System Engineer (Cloud)

By Light Professional IT Services LLC•Scott AFB, IL

About The Position

By Light Professional IT Services LLC is seeking a System Engineer (Cloud) to support the Managed Information Technology Service (MITS) Enterprise Support Managed Services effort for the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). This role will provide strategic, technical, and program management guidance and support services to facilitate the operations and modernization of the combatant command’s infrastructure, systems, and applications for the TCJ6 Directorate. The successful candidate will initiate, supervise, and/or develop requirements from project inception to conclusion, provide strategic advice and technical guidance, and perform detailed analysis and recommendations for improvements, optimization, development, and maintenance efforts. This position operates Monday through Friday during normal business hours but may require after-hours and weekend support during planned or emergency events.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and ten (10) years or more experience
IAT Level III certifications (CASP+ CE, CCNP Security, CISA, CISSP (or Associate), GCED, GCIH)
Computing Environment (CE) certification or certificate for the technical area of responsibility for Cloud or virtualization (e.g., Azure, AWS, oracle, IBM, etc.) with a preference in Azure.
Proven track record of work experience as a cloud architect, designing and deploying cloud solutions
Proficient knowledge of Redhat Enterprise Linux operating system and command line administration.
Expertise in next generation firewall (Palo Alto) deployment, configuration and management
In-depth understanding of, and experience as a cloud engineer with AWS, Networking, VPNs
Understanding of layer three routing protocols, emphahisis on BGP.
Experience troubleshooting end to end connectivity issues within DOD networking infrastructure
Ability to utilize a variety of tools like Git, Jenkins, Groovy, YML, and AWS security capabilities (WAF, GuardDuty, Security Groups, IAM, etc.).
General knowledge of AWS EC2, S3, System Manager, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, Lambda, IAM
Exposure to AWS Workspaces or experience deploying VDI solutions to AWS Cloud
Experience with Route 53 deployment and management within AWS GovCloud environment
Experience with Zero trust architectures
Administration of multiple networking devices, i.e. firewalls, F5 with networking configuration management tools such as Panorama, Big IQ, etc..
Experience working in a team environment with the ability to mentor junior team members
Proactively identify and resolve operational, tooling and process inefficiencies

Nice To Haves

Master's degree
15 or more years of experience
AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional Certification
ITIL V4 Foundations Certification
Experience with F5 Big-IP devices specificially the LTM and ASM modules
Experience with AWS networking and AWS Transit Gateway
Experience with Palo Alto FWs specifically managing security policy, NAT policy, and BGP routing.
Experience with Juniper and Cisco virtual cloud routers
Experience with BGP routing in a DoD environment.
Familiarty with AWS Site-to-Site Connections
Experience with Azure commercial cloud services.
Knowledge of Route53 DNS

Responsibilities

Providing technical leadership and hands-on development and implementation of commercial cloud solution architectures that modernize the way our customers architect, deploy, and use cloud technology, focusing on security, scalability, and resiliency
Planning, designing, and managing the migration, re-platforming, integration, implementation and operation of our client's complex cloud environments enabling managed shared services
Ensuring commercial cloud service offerings (CSO) adhere to DoD Cloud Computing policy/guidelines
Providing specific, detailed information for hardware and software selection, cloud service provider selection, implementation techniques, application data migration techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements
Developing and conducting testing of cloud and virtualization systems
Maintaining technical expertise relevant industry standards and in cloud computing and virtualization technologies such as cloud service provider architecture, design, and configuration; cloud deployment models including public, community, private, and hybrid; cloud service delivery models including infrastructure-, platform-, and software-as-a-service; automation; hypervisors; containers; virtual compute, storage, and networks; virtual infrastructure management; self-provisioning; and scaling
Evaluating and reporting on new cloud and virtualization technologies to enhance capabilities of cloud-based and virtualized services
May also provide systems engineering activities such as: Concept of Operations Formulation, Requirements Definition, Analysis and Engineering, System Architecting, System Analysis and Design, Interface and Data Architectures, Validation and Verification, System Integration, System Op. Performance Analysis, Lifecycle Cost Analysis Estimation, Decision Analysis and Physical Configuration Analysis (PCA)
Participating with senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives
Recommending/making decisions on administrative or project work matters and ensures effective achievement of program, project, or organizational objectives