Cloud Engineer

Labor Category: Cloud Engineer Position Title: Cloud Solutions Architect Position Level: Level 1 - Subject Matter Expert Salary: Up to $215,000.00 per year Core Hours: 9am to 4pm Location: Herndon VA Description: Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph. The Customer plans to build a new secure cloud-based enclave and migrate off of legacy on-premises infrastructure. The Customer requires cloud engineering support to help design and build the new cloud enclave, perform Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tasks, evolve and enhance the cloud architecture once the build out and migration is complete, help continuously identify and mitigate system and data risks and achieve and maintain Assessment & Authorization (A&A) compliance. WORK REQUIREMENTS
• The Candidate shall work closely with the Customer for work prioritization.
• The Candidate shall set up, configure, update and maintain the Customer's AWS cloud-based enclave, in all environments including PRODUCTION.
• The Candidate shall work in close coordination with the cloud vendor's Professional Services as the cloud-based enclave is initially designed and stood up.
• The Candidate shall take the lead, in coordination with the Customer, in implementing the new cloud-based enclave architecture as well as moving mission data into the cloud for the migration from the legacy (Windows-based) on-premises enclave.
• The Candidate shall reach out to partners for technical details and solutions related to system implementation and security.
• The Candidate shall execute cloud engineering tasks to support the Customer's information technology enterprise, as well as related tasks such as documentation, knowledge transfer, configuration management, systems security-related tasks and planning activities.
• The Candidate shall provide technical support and assist in the timely resolution of technical issues related to the Customer's cloud environment and systems.
• The Candidate shall support system requirements gathering and refinement as directed by the Customer, and provide technical expertise on cloud computing techniques and technologies.
• The Candidate shall coordinate with and participate in meetings with internal and external teams and partners.
• The Candidate shall monitor current, and estimate future cloud-related costs and provide recommendations to the Customer for cost-optimization strategies.
• The Candidate shall provide input and recommendations to Customer staff and coordinate with the Information System Security Manager (ISSM) staff as necessary to help achieve and maintain ATO for the Customer's cloud enclave.
• The Candidate shall provide support for application deployments, fixes and configuration changes in the cloud environment.
• The Candidate shall plan and implement backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions in accordance with Customer's requirements.
• The Candidate shall evaluate cloud strategy and architecture and provide recommendations and roadmaps for changes to improve security, reduce cost, and streamline operations to the Customer.
• The Candidate shall select appropriate cloud services to design and deploy applications based on given requirements.
• The Candidate shall create functional design specifications, architectures, and render support to other cloud project deliverables.
• The Candidate shall design, build and maintain high availability cloud-based IT systems.
• The Candidate shall use Infrastructure-as-Code principles and automation within cloud environments to reduce the risk of errors, streamline operations and facilitate repeatability.
• The Candidate shall keep the Customer informed of security, data integrity or technical risks.
• The Candidate shall work off-hours on occasion to support deployments, fixes or operations (happens rarely).
• The Candidate shall identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
• The Candidate shall perform O&M tasks related to Customers enclave.
• The Candidate shall perform cloud activities including but not limited to; Create and configure virtual private clouds (VPCs), Create EC2 instances, Create RDS instances, Create and secure AMls that meet security requirements, Create, manage, and test Lifecycle policies for backup and DR purposes, Create public and private subnets, Create auto scaling groups, Configure load balancers, Configure security groups, Create users and groups in cloud environments, Integration with external services. Details: Labor Category: Cloud Engineer Position Title: Cloud Solutions Architect Position Level: Level 1 - Subject Matter Expert Salary: Up to $215,000.00 per year Core Hours: 9am to 4pm Location: Herndon VA Mandatory Requirements:
• Demonstrated experience including knowledge of Best Practices for implementing the security services provided by Amazon AWS (such as Identity Management, Secure Tokens, Cloud Watch and Cloud Monitoring).
• Demonstrated experience with knowledge of security constraints and required protections for enclave accreditation in an AWS cloud.
• Demonstrated experience making virtual machine configuration changes necessary to resolve trouble tickets or to comply with security requirements and IT best practices.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last two (2) years, setting up and maintaining an AWS- cloud based VPC.
• Demonstrated experience deploying and maintaining Windows environments in AWS.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, managing MS Product Suite.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, managing MS SQL.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, managing MS Server 2012/2016/2019/2022.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, deploying and managing log aggregation systems, such as Splunk.
• Demonstrated experience, within the last six (6) months, maintaining system accreditation.
• Certification(s): O AWS Cloud Solutions Architect - Professional Optional Requirements:
• Demonstrated experience with knowledge of security constraints and required protections for enclave accreditation in an AWS cloud in the Customer's environment.
• Demonstrated experience transitioning an on-premises enclave solution to a virtual private cloud (VPC).
• Demonstrated experience making application software and operating system configuration changes necessary to resolve trouble tickets or to comply with Customer requirements and IT best practices.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and mitigating software security vulnerabilities.
• Demonstrated experience with continuous monitoring from a security perspective.
• Demonstrated experience obtaining Certification and Accreditation within the Customer's environment.
• Demonstrated experience with the Customer's unique IT infrastructure and ongoing projects.
• Demonstrated experience executing O&M tasks as necessary to support the Customer's software and hardware infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience understanding and implementing Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) with AWS.
• Demonstrated experiencing managing Windows services and devices. This experience should be related to managing a Windows based enterprise, such as maintaining Server ISOs and related AMls, COTS updates, managing domain forests and group policy objects, user role-based authentication in active directory.
• Demonstrated experience managing LDAP authentication with COTS applications, load balancing and gateway services related to remote desktop service deployments.
• Demonstrated experience with troubleshooting errors utilizing Event Viewer and Splunk logging. B4CORP Company Information B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America's intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client's needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self-motivation, and mission drive. B4Corp's dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp's benefits reflect the company's policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp's maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company's cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp's commitment to its employees. Compensation: Outstanding Salaries Retirement: Full Vanguard 401k Plan - Featuring a full scope of investment options - 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee's salary - Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50) Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period) Insurance: Medical - United Health Care (UHC) (multiple plan options) Dental - United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan Vision - Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000.00/week) Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month) Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00) Employee Referral Bonus: Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP Paid Time Off (PTO): Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays) Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval) Tuition and Training: Free CBTNuggets Online Training Account - More than 200 online IT courses on a large variety of topics, including networking, security, virtualization, and the cloud - Cisco, Microsoft, and Google - Virtual Labs Free L inux Academy Online Training Account Internal Tracking -GV-2377-01 If you would like to complete a detailed B4Corp Employment Application, please do so using this form (You only need