Principal Cloud Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a project that bridges intelligence community collection architectures with operational and tactical requirements. This effort delivers innovative and cost-effective capabilities to meet user needs across various domains.

Responsibilities

• Provide mid- to top-tier Kubernetes cloud engineering in on-prem heterogeneous environments.
• Develop and maintain automation for deployments and configuration management.
• Administer and manage multiple on-prem cloud environments.
• Monitor and remediate cloud infrastructure health, performance, and availability.
• Provide cloud operations support during exercises.
• Update cloud environments and apply security guidelines.
• Manage cloud infrastructure and services, including Linux VMs, RKE2, Rancher, and storage.
• Remediate vulnerabilities and respond to tasking orders.
• Maintain standard operating procedures and troubleshooting guides.
• Aid teammates with infrastructure and server administration.
• Manage software installations and asset or application inventories.
• Draft and enhance documentation for problem resolution processes.
• Prepare technical justifications for hardware and software procurement.
• Execute other systems administration tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• An understanding of network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS).
• An applicable System Administrator Intermediate Certification (such as Security+ CE or higher).
• A bachelor’s degree plus four or more years of experience. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Knowledge of security compliance (e.g., STIGs, SCAP).
• Proficiency in operating systems such as RHEL and Rocky Linux.
• Expertise in deploying Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 (RKE2) on-prem.
• Experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting RKE2, including software like cert-manager, Keycloak, Grafana, Loki, Alloy, Longhorn, Rancher, and Argo CD.
• Skill in using GitOps for automated deployments with Argo CD.
• Organizational skills with experience in documentation, log analysis, system audits, and record keeping.
• Adaptability to evolving system and support requirements.
• Technical writing skills for documenting plans, findings, and recommendations.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be based in Colorado Springs and able to work on-site 100%.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and/or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification.
• Documented knowledge of configuration management tools (Ansible).
• Documented experience with scripting (e.g., shell, bash, python).
• Experience supporting enterprise authentication (e.g., LDAP, OIDC).
• Working knowledge of infrastructure hardware and appliances.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Onsite 100%