Cloud Engineer Sr

Grvty • Springfield, VA

7d

About The Position

The Senior Cloud Engineer joins the Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team to provide high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions. The role delivers distributed and managed services by automating the installation, configuration, and maintenance of platform services. The engineer improves cloud operations and customer efficiency while maintaining secure, reliable services across development, test, and production environments. On-call support is required.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship, an active TS/SCI clearance, and the ability to obtain a CI polygraph.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience.
• Understanding of AWS serverless infrastructure components.
• Willingness to learn cross-domain services available at the customer agency.
• Working understanding of TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, and Bash.
• Experience with multi-platform integration connecting processes and services between AWS, GitLab, OpenShift, Nexus, and Self Service.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines, typically for deploying or updating applications and services in OpenShift or AWS.
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and software and application development processes.
• Understanding of GitLab or other DevSecOps and continuous integration tools.
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, and virtual and physical infrastructure design.

Nice To Haves

• Background as a system administrator.
• Cross-domain engineering experience.
• AWS Diode.
• Security+ certification.
• Understanding of access management and security groups, such as IAM, S3 buckets, SSH, and VPN.
• Ability to write and use unit and functional tests.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Customer engagement experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve build and deployment processes with CI/CD tools to automate and optimize service deployments in development, test, and production systems.
• Integrate services with enterprise authentication services.
• Maintain and improve infrastructure, including building autoscaling capabilities, supporting new services, and optimizing cost efficiencies, authentication, and search.
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system-related incidents.
• Monitor and analyze system performance, including server load and resource usage.
• Apply configuration management practices to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation, and ensure continuity of recurring tasks.
• Enforce security and reliability best practices and drive initiatives such as access control and vulnerability testing.
• Work with A&A teams to maintain system operational security requirements.
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions and validate their completion.
• Participate in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings.
• Provide on-call support.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage, including medical, dental, and vision.
• Health Savings Account with company contribution.
• Annual paid time off and paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Award programs.
• Company-sponsored events.
• Opportunities for professional growth and continued education.

What This Job Offers

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