Network Operations Specialist

Augustine Consulting Inc.; Illinois; On-site; USD 89,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Group Life and Voluntary Life

Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Parental Leave

Tuition and Professional Development

Job summary

Augustine Consulting Inc. seeks a Network Operations Specialist to support ARTRANS operations at Scott Air Force Base.

You will join the Government Programs team to architect and deploy cloud-based IT services, migrate applications to AWS/Azure, and ensure secure, compliant architectures while engaging with senior customers and Warfighters. The role requires DoD clearance eligibility, strong cloud experience, and collaboration with engineering teams.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain DoD secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and five years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in a related field with no experience.
• Security+ certification or within 90 days of employment.
• Certifications: AWS Cloud Practitioner or Azure Fundamentals within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver AWS and Azure solutions.
• Migrate and modernize applications to an enterprise cloud environment with CI/CD pipelines.
• Model databases and ensure their efficacy with proper design principles.
• Integrate PaaS cloud architectures into existing environments and edge architectures.
• Ensure security compliance and provide troubleshooting and support.

Skills

Dynamic

Thorough

Mature

Forthright

Inquisitive

Timely

Honest

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

Security+ certification

AWS Cloud Practitioner or Azure Fundamentals

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

SQL

AWS

Azure

Job description

Network Operations Specialist

Department: GITSS-A

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Scott Air Force Base

Compensation: $89,000 - $138,000 / year

Description

*** This position is contingent upon ACI’s successful award of an associated government contract.

*** All prospective applicants will be contacted to discuss contract timelines, the process associated with hiring for this role, and award decisions progress.

ACI is a Woman-Owned Small Business professional services provider of engineering and technical services to the United States Government. We seek an experienced, Network Operations Specialistto serve as a part of the Government Programs team providing comprehensive IT service capability to support the U.S. Army Transportation Command's (ARTRANS) global C4ISR and distribution operations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

As an ACI Network Operations Specialist, you will have opportunities to interface with senior level customers, Warfighters, and leadership while performing the following functions:

• Work with a team of Engineers to architect and deliver AWS and AZURE solutions.
• Perform migration, modernization of custom developed applications, products to an enterprise cloud environment, including product CI/CD pipelines.
• Utilize proper design principles to create and model databases ensuring their efficacy.
• Work with the customer to integrate PaaS cloud architectures into their existing environment and edge architectures.
• Work with the Software Engineers to ensure that the architecture will meet requirements of the proposed applications.
• Provide support for troubleshooting and administration.
• Ensure security compliance in deployed architectures.
• Conduct audits of customer current architecture solutions and recommend changes as needed to meet requirements.
• Provide expertise in high availability, contingency planning, and automated provisioning.
• Support and advise customer on cloud initiatives including assessment, migration and modernization.

A Network Engineer who fits our team is:

• Dynamic: contributes energy and enthusiasm to our daily tasks, to the team’s interactions, and to the Company’s mission.
• Thorough: possesses an unparalleled work ethic; produces complete, even polished products; persistent; mission-focused; asks “Why?” as often as necessary to get to the root of the matter.
• Mature: respects others’ opinions, beliefs, and culture; listens to ideas, shares thoughts, and works independently and together to contribute insights to the company’s leaders.
• Forthright: speaks with conviction; argues based on understanding, respectfully.
• Inquisitive: seeks deeper explanations of how systems work, not the surface-level description of the actors involved; goes beyond “stick-fetching” to connect the unconnected.
• Timely: shows up, ready to think, prepared to get on with the day’s assignments; contributes analytical insights that meet time-sensitive, reasonable requests.
• Honest: knows what’s right, what’s legal, what’s appropriate; acts accordingly.

Required Qualifications

• Because this role requires a DOD security clearance, all applicants must provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Must possess or have the ability to obtain a DOD secret Clearance.
• Related degree fields include Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, Information Systems Technology, and Software Engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and five years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree in a related field and no experience
• Security+ certification or obtain within 90 days of employment.
• Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner, or Azure Fundamentals within 90 days of employment.
• 2+ years’ AWS/AZURE experience in a solutions delivery or administrative role.
• 2+ years’ experience with cloud frameworks, services, and technologies.
• Data Security and encryption techniques.
• Familiar with cloud service delivery models.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience working with stakeholders and development teams.
• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing to convey IT and cloud technologies.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and contributing to technical documentation.
• Ability to travel to customer locations and supporting customer engagement locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Native AWS experience preferred
• 2+ years’ experience working within a DevSecOps/DevOps environment, utilizing AWS or AZURE services, solutions, and provisioning/automating infrastructure, services, and tools in a DoD environment.
• Certified Architecture Associate for AWS or AZURE.
• Cloud Database Services and Architecture.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Ansible automation.
• Experience and Proficiency with SQL
• Ability to work within a collaborative, geographically dispersed team in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

ACI Offers a Robust Benefits Package Which Includes:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Group Life and Voluntary Life Insurance plans
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition and Professional Development Reimbursement Program