Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Peraton•Chantilly, VA

1d•$135,000 - $216,000•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Systems Engineer for its Chantilly, Virginia office to support a Department of War customer on an infrastructure-as-a-service team. The role contributes to the design, development, testing, and deployment of a complex system in an Agile environment. The engineer works with the customer and stakeholders across the system lifecycle, helping build and operate mission-critical, highly available, high-performance networked systems and supporting a sophisticated ground system architecture.

Requirements

Possess a minimum of Top Secret clearance, with the ability to obtain TS/SCI, and maintain the clearance.
Have an associate degree and 10 or more years of systems-engineering-related experience; or a bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field and 8 or more years of relevant experience; or a master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field and 6 or more years of relevant experience. Four years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.
Meet DoD 8140 foundational requirements for a System Developer at advanced proficiency.
Demonstrate high proficiency with Linux- and Windows-based operating systems, including core concepts, building and configuring systems from scratch, troubleshooting, and using automation tools where possible.
Demonstrate high proficiency installing, configuring, and deploying services from scratch, including security, certificate, and authentication settings that follow industry best practices.
Demonstrate high proficiency creating, modifying, and troubleshooting Ansible playbooks for system configuration and sustainment, such as patching.
Demonstrate high proficiency using scripting languages such as Ansible, Bash, or Python to automate tasks such as package installation and configuration across physical or virtual hosts.
Have experience using Git for collaboration, configuration-management tracking, and facilitating code reviews.
Have experience creating and updating process documentation for infrastructure deployments, application installation, and system sustainment.
Have direct experience integrating hosts or applications with an Identity and Access Management system such as Active Directory, FreeIPA, or similar systems, including deploying PKI infrastructure and troubleshooting PKI issues.
Have direct experience with RHEL 9.x or later, including building systems from bare metal, installing and updating software packages, configuring operating systems, and troubleshooting applications.
Have direct experience troubleshooting application- and system-level issues caused by PKI configuration, networking, firewalls, or similar operating-system and infrastructure layers.
Demonstrate high proficiency using automation tools for security hardening, including vulnerability patching and configuration changes; configuring and troubleshooting SELinux; and diagnosing system or application issues caused by hardening changes.
Demonstrate proficiency with multiple Red Hat tools, including Red Hat OpenStack (RHOSP), Red Hat OpenShift (RHOCP), Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (RHOSO), and Red Hat Satellite, or similar technologies.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on Kubernetes experience troubleshooting containerized workloads, investigating node issues, and deploying or upgrading solutions using YAML manifests, Helm, or GitOps CD.
Experience deploying, configuring, and managing databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL, including backups and high-availability patterns.
Experience deploying, configuring, and managing multi-factor authentication technologies such as ADFS, Keycloak, or Okta, and SAML or OIDC.
Experience implementing and using system-monitoring tools for log aggregation (such as Splunk or Elasticsearch), infrastructure telemetry (such as Sensu or Prometheus), and visualization (such as Grafana or Kibana).
Experience engineering infrastructure solutions to maximize uptime, reduce repetitive tasks, and mitigate human error.
Experience with out-of-band technologies for remote-resource management, such as iDRAC, iLO, or IPMI.
Ability to communicate confidently, concisely, and accurately in writing and orally.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with management, customers, and DoD tenants.
Attention to detail, ability to multitask, and ability to work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

Work with the DoW customer and stakeholders during development, integration and testing, deployment, and operations across the system lifecycle.
Build and deploy cloud instances and applications using automation tools to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
Develop, deploy, and maintain Ansible playbooks for rapid installation and system patching across large-scale environments.
Create systems engineering documentation, including operational concepts, requirements, specifications, interface control documents, and validation and verification plans.
Plan and design expansion of infrastructure resources to meet program needs.
Support ground-system trade studies.