Cloud Engineer

Integral Federal • Radford, VA

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About The Position

The Cloud Engineer supports the U.S. Army Product Lead Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Enterprise Systems and Services (PL ALTESS) commercial cloud services infrastructure. ALTESS is a managed service provider for Army and DoD IT systems and plans to offer managed cloud services in public clouds, including Microsoft Azure and AWS, as well as private clouds.

The role works with hosted customers to build their enclaves and provision cloud resources using automation tools. It also supports the cybersecurity posture of ALTESS infrastructure and hosted customer enclaves, performs daily administration through the ALTESS IT service management tool, monitors cloud resource performance and availability, and tracks cloud spending against forecasts.

Integral partners with federal defense, intelligence, and civilian leaders to address important challenges and deliver mission-focused technology solutions. Founded in 1998, Integral is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and serves clients throughout the country.

Requirements

• Experience in computer science or IT.
• CompTIA Security+ certification or equivalent information assurance certification, and a computing environment certification (for example, MCSD Azure Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience effectively managing multiple large-scale projects.
• Strong experience with IPSEC/VPN and other secure transport technologies, as well as Border Gateway Protocol.
• Proven experience migrating on-premises applications to the cloud.
• Understanding of network, storage, server, and application technologies.
• Strong knowledge of automation concepts, tools, and scripting languages such as Ansible, Terraform, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Puppet, and Chef.
• Working knowledge of code repository tools such as Git.
• Working knowledge of DoD STIGs and IA Vulnerability Management (IAVM).
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines such as Jenkins, Travis CI, or AWS Code Deploy.

Nice To Haves

• Experience automating routine administrative tasks.
• Senior IT experience in networking or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Work with hosted customers to build their enclaves and provision cloud resources using automation tools.
• Maintain the cybersecurity posture of ALTESS infrastructure and hosted customer enclaves.
• Produce STIG checklists and remediate findings on ACAS reports and other approved cybersecurity tools.
• Log data required for cybersecurity and Cybersecurity Services Provider (CSSP) compliance.
• Resolve cybersecurity findings produced by commercial cloud services and apply and monitor vendor security patches.
• Perform daily administrative tasks for ALTESS and hosted customer enclaves using incidents and changes in the ALTESS IT service management (ITSM) tool.
• Monitor performance and availability of cloud resources.
• Monitor cloud spending daily for changes to forecasted spend and alert leadership to deviations.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Immediate vesting in a 401(k)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Earned bonuses and awards
• Professional training reimbursement
• Paid parking
• Employee assistance program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed