Cloud Engineer

Beyond SOF; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Beyond SOF is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support an enterprise network architecture and engineering team for a Federal customer. The role focuses on cloud connectivity, secure migration of applications to the cloud, and engineering, design, testing, and implementation of resilient cloud networking solutions.

The engineer will prepare design documents, assist with updates when cloud design changes, and coordinate testing of cloud systems and migration processes to ensure no degradation in

Qualifications

• 7+ years in network design and cloud engineering.
• Experience with enterprise network environments.
• Experience with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Experience building Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI), Netbond, Direct Connect and VPN connections.
• Lead Migration from legacy on-prem networking to the Cloud Networking.
• Deploy and manage virtual servers in the Cloud.
• Deploy and manage containers in the Cloud.
• Deploy and manage elastic IPs and elastic network interfaces in the Cloud.
• Deploy and manage Cloud based load balancing.
• Research, evaluate, and recommend new cloud technologies.
• Provide internal consulting, technical guidance, information and support to developers and operations.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and have excellent communication skills.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

VPN

Direct Connect

CSRv

SCI

Cloud IAM

Cloud Networking

Tools

CSRv

Job description

Working with an enterprise network architecture and engineering team supporting our Federal customer, the Cloud Engineer provides network engineering guidance into Cloud specific deployment projects and application architecture. The Cloud Engineer is responsible for the engineering, design, test, and implementation of secure and reliable network connectivity to cloud services (e.g., commercial cloud services providers (CSPs), private cloud, and hybrid cloud) leveraging the current network environment to facilitate migration of applications to the cloud. Responsible for the support of the development of the Technical Requirements Document and a Detailed Design Document (DDD) for the Cloud Connectivity Architecture, consistent with the associated Functional Requirements Document and DDD, before transitioning to Operations. Responsibility includes the support of all updates to all documents when there is change in the cloud design and/or technologies and collaborating with all stakeholders to test all cloud related systems and application migration processes to verify that the systems meet requirements and can host applications with no degradation to performance or security. This engineer is responsible for the preparation of test reports and Implementation Plans for each change impacting the cloud network environment.

Position Roles and Responsibilities:

• Experience building Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI), Netbond, Direct Connect and VPN connections
• Lead Migration from legacy on-prem networking to the Cloud Networking
• Deploy and manage virtual servers in the Cloud
• Deploy and manage containers in the Cloud
• Deploy and manage elastic IPs and elastic network interfaces in the Cloud
• Deploy and manage Cloud based load balancing
• Research, evaluate, and recommend new cloud technologies
• Provides internal consulting, technical guidance, information and support to application developers, computer operations, company management and departmental clients. Assists in internal training programs
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills

At least 7 years of hands-on experience in Network Design, Network Engineering, Network Operational Support and Cloud engineering experience of Medium to Large enterprise network environments:

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public and Private Cloud
• Azure Cloud
• Google Cloud
• Experience with Cloud Service Routers (CSRv)
• Experience building Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI)
• Experience migrating from legacy on-prem networking to the Cloud Networking
• Experience with Cloud Identity and Access Management
• Experience deploying and managing virtual servers in the Cloud
• Experience deploying and managing containers in the Cloud
• Experience deploying and managing elastic IPs and elastic network interfaces in the Cloud
• Experience deploying and managing Cloud based load balancers
• Experience with implementing audit trails
• Experience with Cloud based monitoring solutions

Physical Demands: The physical demands of the job include bending, crawling, sitting, lifting 50lbs at most.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.