Mid-level Cloud Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Responsibilities Peraton is seeking a Mid-level Cloud Infrastructure Systems Engineer in our Chantilly, VA office in support of our Department of War (DoW) customer as part of a highly talented, highly motivated, and high-performing team. As part of the systems engineering team, you will support an exciting program which involves design, development, test, and deployment of an exciting and complex system in an Agile construct to contribute to mission success for a variety of stakeholders.  

Join us and be part of the next generation of innovators as we blaze a trail forward for our profession and company.

What you'll do:

Work closely with team to support DoW customer and stakeholders throughout system lifecycle in development, integration & test, deployment, and operations of a highly sophisticated ground system architecture.

Help build mission-critical, highly available, high-performance networked systems in a team-oriented environment. Build and deploy cloud instances and applications utilizing automation tools to streamline processes and improve efficiency

Develop deployment and maintenance Ansible playbooks for the purpose of automating rapid installation and system patching within multiple large-scale environments

Develop systems engineering-related documentation to include operational concept, requirements, specifications, interface control documents, and validation & verification plans.

Conduct system planning and design for expansion of these resources to meet program needs.

Support ground system related trade studies.

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

This position requires the candidate to possess a minimum of Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI. The candidate must maintain the clearance.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Technology or related field and 5+ years of experience; OR Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Technology or related field and 3+ years of experience. An additional four (4) Equivalent experience in lieu of a degree will be considered

Candidate must meet DoD 8140 foundational requirements for a System Developer work role with a proficiency of intermediate or above

High proficiency with Linux and Windows-based operating systems to include a deep, core understanding of the operating systems’ concepts and functionality, experience building and configuring systems from scratch, experience troubleshooting functionality, and performing all functions leveraging automation tooling where possible

Experience in installing, configuring, and deploying services from scratch to include configuration of security, certificate, and authentication settings following industry standard best practices

Experience creating, modifying, and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks for system configuration and system sustainment activities (e.g. patching)
Experience in the use of scripting languages such as Ansible, Bash, or Python for task automation such as package installation and configuration across an array of physical and/or virtual hosts

Experience using Git to include collaboration, configuration management tracking, and code review facilitation

Experience creating & updating process documentation to include infrastructure deployments, application installation, and system sustainment activities

Direct experience with host/application integration into an Identity and Access Management (IDAM) system such as Active Directory, FreeIPA, or other similar systems, including deploying PKI infrastructure & troubleshooting PKI related issues

Direct experience with RHEL 8.x and above (or similar Linux OS) to include building systems up from bare metal, performing software package installation and update, operating system configuration, and application troubleshooting

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