Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer

Are you an experienced Cloud Engineer looking for your next challenge? Your search ends here! Join our team and make a difference in the world of training systems and cybersecurity.

• Support the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of complex information systems, virtual devices, containerized devices and physical devices in traditional and hyper-converged architectures.
• Responsible for high-level, day-to-day operational maintenance, support, and upgrades for complex operating systems, workstations and servers.
• Coordinates, directs and performs complex software installations and upgrades to operating systems and layered software packages. Schedules installations and upgrades and maintains them in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
• Continually monitors and tunes multiple systems to achieve optimum performance levels.
• Ensures workstation/server data integrity by evaluating, implementing, and managing appropriate software and hardware solutions of varying complexities.
• Ensures data/media recoverability by developing and implementing a schedule of system backups and database archive operations.
• Develops, implements and promotes standard operating procedures and schedules.
• Conducts audits of systems to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
• Support the design, documentation, and implementation of enhancements to the system, ensuring that application software, cybersecurity, and operational use cases are fully accounted for.
• Ensure maximum system uptime and rapidly respond to system failures.
• Quickly diagnoses operational, performance, or other issues and leads the implementation of resolutions.
• Proven experience in network administration and account management.
• Strong understanding of user account management processes and access control protocols.
• Design and deploy infrastructure:
  Assist in the design and implementation of cloud solutions on platforms like AWS
  , Azure
  , or GCP within the Cloud One service provider.
• Automate workflows:
  Develop and maintain automation scripts and IaC templates using tools like Terraform, Cloud Formation, or Ansible to streamline the provisioning and management of cloud resources.
• Manage CI/CD:
  Support and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Git Lab CI, or AWS Code Pipeline.
• Monitor and troubleshoot:
  Proactively monitor the health, performance, and cost of cloud resources using tools like Cloud Watch, Prometheus, or Grafana. Respond to and resolve incidents related to cloud infrastructure.
• Ensure security and compliance:
  Implement and maintain security best practices, access controls (IAM), and governance policies within the cloud environment.
• Collaborate and mentor:
  Work with other engineers and stakeholders to define requirements and deliver solutions. Help mentor more junior team members.

• Bachelor’s Degree with 4+ years of experience or a Master’s Degree with 2+ years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain at least a Secret clearance during your employment.
• Active Security+ CE.
• Experience migrating to, designing and Administering in a Cloud One, ECMA, DON Neptune or JWCC managed environment.
• Relevant cloud certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, Microsoft Certified:
  Azure Administrator Associate, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Engineer.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like the ELK Stack, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Prior experience with database administration in a cloud environment.
• Experience Splunk, Security Technical implementation Guides (STIGs), Power Shell, and Group Policies.
• Experience with Linux.
• Experience maintaining and configuring local area networks (LAN) and wide area networks (WAN).
• Experience with Enterprise Virtualization (VMWare, Proxmox).
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions.
• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR, NIST) affecting account management practices.
• Experience with Active Directory, LDAP, or similar directory services.
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