Cloud Engineer; Ts​/Sci Cleartance

• Springfield, VA
• Information Technology

North Hill Technology Resources has a need for a
Cloud Engineer
to support a Federal Program in
Springfield, VA
.This is a direct-hire role with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator.

Experience with Cross-Domain Solutions is strongly desired.
An active TS/SCI Clearance is required
, will sponsor for CI Polygraph within first year.

Cloud Engineer

In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers’ operations. As a Cloud Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services.

• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools to automate and optimize service deployments within development, test, and production systems
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation along with maintaining documentation and ensuring continuity of recurring tasks
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
• Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
• On-call support will be required

• AWS serverless infrastructure components
• Willing to learn cross-domain services available at NGA
• A working understanding of Type Script, JavaScript, Python, Bash
• Multi-platform integration (connecting processes and services between AWS, Git Lab, Open Shift, Nexus, Self Service)
• Git Lab CI/CD pipelines, typically centered around deploying or updating applications/services in Open Shift or AWS
• Strong understanding of Dev Sec Ops  and software/application development processes
• Understanding of Git Lab or other Dev Sec Ops /Continuous Integration tools
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design

• Background as a system administrator
• Cross Domain engineering
• AWS Diode
• Security+ Certification
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
• Experience using Jira and Confluence
• Strong written and oral communication
• Customer engagement