Cloud Operations Engineer - Senior (#2082)

Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required. Location: St. Louis, MO. Position ID: #2082. This position is contingent upon government action.

Responsibilities

• Assist the MC&G PEO Management staff, Program Managers and Team members as a Cloud SME on cloud engineering, cloud based systems management and security practices.
• Administer the overall MC&G Mission Domain cloud architecture, deployments, and operations across the compendium of MC&G Mission Domain-related programs, projects, pilots and initiatives.
• Work with the MC&G PEO Team to manage/plan migrations and/or transitions to, from, and between cloud environments.
• Coordinate cloud activities between MC&G PEO and other organizations to ensure alignment with NGA strategies, standards and practices.
• Maintain awareness of cloud services/solutions, emerging technology, cloud infrastructure, and approved offerings available to NGA.
• Produce and manage artifacts, specifications, and requirements as required by MC&G PEO.
• Work with Program Managers, engineers, and contractors to provide guidance/direction to establish items such as new Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), EC2, RDS, etc.
• Work with the business office, program manager, product owners to establish development, test, and/or operational budgets for MC&G projects.
• Maintain Linux Webservers as well facilitate deployment of servers into AWS Environments.
• Provide ISS Officer (ISSO) support to MC&G Systems.
• Manage and maintain transfer of Atlassian product data between multiple sites.
• Manage MySQL databases ensuring data is up to date as well as providing updates when necessary.
• Update HTML based web pages for data management for MC&G Dashboards.
• Produce and manage MC&G Mission Domain IT guidance, standards, and procedures.
• Be familiar with IC IT system accreditation within DOD environments.
• Support MC&G Mission Domain outage investigations and resolutions.
• Provide briefings, briefing materials, and other reporting activities as required by MC&G PEO.
• Work with MC&G PEO Security to ensure Authorization to Operate (ATO) is obtained and maintained and ensure all vulnerabilities are addressed.

Requirements

• 2 years of experience working with the National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) community and its functions, with tasks to include understanding management processes and communication across all levels of the organizational hierarchy.
• 2 years of experience deploying and managing systems / services within Amazon Web Services.
• 2 years of experience identifying and documenting IT requirements and coordinating with cloud providers to address those requirements.
• 2 years of experience in implementing, configuring, and/or managing IT development pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• 1 year of experience as ISSO for IT systems in an IC Environment.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with other IC cloud environments provided by Microsoft, Google, and Oracle.
• Experience working with DevSecOps tools (e.g. GitLab CI/CD, GitLab SAST, Kong API Management, Docker, OpenShift, Nexus, Harbor, etc.)
• Experience working in a classified cloud environment.
• ISSO experience in an IC environment.

Work Level & Guidance

• Implement and manage
• Key member of team
• Implements or monitors task(s)
• Provides issue resolution
• Deploys, manages and implements cloud technical services
• Provides guidance & direction
• Implementation of Services within cloud environment

Skills & Competencies

• Able to develop & use more complex concepts & processes
• Performs multiple tasks at specialist level
• May be recognized as a SME
• Evaluates & recommends new technology & processes based upon cost, risk, mission

Pay

Target Salary Range: $149,000 - $224,200. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, clearance, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations.