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FS2 Aero – Journeyman Cloud Engineer
Job Description
The Bailey Information Technology, LLC Spatial Solutions team has an opening for an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to work on a cloud development and deployment team. The team is involved in the deployment and maintenance of multiple operational cloud deployed software solutions. A successful candidate will have experience across all AWS Environments and be able to provide analysis and recommendations for architectural and configuration updates..
Primary Responsibilities
- Collaborates with teams in the design and implementation of AWS system architectures to include operational status and security of government systems (Authority To Operate - ATO).
- Reviews and provides input to system requirements based on cyber security posture.
- Compiles industry best practices and lessons learned into future iterations and new designs.
- Provides architectural analysis of cloud configurations and connections.
- Supports the Engineering Review Board, evaluating artifacts for architectural compliance.
- Provides broad-based experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and applies the experience to specific AWS cloud initiatives relating to architectural design and development.
- Resolves architecture implementation issues during integration and test.
- Provides support directly or through team management, including triaging system outages and ticket support resolution
- Advises and assists teams to deploy and configure collection services and tools with 99.9% up-time
- Works with team members to move data to the appropriate data stores and monitors dashboard metrics including costs, computational utilization and other future business needs
- Validates and manages government systems changes; create, run and validate end-to-end testing
Basic Qualifications
- 5 years’ experience consulting, designing and implementing distributed solutions and 3 years’ experience with cloud-based solutions (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) including virtualization environment, network and operating system experience
- Experience in AWS/Cloud technologies
- Subject Matter Expertise understanding across AWS cloud technologies including: EC2, PaaS (OpenShift), Lamdas, S3 buckets, Reserved Instances, etc.
- Understanding of code baseline management
- Utilization of the following: Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Python, Gitlab, CloudFormation, Zabbix, HPFortify, ACAS, PostgreSQL, Scrum, Kanban, Terraform
- Knowledge of Systems, Architectural, SW Development and SW Sustainment Practices
- Windows Domain Administrator of user accounts and group policy objects and Linux administration
- Proactive self-starter demonstrates a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrates ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly
- Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work, follow tasks to their logical conclusion and ensure everything has been correctly satisfied to standard. Great attention to detail.
- Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context.
- Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance with ability to obtain Poly CI
- Requires BS degree and & 4 years of prior relevant experience OR, MS with 2 years of prior relevant experience; OR 6 years of additional experience in lieu of degree
- Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, diagrams, etc.)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with NGA cloud-based architecture
- DoD 8570 Certification Compliance (IAT Level 2/3)
- NGA Privileged User Account (NPU)
- AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Certifications
- Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation methodologies
- Native cloud templating services like AWS Cloud Formation
- Understanding of SFA organization; Aeronautical data and mission
- Experience with Aeronautical datasets
- Experience with CI/CD Pipelines and projects
- Experience with Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) process of evaluating solution options
Work Schedule
- M,W,F – Work from Home
- Tuesday – St. Louis, MO Office and/or NGA 2nd Street.
- Thursday – O’Fallon, IL Office
- AS NEEDED = Customer Site NGA 2nd Street – Anticipated 2 days per week
- *NOTE: Work schedule is approximate. As needed work location required based on tasking demands.
