AWS Cloud Engineer - Splunk

Peraton; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an AWS Cloud Engineer, where you'll play a crucial role in supporting the Department of Homeland Security's cloud optimization efforts. In this telework position, you'll be responsible for managing and maintaining critical systems, ensuring optimal performance, and providing expert support. Your expertise in Splunk, AWS, and various open-source technologies will be vital as you collaborate with a diverse team to meet key objectives. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a difference in national security, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 6 years of IT experience with a focus on cloud technologies.
• Experience installing and maintaining Splunk in a cloud environment.
• Knowledge of Jenkins, Ansible, and OpenShift.

Responsibilities

• Install and configure new software and hardware for the network.
• Monitor system performance and manage user accounts.
• Provide Tier III support and troubleshoot system issues.

Skills

Information Technology Experience

Splunk Operation and Maintenance

AWS Experience

System Performance Monitoring

Troubleshooting

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Splunk

AWS GovCloud

RedHat OpenShift

Ansible Automation Platform

Docker

GitLab

Jenkins

CyberArk

SonarQube

Job description

Basic Qualifications:

• High School diploma and 6 years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. government agency level clearance (the DHS EOD, which you must have prior to starting).
• 5 years of Information Technology experience.
• Experience operating, configuring, installing, and maintaining Splunk in a cloud environment.
• Experience with AWS.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building operational Splunk dashboards to measure system performance.
• Expert knowledge of RHEL, Windows, & other open-source technologies.
• Knowledge of OpenShift, Ansible Automation Platform, Jenkins, JFrog, and similar toolsets.
• Experience in Cloud Systems Administration.

Program Technologies:

• Splunk
• AWS GovCloud (AWS Console)
• RedHat OpenShift
• Ansible and Docker containers
• Ansible Automation Platform
• Aurora AWS (PostgreSQL) database
• Gitlab and Jenkins pipeline
• CyberArk
• SonarQube
• Jenkins

Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will become part of Peraton’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Datacenter Consolidation and Cloud Optimization (DCCO) program providing Tier 3 support to the DHS Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) biometric system. The Tier 3 team maintains the HART infrastructure by installing and configuring system software and hardware, monitoring system performance, resolving customer tickets within JIRA and supporting system incident troubleshooting calls. Tier 3 members closely interact with the government customer to achieve system objectives, provide ticket updates, and system status updates. Tier 3 members are expected to be on-call for a week at a time approximately 4 – 6 times a year. This role is entirely telework; applicant must reside and perform all work within the United States.

Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:

• Help develop, document, communicate, and enforce a network technology policy.

• Be responsible for the installation and configuration of new software and hardware, including the server network, devices, and firewalls.

• Be responsible for monitoring system performance, IT system operations and storage utilization.

• Plan for necessary hardware or software upgrades to support system growth.

• Manage user accounts and assets and assign and update security permissions on the network according to security policy.

• Provide support with escalated help desk requests.

• Perform typical system administrator activities.

• Create, edit, and maintain Splunk dashboards to measure system performance.

• Review systems performance logs to identify anomalies and troubleshoot issues.

• Identify root cause and documenting troubleshooting steps to resolution.

• Support active directory/LDAP, certificate services, network communications, and group policy and security compliance.

• Provide Tier III support (problem/incident management).

• Work independently and in team settings to achieve key project/program objectives and deliverables.

• Provide on-call support for a week at a time: approximately 4 – 6 weeks per year.