Principal Cloud Engineer

Job ID

Location
WASHINGTON, DC, US

Date Posted

Category
Information Technology

Subcategory
Cloud Comp Engr

Schedule
Full-time

Shift
Day Job

Travel
No

Minimum Clearance Required None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain
Public Trust

Potential for Remote Work
No

Description
SAIC is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer role in support of our Department of Transportation (DOT) contract for EITSS Infrastructure support. This is an onsite role, you will be required to work at DOT HQ in Washington, DC a full five days.

Must have a minimum of 10 years of related experience managing cloud environments, possessing extensive skills and knowledge in cloud service provider selection, implementation techniques, application data migration techniques and tools for the most efficient solution to meet business needs, including present and future capacity requirements. Possess at least 1 Professional or Specialty certification from a cloud provider.

Duties A Principal Cloud Engineer will provide technical, managerial, and administrative direction for problem definition, analysis, requirements development and implementation for complex to extremely complex systems within cloud infrastructure. Troubleshoots cloud performance issues. Analyzes network traffic and provides capacity planning solutions.

Qualifications
Job Role Specific Requirements
Required Qualifications, Skills, Experience or Certifications

• Producing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) or Configuration as Code (CaC), delivering solutions with a code first approach with sufficient comments and structure
• Collaborating with engineering and development teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions
• Diagnosing and resolving complex performance, security, and/or technical challenges
• Supporting all tiers of applications deployed in the cloud, configuring network, cloud native services, infrastructure, and privileges for development teams
• Identifying opportunities for optimizing cloud consumption by the agency and providing strategic direction for addressing those opportunities

• Creating/updating cloud environment configurations to establish/support application workloads, including

• Azure Focused Configuration of Subscriptions, Resource Groups, VNets, Subnets, load balancers, App Services, Azure Batch, Virtual Machines, resource tagging, billing, policy implementation, and security controls

• AWS Focused Configuration of AWS Accounts, IAM Users and Roles, VPCs, subnets, load balancers, Network routes, Transit Gateway, Control Tower, Systems Manager, Config Manager, stack sets, WAF, CloudFront, and Route53

• 12+ years experience in information technology WITH 8+ years of focused, HANDS ON experience deploying/configuring workloads within EITHER AWS or Azure – preferred experience is DevOps focused

• Experience designing and implementing cloud architectures
• Good understanding of FedRAMP services and best practices for their consumption
• Experience managing AWS Public and GovCloud across regions
• Experience deploying stack sets and using AWS Control Tower
• Strong knowledge of enterprise computing and operating systems such as Linux and Windows, and experience with troubleshooting
• Proficiency in automating processes with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Packer, PowerShell, or Python, including use of remote APIs
• Demonstrated proficiency with implementing and managing AWS services via AWS Console or CLI of AWS accounts, IAM users, IAM roles, VPCs, and load balancers
• Demonstrated understanding of cloud engineering methods, applications, and best practices across cloud service providers
• Knowledge of Agile Project Management methodologies
• Experience documenting requirements, user stories, and use cases
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic, and team environment
• Professional Architect Certification within EITHER AWS or Azure
• Candidate must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder who has resided in the U.S. for at least 3 years and the ability to obtain a public trust

Target salary range $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.