Cloud Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 69,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Cloud Engineer to manage and optimize cloud environments, including AWS and Army cloud integrations. You will drive rapid problem resolution, mentor teammates, and develop innovative solutions with minimal direction.

The role requires 2+ years in cloud infra, CI/CD, and cloud-native development, with a Secret clearance and relevant certifications. You will contribute to enterprise-scale projects in a collaborative, cross-functional team.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of cloud infrastructure experience including AWS and networking
• 2+ years troubleshooting CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness
• Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions
• Knowledge provisioning and triaging cloud networking, compute, memory, or storage
• Ability to learn quickly and work in a collaborative, cross-functional team
• Secret clearance is required
• HS diploma or GED
• Certifications such as CompTIA Security+, GSEC, CCNA-Security, SSCP, CISSP, or DoD IAT II/III

Responsibilities

• Manage, administer, and support cloud environments with continuous improvement
• Develop innovative cloud solutions for complex problems
• Work in AWS and Army cloud integrations
• Mentor and supervise team members and operate with limited direction

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

AWS

Networking

Kubernetes

Docker

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Monitoring

Education

HS diploma or GED

Security+ / CISSP / DoD IAT II/III

Tools

Helm

Git/GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Cloud Engineer The Opportunity: Manage, administer, support, and enhance cloud environments, ensuring continuous improvement and rapid problem resolution as a Cloud Operations Engineer. Apply advanced consulting skills and extensive technical expertise, including full industry knowledge. Develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Work without considerable direction and mentor and supervise team members. Work in AWS cloud infrastructure as well as the Army's integrated systems within the cloud.

You Have:

• 2+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure, including AWS, networking, storage, memory, compute instances, or tools for DevOps such as automating builds in Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, cloud formation, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing releases across environments
• 2+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues for CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness
• Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions
• Knowledge of provisioning and triaging issues for cloud instance networking, computing, memory, or storage, and setting up servers that the platform is on, including VMs and networks
• Ability to use active learning and analytical thinking within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
• Secret clearance
• HS diploma or GED
• CompTIA Security+, GSEC, CCNA-Security, SSCP, CISSP, or DoD IAT Level II or III Certification

Nice If You Have:

• Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions involving Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Helm, GCP, or Azure
• Experience in GitHub or GitLab CI/CD pipeline procedures
• Knowledge of creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks
• Knowledge of triaging and resolving networking, storage, memory, compute, or other issues related to both open-source and commercial tools in public cloud environments
• DevSecOps Processes, Linux+, CI/CD Pipelines, Cloud Networking, and Cloud Engineering Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or similar Certification

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values.

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $69,400.00 to $158,000.00 (annualized USD).

This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

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