Cloud Engineer Jr

GRVTY; Springfield, St. Louis (VA, MO); On-site; USD 135,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

GRVTY is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join the CORE team in Virginia, focusing on distributed and managed services that automate installation, configuration, and maintenance of platform services. You will contribute to cost-effective cloud solutions and secure, scalable deployments.

You will own building and improving CI/CD pipelines, integrating with authentication, and ensuring infrastructure reliability across development, test, and production, with opportunities to work in SAFe/Scrum

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with TS/SCI and ability to obtain CI Polygraph.
• Minimum 3+ years of experience.
• Willing to learn cross-domain services; experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines in OpenShift or AWS; strong DevSecOps knowledge; familiarity with CI tools; knowledge of networking and infrastructure components.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve build/deploy processes using CI/CD tools for automated service deployments.
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services.
• Maintain and improve infrastructure including autoscaling and new services.
• Monitor and analyze server logs and performance; respond to security incidents.
• Enforce security best practices and perform vulnerability testing.

Skills

GitLab CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

CI tools

Networking

OpenShift

AWS

Tools

OpenShift

AWS

Jira

Confluence

Job description

What Impact You'll Have

In this role, you’ll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers’ operations. As a Cloud Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services.

What You’ll be Owning

• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools to automate and optimize service deployments within development, test, and production systems
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation along with maintaining documentation and ensuring continuity of recurring tasks
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
• Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
• On-call support will be required

What You Must Have

US Citizen with TS/SCI Clearance and ability to obtain a CI Polygraph

3+ years of experience

• Willing to learn cross-domain services available at customer agency
• GitLab CI/CD pipelines, typically centered around deploying or updating applications/services in OpenShift or AWS
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and software/application development processes
• Understanding of GitLab or other DevSecOps/Continuous Integration tools
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design

What Would be Nice to Have

• Multi-platform integration (connecting processes and services between AWS, GitLab, OpenShift, Nexus, Self Service)
• AWS serverless infrastructure components
• Background as a system administrator
• AWS Diode
• Security+ Certification
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
• Experience using Jira and Confluence
• Strong written and oral communication

Pay Range:At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.
We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

• The pay range for this position is: $ - $

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.
We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

$135,000 - $147,500 USD

Why Choose GRVTY

The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.

We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense—including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.

At GRVTY, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision
• Health Savings Account with company contribution
• Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• 401k with generous company match
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Variety of Company Sponsored Events

EEO Statement

GRVTY, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email [e-mail] or call 703-544-7930 with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.