Overview

At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business—a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website: www.criterion-sys.com. Criterion Systems is a Military/Veteran Friendly Company therefore we encourage Veterans to apply.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a mission-focused Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support and contribute to our government customer’s success in Denver, Colorado!

***ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED***

This position is on a program that develops and operates Geospatial Intelligence analysis software. The team builds and maintains a robust platform enabling users to address challenging problems by converting disparate data into actionable information. They work directly with operational users to design, develop, and maintain capabilities that empower analysts to create actionable intelligence from the massive volumes of Geospatial Intelligence data to give our intel and combat organizations the decision advantage over our near-peer opponents.

As a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer/Systems Administrator, you will be working closely with Release Trains, Agile Teams, Security, and the rest of the System Team by providing and maintaining the environments needed to develop and fielding advanced intelligence capabilities. This includes configuration management of hardware and software environment, supporting the desktop development environment, providing cloud solutions, implementing infrastructure as code, and asset management and procurement. 

Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities

• Build and maintain infrastructure as code for cloud-based services
• Provide cloud based architectural guidance
• Provide disaster recovery design and implementation
• Procure, build and maintain configuration management for on-prem hardware
• Procure, install, and manage software licenses
• Assist in establishment, maintenance and troubleshooting of cloud-based and on-prem networking
• Automate development and operations processes to ensure reliability and repeatability
• Provide and maintain standard operating systems environments

Qualifications

Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• An active TS/SCI security clearance, preferably with CI polygraph
• Seven (7) years of related experience
• Experience deploying and maintaining Elastic clusters for data and logs
• Experience with container management/orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, RKE2) and/or Platform as a Service (e.g., Openshift)
• Experience with Helm Charts (Helm), Kustomize and/or updating K8s manifests
• Strong grasp of Linux
• Demonstrated experience with infrastructure as code concepts
• Experience managing unclassified and classified development environments including workstations, servers, and GPU assets
• Understanding of network configuration in cloud and on-prem environments
• Information Assurance/DoD 8570 certification IAT Level II or higher
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication skills

Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Administrator Developer (CKAD)
• AWS Certification – SysOps, DevOps, or Solutions Architect Asc
• Familiarity with AWS Infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, ElastiCache, Route 53, IAM, CloudFront, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar IaC technology
• Experience with GitOps Practices and Tools (e.g. ArgoCD)
• Experience procuring equipment for government contracts
• Experience managing hybrid on-prem / cloud operating environments
• Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes in air-gap (classified) environments to include Amazon SC2S or C2S
• Demonstrated experience in Kubernetes based application hardening or cybersecurity best practices

Security Clearance Level

• TS/SCI with an adjudicated CI polygraph or ability to obtain a CI polygraph

Certification

• Security certification or obtained within the first three (3) months of employment

Work Schedule

• Full-time on-site at a designated facility Monday-Friday

Pay Rate

• The projected compensation range for this position is $135,000 - $210,000. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Criterion Systems considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. 

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

Criterion Systems, LLC. and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels of our organization. We believe in treating all applicants and employees fairly and make employment decisions without regard to any individual’s protected status: race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital/parental status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), age, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://careers-criterion-sys.icims.com/.