Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer Security Clearance

Position: Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance
Looking for a career where hard work is valued, and your ideas and feedback are part of the way we operate daily? Want to bring your skills to a company that encourages teamwork and champions continued education and process improvement? Atlas Tech, a veteran-owned IT company serving multiple DoD customers in support of America's warfighters, is seeking a passionate, flexible, committed team player to join our group of highly motivated professionals.

If you are comfortable in fast paced environments, can think on your feet, and excel in team-based collaborative efforts, then this may be the right fit for you. Atlas Tech is seeking a Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer for an effort to provide systems engineering and integration of Naval software systems. This is an on-site role based in North Charleston, SC, with flexibility to telework 2 days out of the week.

You Will:
* Be responsible for cloud infrastructure, automating and streamlining operations, and building and maintaining tools for deployment
* Develop automated deployment pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code templates
* Build solutions to automate cloud operations tasks including monitoring, scaling, backup, and disaster recovery
* Provide expertise in cloud architecture and modern infrastructure practices
* Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code
* Design and optimize cloud architectures to improve performance, cost-efficiency, security, and scalability
* Provide recommendations for cloud best practices and process improvements
* Contribute to team objectives and support cloud migration initiatives
* Design and implement cloud monitoring and management solutions
* Prepare technical documentation and present architecture proposals to engineering teams
* Deploy and test cloud infrastructure in development environments as part of CI/CD processes
* Research new technologies to support enterprise automation solutions for large DoD Systems
* Investigate and resolve complex issues that span multiple applications/technologies and require involvement from technical personnel across multiple groups
* Verify documentation is easy to understand for both internal and external teams with varying skillsets and expertise
* Provide feedback on internal processes and recommendations for improvement
* Decompose tasks and provide status updates You Have:
* US Citizenship
* Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level Security Clearance or you're able to obtain an interim security clearance prior to hire date.
* DoD  Certifications to be qualified as an Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II
* 3+ years of technical experience with Azure, AWS or GCP
* Experience in a DEVOPS role or similar overseeing complex IT infrastructure
* Experience with Ansible, automation platform
* Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Cloud Formation, ARM templates)
* Ability to design, deploy, and manage multi-tier cloud applications and services
* Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
* Working knowledge and experience with Agile framework and Scrum
* Understanding of cloud networking, security, and cost optimization principles
* Strong documentation and oral communication skills to clearly communicate with all levels of users, engineers, managers, and organizations
* Ability to work with others in a highly collaborative environment
* Self-Motivated, strong work ethic and commitment to quality
* Ability to multi-task and balance multiple goals and priorities We'd Be Impressed If You Had:
* Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science
* 5+ years of experience in a cloud engineering role
* Demonstrated experience with:
* CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Git Lab CI, Microsoft Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions)
* Configuration management and automation platforms (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
* Programming/scripting languages (Bash/Python/HTML/etc)
* Git, Git Lab, Git Lab Pipelines, Artifactory, Confluence and Jira
* Integrated development environment (IDE, Visual Studio Code) for GIT management and code revision
* Cloud computing infrastructure (i.e. AWS, Microsoft Azure, Red Hat Open Shift)
* Monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
* Microservices architecture and serverless computing
* Database administration in cloud environments
* Security best practices and compliance frameworks
* Cost optimization and Fin Ops practices

* Certifications:

* Developer-level Scrum certification, e.g. Professional Scrum Developer (PSD) or Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)
* Microsoft Azure Administrator
* Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
* CISSP, SANS, ITIL Want to hear more? Read on to see what our Team Members say about their experience: 'To me, the best part about working at Atlas is the level of transparency afforded to everyone in the company. I've had plenty of jobs where I knew what I was doing, but at Atlas there is a concerted effort to make sure we also understand why, and how our role…