Mid-level Cloud Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Peraton•Chantilly, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a mid-level Cloud Infrastructure Systems Engineer for its Chantilly, Virginia office to support a Department of War customer. The role is part of a systems engineering team supporting the design, development, testing, and deployment of a complex system in an Agile environment. The engineer will support the system lifecycle, including development, integration and test, deployment, and operations of a sophisticated ground system architecture. The position focuses on building mission-critical, highly available, high-performance networked systems and automating cloud infrastructure deployment and maintenance. The successful candidate will also contribute to system planning, design, trade studies, and engineering documentation. A minimum Top Secret clearance is required, with the ability to obtain TS/SCI and maintain the clearance.

Requirements

Possess a minimum Top Secret clearance, with the ability to obtain TS/SCI, and maintain the clearance.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Technology, or a related field and 5+ years of experience; or a master’s degree in one of these fields and 3+ years of experience. An additional four years of equivalent experience in lieu of a degree will be considered.
Meet DoD 8140 foundational requirements for a System Developer work role at intermediate proficiency or above.
High proficiency with Linux and Windows operating systems, including core operating-system concepts, building and configuring systems from scratch, troubleshooting functionality, and using automation tools where possible.
Experience installing, configuring, and deploying services from scratch, including security, certificate, and authentication settings following industry-standard best practices.
Experience creating, modifying, and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks for system configuration and sustainment activities such as patching.
Experience using scripting languages such as Ansible, Bash, or Python to automate tasks such as package installation and configuration across physical or virtual hosts.
Experience using Git for collaboration, configuration management tracking, and code review facilitation.
Experience creating and updating process documentation for infrastructure deployments, application installation, and system sustainment activities.
Direct experience integrating hosts or applications with an Identity and Access Management system such as Active Directory, FreeIPA, or similar systems, including deploying PKI infrastructure and troubleshooting PKI issues.
Direct experience with RHEL 8.x or above, or a similar Linux operating system, including building systems from bare metal, installing and updating software packages, configuring the operating system, and troubleshooting applications.
Direct experience troubleshooting application- and system-level issues caused by PKI configuration, networking, firewalls, or similar operating-system and infrastructure layers.
Proficiency using automation tools for security hardening, including vulnerability patching and configuration changes; configuring and troubleshooting SELinux; and debugging or troubleshooting functionality affected by hardening changes.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including troubleshooting containerized workloads, investigating node-related issues, and deploying or upgrading solutions using YAML manifests, Helm, or GitOps CD.
Proficiency with multiple Red Hat tools, including Red Hat OpenStack (RHOSP), Red Hat OpenShift (RHOCP), Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO), and Red Hat Satellite, or similar technologies.
Experience deploying, configuring, and managing databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including backups and high-availability patterns.
Experience deploying, configuring, and managing multifactor authentication technologies such as ADFS, Keycloak, or Okta, and SAML or OIDC.
Experience implementing and using monitoring tools for log aggregation (Splunk, Elasticsearch), infrastructure telemetry (Sensu, Prometheus), and visualization (Grafana, Kibana).
Experience engineering infrastructure solutions to maximize uptime, reduce repetitive tasks, and mitigate human error.
Experience with out-of-band technologies for managing remote resources, such as iDRAC, iLO, or IPMI.
Ability to communicate confidently, concisely, and accurately in writing and orally.
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate effectively with management, the customer, and DoD tenants.
Detail-oriented, able to multitask, and able to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

Support the customer and stakeholders throughout the system lifecycle, including development, integration and test, deployment, and operations of a ground system architecture.
Build and support mission-critical, highly available, high-performance networked systems in a team-oriented environment.
Build and deploy cloud instances and applications using automation tools to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
Develop Ansible playbooks to automate rapid installation and system patching across multiple large-scale environments.
Develop systems engineering documentation, including operational concepts, requirements, specifications, interface control documents, and validation and verification plans.
Plan and design system expansions to meet program needs.
Support ground-system-related trade studies.