CLOUD ENGINEER (TS/SCI CLEARANCE REQUIRED)

NorthHill Technology; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthHill Technology in Springfield, VA is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a Federal Program. An active TS/SCI clearance is required and sponsorship for CI Polygraph within first year is available.

You will work with a development team to automate deployments in AWS, optimize performance, integrate with authentication services, and establish monitoring while maintaining security protocols. Strong scripting and DevOps practices are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in a technical discipline.
• 8+ years IT experience.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II or equivalent security certifications.

Responsibilities

• Maintain AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, Load Balancer, RDS).
• Automate and optimize deployments and service provisioning.
• Develop and deliver a full-stack web application; ensure security and monitoring.
• Collaborate with A&A team to meet security requirements.

Skills

AWS

Troubleshooting

Scripting (Bash/PowerShell/Perl)

Agile/Scrum

DevOps

TypeScript/JavaScript

Angular

Microservices

REST APIs

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering or related

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

Nexus

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS Console

PostgreSQL

Job description

CLOUD ENGINEER (TS/SCI CLEARANCE REQUIRED)

• Springfield, VA
• Information Technology

NorthHill Technology Resources has a need for aCloud Engineerto support a Federal Program inSpringfield, VA.This is a direct-hire role with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator.An active TS/SCI Clearance is required, will sponsor for CI Polygraph within first year.
Cloud Engineer

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for working with highly functional development team automating service deployments; optimizing system performance; integrating with enterprise authentication services; establishing/improving system monitoring; maintaining established security protocols; provide customers technical support. The Cloud Engineer will be integrated with an agile environment participating with scrums and other meetings.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with A&A Team to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc)
• Produce detailed documentation
• Maintain System in AWS environment using EC2, S3, Load Balancer, and RDS
• Automate and optimize service deployments
• Delivering a full-stack web application to production; identifying and resolving operational issues in same
• Actively participating in technical requirements-gathering process (i.e. meetings with customers)
• Executing design and implementation of application features, independently / unassisted, with minimal oversight
• Refactoring legacy application code for improved reliability and maintainability
• Mentoring junior developers
• Writing and reading unit tests; understanding code-quality analysis concepts
• Writing and debugging Javascript, Typescript, or closely-related language
• Developing applications backed by a relational database; understanding RDB design concepts

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• 8+ years IT experience
• Meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA

Required Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services
• Strong Troubleshooting skills
• Experience in automating tasks using scripted languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Perl
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology
• Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus
• Extensive Typescript or Javascript background
• Angular frontend framework; UI/UX design
• Microservice-based backend architecture; integrating with COTS/FOSS software REST APIs
• Supporting a full-stack application in a PaaS environment
• CI/CD pipeline implementation, ideally with GitLab
• Creating and deploying containerized applications, ideally with Docker
• Designing/implementing container orchestration with Kubernetes

Desired Skills:

• Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS/CLI
• Experience working with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, or Java)
• Experience with Go programming language
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development
• Database experience with a Postgres backend
• Strong communication skills

Desired Certifications:

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner