Network Operations Specialist

Augustine Consulting Inc.•Scott AFB, IL

2d•$89,000 - $138,000•Onsite

About The Position

This position is contingent upon ACI’s successful award of an associated government contract. All prospective applicants will be contacted to discuss contract timelines, the process associated with hiring for this role, and award decisions progress. ACI is a Woman-Owned Small Business professional services provider of engineering and technical services to the United States Government. We seek an experienced, Network Operations Specialist to serve as a part of the Government Programs team providing comprehensive IT service capability to support the U.S. Army Transportation Command's (ARTRANS) global C4ISR and distribution operations.

Requirements

Because this role requires a DOD security clearance, all applicants must provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
Must possess or have the ability to obtain a DOD secret Clearance.
Related degree fields include Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, Information Systems Technology, and Software Engineering.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field and five years of relevant experience.
Master's degree in a related field and no experience
Security+ certification or obtain within 90 days of employment.
Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner, or Azure Fundamentals within 90 days of employment.
2+ years’ AWS/AZURE experience in a solutions delivery or administrative role.
2+ years’ experience with cloud frameworks, services, and technologies.
Data Security and encryption techniques.
Familiar with cloud service delivery models.
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience working with stakeholders and development teams.
Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing to convey IT and cloud technologies.
Experience developing, maintaining, and contributing to technical documentation.
Ability to travel to customer locations and supporting customer engagement locations.

Nice To Haves

Native AWS experience preferred
2+ years’ experience working within a DevSecOps/DevOps environment, utilizing AWS or AZURE services, solutions, and provisioning/automating infrastructure, services, and tools in a DoD environment.
Certified Architecture Associate for AWS or AZURE.
Cloud Database Services and Architecture.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with Ansible automation.
Experience and Proficiency with SQL
Ability to work within a collaborative, geographically dispersed team in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

Work with a team of Engineers to architect and deliver AWS and AZURE solutions.
Perform migration, modernization of custom developed applications, products to an enterprise cloud environment, including product CI/CD pipelines.
Utilize proper design principles to create and model databases ensuring their efficacy.
Work with the customer to integrate PaaS cloud architectures into their existing environment and edge architectures.
Work with the Software Engineers to ensure that the architecture will meet requirements of the proposed applications.
Provide support for troubleshooting and administration.
Ensure security compliance in deployed architectures.
Conduct audits of customer current architecture solutions and recommend changes as needed to meet requirements.
Provide expertise in high availability, contingency planning, and automated provisioning.
Support and advise customer on cloud initiatives including assessment, migration and modernization.