Cloud Engineer

SAIC•Scott AFB, IL

16d•Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support an IT Service Management effort for USTRANSCOM located at Scott Air Force Base (AFB) in Illinois. The USTC Managed Information Technology Services (MITS) contract is intended to provide strategic, technical, and program management guidance and support services to facilitate the operations and modernization of the combatant command’s infrastructure, systems, and applications. This support will be provided to the USTC Command, Control, Communications & Cyber Systems Directorate (TCJ6). The successful candidate initiates, supervises, and/or develops requirements from a project’s inception to conclusion for complex to extremely complex programs; Provides strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to program and project staff; Provides detailed analysis, evaluation and recommendations for improvements, optimization development, and/or maintenance efforts for client-specific or mission critical challenges/issues; Consults with client to define needs or problems, supervises studies and leads surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions. In this role the candidate will not be writing frontend or backend web applications; instead, will own the foundational AWS ecosystem where the web pages live.

Requirements

BS/BA + Ten (10) years or more experience
Active DoD Secret Clearance
AWS Cloud Engineer Certification with experience as AWS Cloud Engineer
Must have at least one of these IAT Level II certifications: Security+, CECCNA-Security, CySA+ , GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP.
Computing Environment (CE) certification or certificate for the technical area of responsibility for Cloud or virtualization (e.g., Azure, AWS, oracle, IBM, etc.) with a preference in Azure.
Experience with Redhat Enterprise Linux 8/9 command line administration.
Experience designing, building, and managing cloud-based applications and services using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Proficient knowledge of Redhat Enterprise Linux operating system and command line administration.
In-depth understanding of Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR).
Experience preparing technical documentation.
Configuration and change management experience working directly with/for a government customer.
Basic proficiency in a major content management system with experience in admin functions such as permissions, configurations, patches/upgrades, and backups in cloud-based platforms.

Nice To Haves

MA/MS
15 or more years of experience
Experience with Terraform
Experience with Javascript/Node.js
Experience with ECS Fargate
Experience with Gitlab pipelines, Gitlab CI
Experience with AWS RDS Postgres Database
Experience with AWS monitoring and alerting tools, CloudTrail, and CloudWatch
Demonstrated knowledge in creating and executing CI/CD pipelines
Basic experience with a major CMS
Experience with React/Next.js
Proficiency in web technologies such as HTML and CSS
Redhat Enterprise Linux 8/9 administration

Responsibilities

Architecture and implement AWS GovCloud and maintain resilient hosting environments for web assets using ECS Fargate/EKS/containers
The AWS Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining scalable and secure website infrastructure in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud Region.
Emphasize Cloud security, compliance, and resiliency
Migrate and refactor web infrastructure into containers
Manage static and dynamic hosting architectures
Proven experience with CI/CD engineering (GitLab, Terraform)
Experience with and understanding of blue/green deployment methodology
Participate with senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives
Recommend and make decisions on administrative or project work matters and ensures effective achievement of program, project, or organizational objectives
Provide DoD-aligned documentation and governance
Proven experience with Limited Content Management System platform administration