Systems Engineer - Cloud with Security Clearance

BOAB Ventures; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BOAB Ventures is seeking a skilled cloud/security engineer to study feasibility and vulnerabilities of new capabilities, validate system compliance, and translate business needs into technical solutions. You will work with AWS services, Docker, Kafka, and SageMaker in a Linux environment, applying agile methods and security controls.

Responsibilities include architecture diagrams, cross-team collaboration, and maintaining cloud systems per SLAs.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• 8+ years with BS/BA including at least 2 years of Sponsor experience.
• 6+ years with MS/MA including at least 2 years of Sponsor experience.
• 3+ years with PhD including at least 2 years of Sponsor experience.
• Strong hands-on with AWS services including S3, EC2, ECR, Lambda, SageMaker; Docker, Kafka, KMS.
• Experience with RBAC/ABAC and security controls (RBAC/ABAC, security groups, network ACLs).
• Proficient in Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience writing and testing Python, Java, Typescript.

Responsibilities

• Study the feasibility and vulnerability of new technical capabilities and analyze gaps.
• Assess emerging and commercial off the shelf technologies in support of operational requirements and applications and perform technical trade studies to determine recommendation.
• Evaluate, validate, and analyze technical development compliance with stated requirements; Integrate, test, verify, and validate end-to-end systems.
• Develop diagrams, flow charts, and other system engineering-related documentation to problem-solve, identify improvements, create standards, and facilitate cross-organizational collaboration.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Study capability feasibility and vulnerability studies and gap analyses.
• Apply an agile approach to software development consistent with the Sponsor's project management and software development frameworks.
• Maintain the cloud solutions according to SLA or requirement specifications

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

AWS

Python

Java

Typescript

Docker

Kafka

SageMaker

Unix/Linux

Terraform

RBAC/ABAC

KMS

Education

BS/BA with Sponsor experience

MS/MA with Sponsor experience

PhD with Sponsor experience

Tools

Terraform

Neo4j/Cypher

AWS services (S3 EC2 ECR)

RBAC/ABAC security controls

Job description

• Study the feasibility and vulnerability of new technical capabilities and analyze gaps
• Assess emerging and commercial off the shelf technologies in support of operational requirements and applications and perform technical trade studies to determine recommendation
• Evaluate, validate, and analyze technical development compliance with stated requirements; * Integrate, test, verify, and validate end-to-end systems
• Develop diagrams, flow charts, and other system engineering-related documentation to problem-solve, identify improvements, create standards, and facilitate cross-organizational collaboration * Translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Study capability feasibility and vulnerability studies and gap analyses
• Apply an agile approach to software development consistent with the Sponsor's project management and software development frameworks
• Maintain the cloud solutions according to SLA or requirement specifications Required Skills * Active TS/SCI security clearance with relevant polygraph.
• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA including at least 2 years of Sponsor experience; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA including at least 2 years of Sponsor experience; Minimum of 3 years with PhD including at least 2 years of Sponsor experience; an additional four years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Demonstrated experience managing AWS services including C2S, S3, EC2, Load balancers, ECR, subnets, autoscaling groups and users/groups, Lambda, MSK, SageMaker, Docker, Kafka, KMS and
• Demonstrated experience with Security controls including managing security groups, network ACLs (Role Based Access Control (RBAC) / Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC))
• Demonstrated proficiency operating in Unix/ Linux-based OS
• Experience writing and testing Python, Java, Typescript
• Experience implementing and operating systems with Auditing tools, Enterprise Application Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) solution (OAuth), role-based access controls (RBAC) Desired Skills *
• Agile
• JAVA, PHP apps in Windows
• HTML and Bash Scripting
• Cypher query language or Neo4j
• Database administration
• Terraform
• Stand up and maintain stand-alone server for LLM training