Cloud Engineer
Onsite | St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA | 5 Days a Week
Active TS/SCI Clearance Required
Summary
Our client is an employee and Service-Disabled, Veteran-owned Small Business focused on providing niche technical services. They are a team of experienced cybersecurity professionals with a track record of success in the Federal, Commercial, and Academic workspaces. Additionally, our client designs, builds, operates, and secures scalable cloud and IT infrastructures to meet their customers’ near-term needs and fulfill their long-term requirements.
Responsibilities
Our client is looking for a Cloud Engineer to join their growing team! As a Cloud Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure while ensuring secure and efficient system operations. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and leverage cutting-edge technologies to enhance mission success.
- Support data collection from a complex server and network infrastructure and user base
- Design and define system architecture for new or existing computer systems
- Apply problem-solving techniques such as root cause analysis to resolve issues
- Architect, build, and maintain Hadoop and other cloud infrastructures
- Perform routine equipment checks, preventative maintenance, and system hardening to DoD standards
- Develop dashboards, reports, rules, and other content for infrastructure monitoring and security initiatives
- Coordinate with security analysts, network engineers, and C&A teams to meet security requirements
- Automate tasks using shell and Perl scripting
- Collaborate with software and hardware vendors to ensure system reliability
- Maintain up-to-date documentation of system designs and configurations
- Provide guidance to security and network engineering teams
- Monitor and improve Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) processes
Requirements
- 5+ years of systems engineering experience, including Solaris, Unix, or Windows servers
- Experience with public clouds (AWS, Google, Rackspace) and private clouds (VMWare, OpenStack)
- Knowledge of IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS cloud technologies
- Experience with hypervisors such as VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, and Microsoft Hyper-V
- Familiarity with Hadoop, network technologies (MPLS, routing protocols), and infrastructure components (IPAM, DNS, DHCP)
- Strong time management skills and ability to work independently
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative team-oriented approach
- Ability to create automation scripts in shell or Perl
Education/Certification Requirements
- Bachelors Degree and 5+ years of experience or an equivalent years of education and years of experience
Preferred Requirements
- Professional certification in relevant technologies is preferred
Clearance Requirements
- Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active TS/SCI clearance is required.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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About Us
Northern Virginia-based Precision Solutions is an expert in staffing solutions for companies of any size that open the door to new opportunities and seek outstanding talent. We pride ourselves on being versatile enough to tailor our relationships to the needs of each individual client, being agile in the fast-paced marketplace, and being precise in meeting the needs of any company.
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