Are you interested in working in a dynamic environment that offers opportunities for professional growth and new responsibilities by helping clients drive alignment with their business, advising through critical and complex issues, while allowing you to develop personally and professionally? Then consider a career at NS2 Mission. We have grown into an industry leading provider of technology services to the IC, DoD, and U.S. Government.

Job Description:

NS2 Mission is seeking a Cloud Engineer who will join our team in the McLean, VA area.

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience providing Operations & Maintenance (O&M) support to production systems to include troubleshooting.
• Demonstrated experience with cloud platform administration such as Amazon Web Services.
• Demonstrated experience with configuration and infrastructure management of technical components, including hardware, software, and data.
• Demonstrated experience developing and continuing improvement of automation and procedures scripts.
• Demonstrated experience in analyzing and supporting cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services.
• Demonstrated experience monitoring system performance and recommending corrective action.
• Demonstrated experience documenting cloud environment and maintaining the documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with infrastructure-as-code software such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Demonstrated experience with scripting languages such as Python.
• Demonstrated experience with Linux or Linux Administration.
• Demonstrated experience with software version control management such as GitHub.
• Demonstrated experience with application build pipelines such as Jenkins.

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience obtaining Sponsors authentication and accreditation certification for systems with highly sensitive data.
• Demonstrated experience complying with Sponsor's regulations and policies regarding systems integration with external services (such as access control or auditing), patching and maintaining current versions of software, outage reporting, accessibility requirements, internal-use software reporting, or auditing.
• Demonstrated experience using JIRA, Confluence or SharePoint.
• Demonstrated experience providing excellent customer service.
• Demonstrated experience briefing technical topics to a non-technical audience.
• Demonstrated experience operating within the life cycle management process when implementing changes in technology.
• Demonstrated experience effectively managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated experience excelling both independently and as a team member in a lively, collaborative environment and security best practices.
• Demonstrated experience with problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience with oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience with strong leadership abilities and experience juggling competing priorities.
• AWS Certification or other relevant certifications.

Position Clearance Requirement:

TS/SCI with FSP

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship.

NS2 Mission is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. NS2 Mission is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.

By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that NS2 Mission may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide in your application, with its affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

NS2 Mission maintains a drug-free workplace and may perform pre-employment substance abuse testing, where required by contract and permitted by law.