Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance

Chantilly, Virginia

Salary Details: $146000.00 - 234000.00 a year

Peraton
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About Peraton Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure. Program Overview Provides enterprise IT and cloud computing support to customer. About The Role Peraton is seeking an expert-level Cloud Engineer with software development and system administration experience. As a Cloud Engineer, you will use your experience to formulate and implement automation solutions to support application and systems monitoring in an AWS cloud-based system. You will provide DevOps like support to a critical production team assisting with the implementation and maintenance of Dev, Test and Production Linux environments. Your duties will include system administration of large complex systems running Apache NiFi for transporting and processing huge data sets and streams. You will continue to grow and evolve your Cloud experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. Qualifications Required Active TS/SCI security clearance with relevant polygraph
BS Degree with at least 12 years of systems engineering, DevSecOps, or software engineering; 10 years of experience with a MS/MA; 7 years of experience with a PhD; 14 years of experience with no degree
Team focused, willing to develop and implement solutions in a team environment using agile development
Expert-level experience with AWS development and administration
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud
Ability to contribute to software systems using python, java, or similar programming languages
Demonstrable experience with Sponsor cloud solutions Demonstrable experience in Linux systems administration and script development using python or bash scripts
Experience working across multiple networks/domains Ability to write technical documentation for security (ATO), architecture, and implementation guides
Experience in CI/CD with Jenkins, GitLab, etc.Desired Experience with Terraform
Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes
Familiarity with Apache Nifi, AWS Glue, Kafka, or other data distribution and processing tools
Experience with Agile collaboration tools such as Atlassian Jira, Confluence
Strong ability to identify and solve problems across many different systems, applications, and operating systems
SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range Details Target Salary Range: $146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors. EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
Date Posted: 13 May 2025
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