Senior Cloud Engineer

Overview:

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will work within our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud migration, cloud optimization and cloud deployment. We are looking for candidates withexperience with cloud platform services and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and confirmation management automation.

Contributions:

Responsibilities include:

Identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the customer

Design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems

Understand the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers

Automate and improve configuration, provisioning, deployment, and release processes

Test and examine code written by others and analyze results

Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats

Identify technical problems, perform root cause analysis, and develop software updates and ‘fixes’

Work with software developers and DevSecOps engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing

Ensure efficient functioning of data storage and process functions in accordance with organizational security policies and best practices

Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues

Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members

Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided

Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members.

Qualifications:

Required:

Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance

BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience

8+ Years of Experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions

8+ Years of Experience with cloud platforms, with deep AWS expertise

8+ Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

8+ Years of Experience with systems development in an Agile environment

8+ Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration

8+ Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration

3+ Years of Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics

Must possess an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification or an AWS Associate-, Professional-, or Specialty-level certification

Preferred:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills

Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations

Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby

Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes

Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible

About steampunk:

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $130,000 to $180,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

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Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.