Cloud Engineer

Peraton; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 25 days

Bonus plan

Subsidized benefits

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support NGA's Verification and Validation Division in Springfield, VA. The role focuses on cloud-based hosting, IaC deployment, and secure test environments for the Acadia program.

The candidate will design cloud solutions, automate deployments, and collaborate with testers and senior leadership. TS/SCI with polygraph is required or will be pursued after hire.

Qualifications

• Clearance: Top Secret with willingness to upgrade to TS/SCI and polygraph.
• BS degree in Software Engineering, Math, or related field.
• 5–10 years cloud engineering or related experience.
• Knowledge of AWS, Well-Architected best practices.
• Experience with AWS services: CloudFormation, S3, IAM/NACL/ACL, RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB, EC2.
• Experience administering enterprise IT infrastructure, OS, networks, security, backups.
• Strong communication for briefings and documentation.
• Experience in DoD/IC environments and Agile practices.
• Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow familiarity.
• Programming: Python, Java, JavaScript, or Go.
• Windows and Linux administration.

Responsibilities

• Provide SME cloud design and architecture expertise.
• Research, evaluate, and deploy advanced cloud systems for test and production.
• Maintain patches, updates, and new features for cloud assets.
• Support enterprise users, testers, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Manage deployment strategies for IaaS/PaaS/containers (Blue/Green, Canary, zero-downtime).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code for repeatable deployments.
• Automate deployment and promotion cycles from development to production.
• Contribute as a key member of a collaborative software team.
• Review security findings and provide remediation.

Skills

Cloud engineering

AWS

Python

Java

JavaScript

Go

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Agile (Scrum/Kanban)

DoD/IC environments

Windows administration

Linux administration

APIs

CI/CD (DevSecOps)

OpenShift

Container frameworks

Infrastructure as Code

Security concepts

Education

BS degree in Software Engineering, Math, or related Engineering field

Tools

AWS CloudFormation

S3

IAM/NACL/ACL

RDS

DynamoDB

MongoDB

EC2

OpenShift

Container frameworks

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Cloud Engineer

Job Locations: US-VA-Springfield

Responsibilities

Seeking a motivated CLOUD ENGINEER to support the NGA Verification and Validation Division (TAV) on the Acadia program. Join a skilled, highly respected and long-standing team supporting the quality mission for NGA. This is a unique opportunity to enhance your career by working with the community subject matter experts, directly with the customer, and with an experienced software team. The successful candidate will work as a cloud engineer tasked with supporting the hosting and integration of testing tools into a cloud-based architecture to meet the mission of the TAV division.

• Provide SME expertise in cloud solution design and architecture.
• Research, evaluate, and deploy advanced cloud computing systems and analytics for test and production environments.
• Maintain patches, updates, and new features for cloud assets.
• Support enterprise users, testers, stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Manage deployment strategies for IaaS/PaaS/container technologies (Blue/Green, Canary, zerodowntime).
• Implement InfrastructureasCode (IaC) for configurationmanaged and repeatable deployments.
• Automate deployment and promotion cycles from development through production.
• Contribute as a key member of a collaborative, fastmoving software development team.
• Conduct review of security findings and provide remediation via manual and automated execution.

Location: This position is 100% onsite in Springfield, Virginia. Remote or hybrid work is not available.

Qualifications

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Required Experience/Education:

• Must possess a Top Secret clearance and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI and successfully complete a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at the customer's request (contract requires TS/SCI with polygraph).
• BS degree in Software Engineering, Math, or related Engineering field.
• 5-10 years of cloud engineering or related experience.
• Knowledge of cloud computing, AWS, and Well Architected best practices.
• Experience with AWS technologies: CloudFormation, S3, IAM/NACL/ACL security features, RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB, EC2.
• Experience administering enterprise IT infrastructure, operating systems, network services, user permissions, system security, backups, and troubleshooting.
• Strong written/oral communication skills for briefings, technical issue resolution, and test documentation.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; willingness to learn and adapt.
• Experience in DoD or IC environments.
• Working knowledge of Agile (Scrum, Kanban).
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, JavaScript, or Go.
• Ability to coordinate with customers and software vendors to address test environment issues.
• Proficiency in Windows and Linux systems administration.
• Ability to analyze automated test output, scripts, and processes and provide recommendations.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with NGA UC/UC2S and TC/C2S environments.
• DevSecOps experience including CI/CD and related technologies.
• Experience with OpenShift and container frameworks.
• Experience in information extraction, analysis techniques, data mining, and machine learning.
• Ability to develop and integrate loosely coupled APIs.
• Database design and maintenance experience (Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc.) for test related applications.
• Ability to develop tools for UI/API functional testing, automation, monitoring, load/performance testing, and profiling.
• Ability to automate tasks via scripting or identifying open source/commercial tools.
• Experience with test management processes, release cycles, and documentation.
• GEOINT and TCPED workflow knowledge.
• Experience working in enterprise test environments.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.