Cloud Engineer-Cloud Platforms

ARA•Raleigh, NC

116d•Onsite

About The Position

You will be working on a team that is building a cloud-based development environment. You will work with a multi-disciplinary collaborative team of hardware, software engineers and security specialists to design and implement a secure cloud-based software development and maintenance environment. You will be part of our employee-owned international research and engineering company. ARA is recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences, and you will be on this team.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship (No exceptions; green card holders are not eligible).
Eligible to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance.
BS degree with 5-7 years of relevant experience or MS degree with 3-5 years of relevant experience.
Successfully obtain DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (Security+, CCNA-Security, etc.) within 60 days of hire.
Good oral & written communication skills
Excel as a team player and strive to maximize team & department performance
Willing to work on-site, daily, at our Raleigh, NC location

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure or other cloud platforms
Proficiency in programming languages like: C++, Java, Go or Python
Familiarity with containerization technologies like: Kubernetes, Helm, Amazon ECS/EKS or OpenShift
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools such as: Jenkins, GitLab or Argo
Knowledge of infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack)
Basic knowledge of monitoring tools similar to: AWS CloudWatch, Splunk, Prometheus or Grafana

Responsibilities

Design and implement a secure cloud-based software development and maintenance environment.
Work with a multi-disciplinary collaborative team of hardware, software engineers and security specialists.