DevOps Cloud Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology • McLean, VA

1d • $138,063 - $186,791 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a senior level cloud engineer capable of working with a software development team to provide enterprise system support. Successful candidate will be expected to provide cloud service expertise in one or more of these areas: Java application integration, java enterprise services and experience with the CI/CD pipeline and DEVOPS on the customer network within the AWS Platform. At the expert level the candidate should have extensive experience or training in cloud engineering and is capable not only of delivering capabilities tied to cloud engineering but also capable of passing their knowledge on to others.

Requirements

• 8+ years of related experience.
• Experience with front end technologies like Single Page Applications (Vue, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML, Python), Responsive Design.
• Experience with back end technologies like Microservices, REST, Node.js, JVM (Java - Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, etc.), Database (Postgres, MySQL, etc.).
• Experience with build tools like maven, gradle, git, tactical and strategic improvements to large scale Java/J2EE/ products.
• Experience analyzing customer requirements and providing technical expertise on cloud cluster computing techniques and technologies.
• Experience gathering customer/user/product owner requirements and working with application architects and product owners.
• Experience building and designing web services in the cloud, along with implementing geographically redundant services.
• Evaluate cloud strategy and program architecture.
• Experience selecting appropriate cloud services to design and deploy an application based on given requirements.
• Experience creating functional design specifications, architectures, and providing support for other cloud project deliverables.
• Experience developing and maintaining high visibility cloud-based IT systems.
• Experience deploying, managing, operating, and debugging cloud deployments as needed in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
• Experience providing support for development in or transition to the cloud, implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems.
• Experience managing cloud/system infrastructure and any process related to these systems.
• Experience providing support to IT systems including: day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all client issues.
• Experience offering recommendations with respect to cloud migrations, and preparing technical implementation roadmaps for cloud adoption.
• Experience creating and configuring virtual private clouds (VPCs).
• Experience creating EC2 instances. public and private subnets and auto scaling groups.
• Experience configuring load balancers, security groups.
• Experience creating users and groups in cloud environments and evaluating systems and making recommendations to increase availability and efficiency.
• Experience with code deployed in cloud environments and the unique services and constructs that are needed for software and systems hosted on cloud platforms.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• US Citizenship Required.
• Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Currently Possess.
• Top Secret SCI + Polygraph Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain.

Nice To Haves

• Documented Experience with DevOps/Platforms: Amazon Web Services (S3, RDS, EC2, ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, CloudFormation,etc.).
• Demonstrated experience with developing and deploying in Ruby/Ruby on Rails.
• CI/CD: Jenkins, Artifactory, Docker, Kubernetes, GOTS Nitro, Platforma.
• Excellent knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle), SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate).
• Excellent skills in DB Schema design and SQL development.

Responsibilities

• Provide cloud service expertise in areas such as Java application integration, Java enterprise services, and CI/CD pipeline and DevOps on the AWS Platform.
• Deliver capabilities tied to cloud engineering and pass knowledge on to others.
• Analyze customer requirements and provide technical expertise on cloud cluster computing techniques and technologies.
• Gather customer/user/product owner requirements and work with application architects and product owners.
• Build and design web services in the cloud, along with implementing geographically redundant services.
• Evaluate cloud strategy and program architecture.
• Select appropriate cloud services to design and deploy an application based on given requirements.
• Create functional design specifications, architectures, and provide support for other cloud project deliverables.
• Develop and maintain high visibility cloud-based IT systems.
• Deploy, manage, operate, and debug cloud deployments as needed in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
• Provide support for development in or transition to the cloud, implementation, troubleshooting and maintenance of IT systems.
• Manage cloud/system infrastructure and any process related to these systems.
• Provide support to IT systems including: day-to-day operations, monitoring and problem resolution for all client issues.
• Offer recommendations with respect to cloud migrations, and prepare technical implementation roadmaps for cloud adoption.
• Create and configure virtual private clouds (VPCs).
• Create EC2 instances, public and private subnets and auto scaling groups.
• Configure load balancers and security groups.
• Create users and groups in cloud environments and evaluate systems and make recommendations to increase availability and efficiency.
• Work with code deployed in cloud environments and the unique services and constructs that are needed for software and systems hosted on cloud platforms.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Collaborate effectively across teams.

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental plan options.
• Vision plan.
• 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability benefits.
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior