CloudOps Engineer

Personnel Decisions Research Institutes LLCChantilly, VA
Hybrid

About The Position

PDRI’s IT Services Division is seeking a talented, motivated Cloud Operations Engineer to join our IT Services department. This individual will be responsible for designing, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining secure cloud solutions in AWS. Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in the IT field. Requires advanced knowledge of AWS and Linux administration.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 5+ years of experience with system administration of RPM-based Linux distributions (Amazon Linux, RHEL, CentOS, etc.)
  • 3+ years of automation experience with AWS cloud services (VPC, EC2, S3, CloudFormation, etc)
  • Experience with fully automated infrastructure, system, and application deployment with technologies like CloudFormation or Terraform
  • Experience with shell scripting
  • Experience with government and industry security standards (CIS, STIG, or NIST 800-53) and remediating issues identified during security audits
  • Experience with version control and CI/CD pipeline tools
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance

Nice To Haves

  • Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, DevOps Engineer – Professional, or Security – Specialty
  • Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience with Ansible
  • Experience with SELinux

Responsibilities

  • Configuration as code for infrastructure, system configuration, and application deployments
  • Design and deploy cloud solutions on AWS
  • Automate operations and maintenance activities
  • Review security scan reports and address findings
  • Apply patches, upgrades, and application deployments
  • Monitor application availability and aide in resolving operational issues
  • Other duties as assigned

Benefits

  • competitive salary
  • generous profit sharing
  • bonus programs
  • flexible work environment
  • opportunities to grow and advance in your career
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