Cloud Operations Engineer - Senior (#2082)

COMPASS•Saint Louis, MO

About The Position

Compass seeks a motivated Cloud Operations Engineer to provide operational services to the Intelligence Community, the Department of War, and Federal communities. This position supports mission-critical and mission-essential activities and is contingent upon government action. It is located in St. Louis, Missouri, and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance. The engineer maintains cloud-based systems across multiple AWS environments, including EC2 servers, RDS, S3 storage, networking equipment, and other AWS components. The role covers an HTML web-based front end and an AWS Aurora database, including Information System Security responsibilities. The engineer uses scripting and the AWS Command Line Interface, advises Government leadership on IT topics, and presents metrics to Government customers to support mission continuity. Strong verbal communication and technical writing skills are required. The engineer serves as a cloud subject matter expert to MC&G PEO staff and teams; administers cloud architecture, deployments, and operations across related programs and initiatives; and supports planning and coordination of migrations between cloud environments. The position also includes maintaining Linux web servers, MySQL databases and HTML dashboard pages; managing Atlassian product data transfers; providing ISSO support; supporting accreditation and Authorization to Operate activities; investigating outages; and producing guidance, standards, procedures, briefings, and other required artifacts and reports. Compass offers professional IT certification training opportunities and assistance.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience working with the National System for Geospatial Intelligence community and its functions, including understanding management processes and communicating across organizational levels.
At least 2 years of experience deploying and managing systems or services within Amazon Web Services.
At least 2 years of experience identifying and documenting IT requirements and coordinating with cloud providers to address them.
At least 2 years of experience implementing, configuring, or managing IT development pipelines and automated deployment processes.
At least 1 year of experience as an ISSO for IT systems in an Intelligence Community environment.
Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Strong scripting experience and experience using AWS Command Line Interface.
Strong verbal communication and technical writing skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with other Intelligence Community cloud environments provided by Microsoft, Google, and Oracle.
Experience with DevSecOps tools such as GitLab CI/CD, GitLab SAST, Kong API Management, Docker, OpenShift, Nexus, and Harbor.
Experience working in a classified cloud environment.
ISSO experience in an Intelligence Community environment.

Responsibilities

Advise MC&G PEO management staff, program managers, and team members as a cloud subject matter expert on cloud engineering, cloud systems management, and security practices.
Administer MC&G Mission Domain cloud architecture, deployments, and operations across related programs, projects, pilots, and initiatives.
Work with the MC&G PEO Team to plan and manage migrations or transitions to, from, and between cloud environments.
Coordinate cloud activities between MC&G PEO and other organizations to align with NGA strategies, standards, and practices.
Maintain awareness of cloud services, solutions, emerging technologies, infrastructure, and approved offerings available to NGA.
Produce and manage artifacts, specifications, and requirements as needed by MC&G PEO.
Guide program managers, engineers, and contractors in establishing cloud resources such as VPCs, EC2 instances, and RDS services.
Work with the business office, program manager, and product owners to establish development, test, and operational budgets for MC&G projects.
Maintain Linux web servers and facilitate deployment of servers into AWS environments.
Provide ISSO support to MC&G systems.
Manage and maintain transfers of Atlassian product data between multiple sites.
Manage MySQL databases, keep data up to date, and provide updates when necessary.
Update HTML-based web pages used for MC&G dashboard data management.
Produce and manage MC&G Mission Domain IT guidance, standards, and procedures.
Support IC IT system accreditation in DoD environments.
Support MC&G Mission Domain outage investigations and resolutions.
Provide briefings, briefing materials, and other reporting as required by MC&G PEO.
Work with MC&G PEO Security to obtain and maintain Authorization to Operate and ensure vulnerabilities are addressed.
Engage with and advise Government leadership on IT topics and present metrics to Government customers in varied formats.