Tactibit Technologies provides innovative information technology, cybersecurity, and cloud support services to the Federal Government. We support some of the nation's most critical and demanding projects including satellite operations, critical infrastructure, and search and rescue. We are a diverse team of hands-on professionals dedicated to solving problems and developing innovative solutions in support of our customers' critical missions. Our success is dependent on our inclusive, collaborative environment with a shared commitment to excellence in everything we do.

About the Cloud Engineer position

We are looking for a talented Cloud Engineer to join our team in Suitland, MD. You will work closely with application developers to transition legacy products and applications to the cloud and perform CI/CD using AWS cloud services. You should possess experience implementing, monitoring, and troubleshooting AWS cloud services and a desire to work with satellite data and products for the public and government.

Cloud Engineer responsibilities are:

• Recommend, design, and implement cloud-native services and technologies to address specific requirements and use cases
• Collaborate with software developers, scientists, system/network administrators, and other technical experts to design best-fit solutions
• Design and build serverless applications and infrastructure as code in the cloud
• Create training materials and documentation on topics including cloud architecture, operations, and troubleshooting
• Automate cloud deployments and manage CI/CD pipelines to support cloud-based applications and workloads
• Support security testing, hardening, and assessments to meet strict compliance and operational security requirements

Cloud Engineer requirements are:

• 2 years of experience of using AWS cloud services
• Experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, IAM, SQS, SNS, API Gateway and RDS
• Experience with running containerized applications in the cloud
• Experience with YAML, JSON, and XML
• Experience with version control systems (preferably Git) and issue tracking software (preferably Jira)
• Familiarity with modern DevOps principles, practices, methods, and tools.
• Familiarity with programming languages, agile development practices, and use of APIs
• Experience with Linux-based operating systems
• Good familiarity of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols
• Strong problem solving skills and ability to work under pressure
• BS degree in Computer Science or other related area
• Must be able to pass a full background investigation and obtain a security badge to enter the applicable government facility

Desired Qualifications are:

• Experience with Federal government environments and concepts including FedRAMP, NIST Risk Management Framework, NIST SP 800-53 security controls
• Programming or scripting skills
• Industry certifications such as AWS certifications, CCSP, Cloud , Security , and GCLD