Cloud Engineer III

ACTIVE Top Secret Security Clearance is required; Hybrid remote but primarily on-site in San Antonio, TX

JOB SUMMARY

As a Cloud Engineer III (Senior) you will provide engineering expertise to migrate and maintain customer workloads on AWS. You will work with a team to plan, review requirements, design, and develop the most optimal and secure cloud-based solutions. Engineer must have exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to identify and solve issues before an issue becomes systematic. The engineer must stay current with best practices, industry standards, and make recommendations as needed. As part of the HNCD Infrastructure / Cloud Services Team, perform Architectural advisement and Tier 3 Engineering in support of current legacy weapon system projects and future acquisition/deployment of Cloud Space for IDCS. Typically works on high-visibility or mission critical aspects of a given program and performs all functional duties independently.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support for cloud migrations & architecture, Active Directory, cloud security, and cloud application migrations
• Deliver cloud solutions across multiple environments to meet business needs
• Perform cloud user management
• Performs root cause analysis and improves current infrastructure solutions
• Responsible for implementing and operating cloud infrastructure and integrated technologies through a lens of security, resiliency and scalability
• Provide cloud solution engineering, design, migration, support for planned and unplanned outages
• Investigates and tests new cloud technologies to meet or exceed user expectations
• Provides systems metrics, root cause analysis and proactive monitoring
• Documents clearly all required procedures and configuration changes to production systems
• Assists with containerization and container deployment onto native cloud CI/CD pipelines
• Develops and runs system configuration and cloud resource deployments using Ansible
• Establishing guardrails/instantiating security mechanisms for access, control and management for each cloud environment, which includes Dev, Test and Production - for Impact Levels/Zones spanning IL4-TS and include Cloud-Native Cross-Domain-Solutions (CDS)
• Develop IA Artifacts for ATOs (SysCat, Topologies, PPS, VA's / ACAS Scanning, etc.)
• Transition legacy applications between Brokered accounts...ie, moving a SIEM from CloudOne to JWCC using AWS as the CSP
• Sequencing the transition/migration or initial deployment of Defensive Cyber Systems (DCS) applications, both legacy and new to the IDCS Platform
• Work with various Value-Stream Aligned Teams within the Branch to plan their transition to the new Architecture
• Initial deployment/sustainment of Instances/VM's or Container Clusters as the foundation for the deployed application
• Establishing network connections over various protocols or methods for sources residing external to the DISN or within the AFNET and maintained via sustained bi-directional communication for globally accessible sources
• Space allocation/utilization (Compute, Storage & Services), ensuring the appropriate funding to support
• Establish workflows for incident response or change management using Service Now (SNOW) as the platform
• Documentation of processes and procedures

QUALIFICATIONS

• 7-10 years of experience
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing cloud-native cost-effective solutions on AWS
• Experience developing and deploying large, distributed cloud-hosted systems and the required operational models for stable application availability
• Excels in architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud native AWS platforms and services
• Security+ Certification or ability to obtain within six months of start
• Familiarity with containerization concepts
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts, identity federation,
• Experience with CM languages, scripting, IaC, or OOP;
• Administering Linux or Windows server; Strong familiarity with AWS cloud concepts and services
• Active Top Secret Security Clearance - Required; TS/SCI preferred

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree (BA/BS Engineering, Computer Science, or Math) or equivalent experience preferred

U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions at Zivaro due to security clearance requirements and government/federal contracts held by Zivaro.

EEO STATEMENT

ZIVARO fully subscribes to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. It is our policy to provide employment, compensation and other benefits related to employment based on qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. In accordance with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is our policy to provide reasonable accommodation upon request during the application process to eligible applicants in order that they may be given a full and fair opportunity to be considered for employment. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we intend to comply fully with applicable federal and state employment laws and the information requested on this application will only be used for purposes consistent with those laws.