Overview:
Location: Springfield, VA/St. Louis, MO
Security Clearance Required: Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.
Required Certification: Meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA
teKnoluxion provides the Defense and Intelligence Communities technical experts in the fields of Software & Systems Engineering, Enterprise Operations, and Cloud Services Management & Consulting. Our goal is not to simply support efforts, but to ignite a technology revolution, bridging the growing technology gap between the Government and commercial space.
Are you ready to test your abilities as a Cloud Engineer and team member in a sophisticated enterprise exploitation environment? Would you like to make an immediate and direct impact in your job? Join a dedicated team supporting the UDS contract at NGA.
Responsibilities:
What you get to do every day:
Responsible for working with highly functional development team automating service deployments; optimizing system performance; integrating with enterprise authentication services; establishing/improving system monitoring; maintaining established security protocols; provide customers technical support.
The Cloud Engineer will be integrated with an agile environment participating with scrums and other meetings.
Maintain security requirements for operation of systems
Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc)
Produce detailed documentation
Maintain System in AWS environment using EC2, S3, Load Balancer, RDS, and IAM
Manage and Maintain AWS WorkSpaces
Automate and optimize service deployments
Delivering a full-stack web application to production; identifying and resolving operational issues in same
Actively participating in technical requirements-gathering process (i.e. meetings with customers)
Executing design and implementation of application features, independently / unassisted, with minimal oversight
Writing and reading unit tests; understanding code-quality analysis concepts
Writing and debugging Javascript, Typescript, or closely-related language
Developing applications backed by a relational database; understanding RDB design concepts
Qualifications:
Clearance: Active TS (SCI eligibility) clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly is required upon application for initial consideration This position is not open for any clearance upgrades or sponsorship.
Required Certification: Meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following: Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA
Education/Experience:
Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
5+ years IT experience
Required Skills:
Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services
Strong Troubleshooting skills at the Tier 1-3 level
Angular frontend framework; UI/UX design
Microservice-based backend architecture; integrating with COTS/FOSS software REST APIs
CI/CD pipeline implementation, ideally with GitLab
Strong Knowledge of Active Directory
Windows/Linux/Ubuntu/CentOS Administration experience
Desktop support
Domain/System Administrator experience
Be a team collaborator
What is ideal?
Desired Certifications: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and/or Agile/SAFe
Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS/CLI
Experience working with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, or Java)
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development
Database experience with a Postgres backend
Experience in automating tasks using scripted languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Perl
Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, GitLab Pages, and Nexus
Knowledge of Confluence and Jira
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Analytical and problem solving skills
Experience in technical operations at DOD agencies, particularly NGA and DIA
What you can expect from us:
Recognizing great achievements do not go unnoticed by teKnoluxion through service anniversaries, spot awards, and employee referral bonuses
You’ll join a growing organization of passionate, top-shelf, IT engineering professionals with extensive experience in actively developing the technology revolution in the Intelligence community
Highlights of our benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match and potential Profit Sharing, Universal Leave, STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance, Stipends, Referral Bonuses, and more!
Compensation is unique to each candidate and compensation packages are based on education, experience, and other requirements.
teKnoluxion is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law. teKnoluxion does not have a vaccination mandate applicable to team members. Vaccination requirements will depend on the status of the federal contractor mandate and customer site requirements. Regardless of vaccination status, personnel are required to wear masks while indoors when the CDC COVID-19 Community Level is High.
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