CLOUD ENGINEER (TS/SCI CLEARANCE REQUIRED)

Springfield, VA

Information Technology

SSA LLC 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. An active TS/SCI Clearance is required , will sponsor for CI Polygraph within first year.

Cloud Engineer

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:

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, Load Balancer, and RDS

Automate and optimize service deployments

Delivering a full-stack web application to production; identifying and resolving operational issues in same

Actively participating in technical requirements-gathering process (i.e. meetings with customers)

Executing design and implementation of application features, independently / unassisted, with minimal oversight

Refactoring legacy application code for improved reliability and maintainability

Mentoring junior developers

Writing and reading unit tests; understanding code-quality analysis concepts

Writing and debugging Javascript, Typescript, or closely-related language

Developing applications backed by a relational database; understanding RDB design concepts

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

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

8+ years IT experience

Meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following:Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA

Required Skills: Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services

Strong Troubleshooting skills

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

Extensive Typescript or Javascript background

Angular frontend framework; UI/UX design

Microservice-based backend architecture; integrating with COTS/FOSS software REST APIs

Supporting a full-stack application in a PaaS environment

CI/CD pipeline implementation, ideally with GitLab

Creating and deploying containerized applications, ideally with Docker

Designing/implementing container orchestration with Kubernetes

Desired Skills: Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS/CLI

Experience working with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, or Java)

Experience with Go programming language

Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development

Database experience with a Postgres backend

Strong communication skills

Desired Certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner