Cloud Operations Engineer - Senior (#2082)

Compass, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 149,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Compass, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Operations Engineer to maintain cloud-based systems across AWS environments. The role requires strong scripting and AWS CLI usage, with responsibilities including ISSO support and briefing government leadership.

The position supports mission-critical activities for IC/DoW and U.S. government clients, in St. Louis, MO, with a clear focus on security, compliance, and cloud-native solutions.

Qualifications

• 2 years NSG experience within the IC community and its functions.
• 2 years deploying and managing systems/services in AWS.
• 2 years identifying IT requirements and coordinating with cloud providers.
• 2 years implementing/configuring automated deployment processes.
• 1 year as ISSO for IT systems in an IC environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as Cloud SME on cloud engineering, cloud-based systems management and security practices.
• Administer cloud architecture, deployments, and operations across related programs.
• Plan migrations between cloud environments with stakeholders.
• Coordinate cloud activities to align with NGA strategies and standards.
• Maintain Linux webservers and deploy servers into AWS environments.

Skills

NSG experience

AWS deployments

IT requirements

DevSecOps pipelines

Tools

GitLab CICD

Docker

OpenShift

Kong API

Job description

Compass is looking for a motivated individual to provide operational services to the Intelligence Community (IC), the Department of War (DoW), and Federal communities. Our goal is to hire talented and passionate team members who desire to grow their skill sets, as well as the reputation of the company with our partners, clients, and stakeholders. We are looking for an individual to join an innovative team supporting mission critical/mission essential activities. Professional IT certification training opportunities and assistance are available through Compass.

This position is contingent upon government action.

Position Title: Cloud Operations Engineer - Senior (#2082)

Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI

Locations: St. Louis, MO

Position Description/Responsibilities

The MC&G Cloud Operations Engineer is responsible for maintaining cloud-based systems deployed in multiple AWS cloud environments. The candidate filling this position will work with different technologies, including Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) servers, Relational Databases (RDS), Simple Storage Service (S3) storage, networking equipment, and other AWS Cloud computing components. The candidate will be responsible for all aspects of an HTML web based front end with a back-end AWS Aurora Database to include Information System Security (ISS) responsibilities. Successful performance in this position requires strong scripting experience as well as experience using AWS Command Line Interface (CLI). The candidate will engage with and advise Government leadership on a wide range of IT topics and present necessary metrics data to Government customers in a multitude of formats to ensure mission continuity. The candidate must have strong verbal and technical writing skills.

Key Duties

• Assist the MC&G PEO Management staff, Program Managers and Team members as a Cloud SME on cloud engineering, cloud based systems management and security practices.
• Administer the overall MC&G Mission Domain cloud architecture, deployments, and operations across the compendium of MC&G Mission Domain-related programs, projects, pilots and initiatives.
• Work with the MC&G PEO Team to manage/plan migrations and/or transitions to, from, and between cloud environments.
• Coordinate cloud activities between MC&G PEO and other organizations to ensure alignment with NGA strategies, standards and practices.
• Maintain awareness of cloud services/solutions, emerging technology, cloud infrastructure, and approved offerings available to NGA.
• Produce and manage artifacts, specifications, and requirements as required by MC&G PEO.
• Work with Program Managers, engineers, and contractors to provide guidance/direction to establish items such as new Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), EC2, RDS, etc.
• Work with the business office, program manager, product owners to establish development, test, and/or operational budgets for MC&G projects.
• Maintain Linux Webservers as well facilitate deployment of servers into AWS Environments.
• Provide ISSO support to MC&G Systems.
• Manage and maintain transfer of Atlassian product data between multiple sites.
• Mange MySQL databases ensuring data is up to date as well as providing updates when necessary.
• Update HTML based web pages for data management for MC&G Dashboards.
• Produce and manage MC&G Mission Domain IT guidance, standards, and procedures.
• Be familiar with IC IT system accreditation within DOD environments. Support MC&G Mission Domain outage investigations and resolutions.
• Maintain Linux Webservers as well facilitate deployment of servers into AWS Environments.
• Provide briefings, briefing materials, and other reporting activities as required by MC&G PEO.
• Work with MC&G PEO Security to ensure Authorization to Operate (ATO) is obtained and maintained and ensure all vulnerabilities are addressed.

Required Qualifications

• 2 years of experience working with the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) community and its functions, with tasks to include understanding management processes and communication across all levels of the organizational hierarchy.
• 2 years of experience deploying and managing systems / services within Amazon Web Services.
• 2 years of experience identifying and documenting IT requirements and coordinating with cloud providers to address those requirements.
• 2 years of experience in implementing, configuring, and/or managing IT development pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• 1 year of experience as ISSO for IT systems in an IC Environment.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with other IC cloud environments provided by Microsoft, Google, and Oracle.
• Experience working with DevSecOps tools (e.g. GitLab CI/CD, GitLab SAST, Kong API Management, Docker, OpenShift, Nexus, Harbor, etc.)
• Experience working in a classified cloud environment.
• ISSO experience in an IC environment

Work Level

• Implement and manage
• Key member of team
• Implements or monitors task(s)
• Provides issue resolution
• Deploys, manages and implements cloud technical services

Guidance Required

• Provides guidance & direction
• Implementation of Services withing cloud environment

Skills And Tasks

• Able to develop & use more complex concepts & processes
• Performs multiple tasks at specialist level
• May be recognized as a SME
• Evaluates & recommends new technology & processes based upon cost, risk, mission

Details

Target Salary Range: $149,000 - $224,200. 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, clearance, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations.

EEO: Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

Compass, Inc. (Compass) is a Small Business (SB) headquartered in Winchester, VA as a Defense and Intelligence solutions provider to the United States Government. We provide Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA), Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS), and Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) to our government and business partner customers. As a premier Defense and Intelligence solution provider, we employee a diverse, agile, highly trained and extremely talented staff.