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Requisition #: 17

Job Title: Cloud Engineer I

Location: Ashburn, VA (Remote)

Clearance Level: Active CBP Suitability, DHS Suitability, Active TS

Salary Range: $83,104 - $124,656

SUMMARY

Customs Border Patrol (CBP) has a global presence with connectivity to approximately 1300 field sites as well as Other Government Agencies (OGAs) and trade partners. CBP conducts operations in 22 countries, 328 ports of entry, 129 border patrol stations within 22 sectors, and 75 AMO locations. To support its mission, CBP needs a robust, resilient, and high performing enterprise network and supporting services throughout its global footprint. The Network Services Division within the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Enterprise Infrastructure and Operations Directorate (EIOD) provides network services and oversight of the CBP enterprise network infrastructure and comprises the Network Architecture and Engineering Division (NAED) and Network Operations Division (NOD).

Working with an enterprise network architecture and engineering team supporting our Federal customer, the Cloud Engineer provides network engineering guidance into Cloud specific deployment projects and application architecture. The Cloud Engineer is responsible for the engineering, design, test, and implementation of secure and reliable network connectivity to cloud services (e.g., commercial cloud services providers (CSPs), private cloud, and hybrid cloud) leveraging the current network environment to facilitate migration of applications to the cloud. Responsible for the support of the development of the Technical Requirements Document and a Detailed Design Document (DDD) for the Cloud Connectivity Architecture, consistent with the associated Functional Requirements Document and DDD, before transitioning to Operations. Responsibility includes the support of all updates to all documents when there is change in the cloud design and/or technologies and collaborating with all stakeholders to test all cloud related systems and application migration processes to verify that the systems meet requirements and can host applications with no degradation to performance or security. This engineer is responsible for the preparation of test reports and Implementation Plans for each change impacting the cloud network environment.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Building Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI), Netbond, Direct Connect and VPN connections

Lead Migration from legacy on-prem networking to the Cloud Networking

Deploy and manage virtual servers in the Cloud

Deploy and manage containers in the Cloud

Deploy and manage elastic IPs and elastic network interfaces in the Cloud

Deploy and manage Cloud based load balancing

Research, evaluate, and recommend new cloud technologies

Provide internal consulting, technical guidance, information and support to application developers, computer operations, company management and departmental clients. Assists in internal training programs

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Certifications

Eligibility/Clearance Requirement: Must be a U.S. Citizen

Clearance Preference:

CBP Full BI - 1st priority

Any DHS badge DoD Top Secret or Secret - 2nd choice

DoD Secret or Top Secret willingness to get CBP clearance - 3rd choice (it can take 45 days to 6 months to obtain a CBP clearance – work can only begin once the clearance is fully adjudicated)

Education, Background, and Years of Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT Systems, or other related discipline. Education requirement may be substituted with an additional 4 years of relevant experience.

At least 7 years of hands-on experience in Network Design, Network Engineering, Network Operational Support and Cloud engineering experience of Medium to Large enterprise network environments.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Required Skills

Experience building Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI), Netbond, Direct Connect and VPN connections

Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public and Private Cloud

Experience with Azure Cloud

Experience with Google Cloud

Experience with Cloud Service Routers (CSRv)

Experience building Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI)

Experience migrating from legacy on-prem networking to the Cloud Networking

Experience with Cloud Identity and Access Management

Experience deploying and managing virtual servers in the Cloud

Experience deploying and managing containers in the Cloud

Experience deploying and managing elastic IPs and elastic network interfaces in the Cloud

Experience deploying and managing Cloud based load balancers

Experience with implementing audit trails

Experience with Cloud based monitoring solutions

Must be able to work with minimal supervision and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Skills

Desired certifications: AWS: Networking and/or Security Specialty, Solutions Architect Associate or Professional

WORKING CONDITIONS

Environmental Conditions

Fully Remote (Remote candidates need to be within 4 hours driving distance from NCR.)

Strength Demands

Medium – 50 lbs. Maximum lifting with frequent lift/carry up to 25 lbs.

Physical Requirements

Stand or Sit; Walk; Repetitive Motion; Use Hands / Fingers to Handle or Feel; Stoop, Kneel, Crouch, or Crawl; See; Push or Pull; Climb (stairs, ladders) or Balance (ascend / descend, work atop, traverse).

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Happy: We exhibit a positive outlook in order to create a positive environment.

Helpful: We assist each other and pull together as teammates to deliver.

Honest: We conduct our business with integrity.

Humble: We recognize that success is not achieved alone, that there is always more to learn, and that no task is below us.

Hungry: We desire to consistently improve.

Hustle: We work hard and get after it.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Agile Defense is subject to federal vaccine mandates or other customer/facility vaccination requirements as a federal contractor. As such, to protect its employees' health and safety and comply with customer requirements, Agile Defense may require employees in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements.

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