
- Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc)
- Produce detailed documentation
- Maintain System in AWS environment using EC2, S3, ELB, and RDS
- Maintain System in a VMware vSphere environment, using NSX, and NetApp StorageGRID
- Automate and optimize service deployments
- Prior experience building and maintaining Platform as a Service offerings via Cloud based providers
- Strong understanding of RHEL/CentOS Linux distributions
- Strong understanding of RedHat OpenShift and/or other Kubernetes distributions
- Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker)
- Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services
- Experience in automating tasks using scripted languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Perl
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology
- Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus
What you will bring to us:
- Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to obtain a CI Polygraph
- Current DoD IAT II Level certification or the ability to successfully obtain one within 90 days of hire WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
- 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
- 3+ years IT experience
- 3+ years experience with Platform as a Service Offerings (e.g. RedHat OpenShift, Tanzu, etc)
Would be nice if you bring the following:
- Experience administering production RedHat OpenShift clusters
- Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS/CLI
- Exposure to Infrastructure as Code such as Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Salt or Terraform
- Experience working with one or more Python, Ruby, or Java
- Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g. VMWare)
- Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development
Desired Certifications:
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- RedHat Certified OpenShift Administrator
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.
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