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CLOUD ENGINEER (TOP SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED)
/springfield, VA · Information TechnologyNorthHill Technology Resources has a need for a Cloud Engineer (AWS) to support a Federal Program in Springfield, VA. This is a direct-hire opportunity with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator. Outstanding compensation and benefits package. Due to the nature of the work, an active Top Secret Clearance is required.
HOW A CLOUD ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
The Cloud Engineer's expertise is needed to support a sophisticated enterprise exploitation environment.
What our team should strive for:
Experience with the following:
EDUCATION
Required Skills:
Desired Skills:
Location: St. Louis, MO OR Springfield, VA
HOW A CLOUD ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
The Cloud Engineer's expertise is needed to support a sophisticated enterprise exploitation environment.
What our team should strive for:
- Must be able to support data collection from a large, complex server and network infrastructure and user base
- Must possess a strong work ethic, be self-directed, and be a detail-oriented professional
- Must be willing to learn and adapt to new, cutting-edge technologies
- Must be willing to document work and participate in the customer's change procedures
- Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
- Must be a team player; willing to both share knowledge and learn from others to ensure the team's success Designs and defines system architecture for new or existing computer systems.
Experience with the following:
- Experience with public clouds such as AWS, Google, Rackspace
- Experience with private clouds such as VMWare, OpenStack
- Experience with Hadoop
- Experience as a system architect/administrator/operator in a production environment
- Knowledge of IAAS, PAAS and/or SAAS cloud technologies.
- Knowledge of network technologies (MPLS, routing protocols, forwarding), common infrastructure components (IPAM, DNS, DHCP), load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
- Experience with hypervisors such as VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-VSpecific Duties and Responsibilities
- Architect, build, maintain Hadoop, and other cloud infrastructure
- Apply Configuration Management disciplines to maintain hardware/software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
- Develop and direct the development of content for a complex and growing infrastructure. This includes use cases for Dashboards, Active Channels, Reports, Rules, Filters, Trends, and Active Lists
- Provide guidance to security analyst and network engineering staff
- Working Closely with C&A Team to maintain Security requirements for Operation of IEC systems
- Support all aspects of NCE's Security Information and Event Management initiative.
- Supporting the establishment, enhancement, and continual improvement of an integrated set of correlation rules, alerts, searches, reports, and responses.
- Coordinating and conducting event collection, log management, event management, compliance automation, and identity monitoring activities for the customer's system.
- Perform routine equipment checks and preventative maintenance
- Performing systems hardening to DoD Standards
- Maintaining up to date documentation of designs/configurations
- Create shell and perl scripts to facilitate automated tasks
- Work with other Service Providers to support areas of common interest
- Working with software and hardware vendors
- 5+ years of related systems engineering experience.
- Solaris systems engineering experience
- Cloud platforms
- Advanced knowledge of systems engineering principles, methods, and techniques.
- Knowledge of the associated hardware, software, and equipment
- Professional certification in one or more specific technologies may be required, depending on job assignment.
EDUCATION
- BS and 5+ years of experience or equivalent combination or education and years of experience
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated ability to use problem solving techniques such as root cause analysis to resolve issues.
Desired Skills:
- Strong background in Unix, Solaris, or Windows servers
- Scripting skills
Location: St. Louis, MO OR Springfield, VA