Intermediate Cloud Engineer

LaunchTech•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

LaunchTech is seeking an Intermediate Cloud Engineer to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) on the Integrated Research and Development for Enterprise Solutions (IRES) contract. In this role, you will engineer, manage, and support cloud infrastructure solutions while integrating cloud environments with enterprise IT systems. You will help design standardized, secure, and scalable services that enable mission systems to operate across cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments while ensuring reliability, performance, and operational readiness.

Requirements

Must have 12 or more years of general (full-time) work experience
Experience may be reduced with completion of advanced education
Must have 6 or more years of directly related experience in cloud or on-premise infrastructure engineering and support
Must have 1 or more years of experience in a management or leadership role
Must have a current DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (e.g., Security+ CE)
Must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platforms such as AWS, Azure, SoftLayer, or OpenStack
Experience with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environments
Understanding of Mission Landing Zones (MLZ)
Experience with Cross Domain Solutions (CDS)
Experience with configuration management and automation tools
Familiarity with source control platforms such as GitHub or Bitbucket
Basic understanding of containerization and container orchestration platforms including Docker, rkt, Mesos, or Kubernetes
Experience managing enterprise compute, networking, and storage platforms
Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools such as Cameo
Experience managing enterprise application platforms including application runtimes, integration middleware, and relational databases
Possession of a current IASE Level II certification

Responsibilities

Engineer, manage, and support cloud infrastructure platforms and services
Support cloud infrastructure components including compute, networking, and storage
Work with application workloads within Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services environments
Integrate cloud infrastructure and networking environments with existing enterprise data center and corporate infrastructure
Use Cameo or other Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools to analyze requirements and support system design using industry modeling languages such as UML, SysML, AUTOSAR, DoDAF, MODAF, and UPDM
Validate functionality early in development and automate the delivery of structured engineering products
Prototype, simulate, and execute design concepts for early validation of cloud architectures
Design standardized and reusable services that enable development and mission customers to meet requirements for speed, resiliency, performance, repeatability, and security
Engineer, implement, and continuously improve reusable services delivered by the cloud services team
Develop and maintain templates, images, and reusable artifacts that allow customers to consume standardized services
Ensure all services and artifacts remain available, secure, and continuously improved throughout their lifecycle
Address service issues impacting development and mission customers
Support operational requests and communicate level of effort, task progress, and service status to cloud leadership teams