Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance

Herndon, Virginia

Salary Details: $135000.00 - 175000.00 a year

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
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Job Description Ready for What's Next?Kratos Defense & Security Solutions develops and fields transformative, affordable technology, platforms, and systems for United States National Security related customers, allies, and commercial enterprises. We proactively build trusted relationships with our peers, partners and customers, and take ownership for our actions-always striving to do the right thing. Kratos has an opportunity for aCloud Engineerwith a minimum 5 years' experience in Cloud engineering on various platforms. The position supports dynamic, fast-paced projects that span all phases of the Software Development/ Software Test/System Engineering lifecycles, including requirement review/updates, design, development, test, and customer support. The ideal candidate has 5+ years' experience defining, developing, designing, and implementing Cloud architectures on various cloud platforms, including AWS, Azure, and others (GCP (Google Cloud Platform), Alibaba and other CSPs)
Implementation of Containers, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation and similar IaC structures
Candidate to leverage knowledge of various cloud platforms to architect develop and design an implementation that is platform agnostic
Knowledgeable about design solutions that comply with requirements of Zero Trust Architecture
Generating Helm charts, to deploy distributed applications in Kubernetes
Familiar with design solutions that comply with industry standards of Cyber Security and Operations
Design and implement scalable and robust cloud infrastructure capable of supporting real-world, operational missions
Manage security logging, monitoring, and alert triage and participate in security incident response and investigation
Candidate must show ability to effectively communicate with various team members, customers, as well as communicate with subcontractor support
Provision, configure, administrate, automate, monitor, and support enterprise and project cloud services
Effectively interface with the customer, subcontractors, and a cross functional development, design and test teams
Effectively support obtaining and maintaining an ATO
Effectively utilize Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) for data transfer across multiple environments
Travel as necessary to support system integration, testing, and customer meetings (expected to be 10% averaged annually)
Be a strong team player and leader to the project team and to the organization
Have and maintain a TS/SCI Experience and Skills Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related fields with a specific focus on Cloud design and system implementation in various cloud environments and software integration experience
Experience with Various CSPs (Cloud Service Provider) platforms, with specific experience in AWS, others of consideration, Azure, GCP, Alibaba
Experience with Terraform & Ansible design and implementation and other IaC implementations, experience in implementing a platform agnostic solution
Understanding of and experience with Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) principles.
Experience with Keycloak (or similar) for single sign on in a K8S environment
Experience with Istio (or similar Kong, Console) for service mesh
Experience configuring certificate authorities to integrate with above
Experience with K8S ingress gateways - Traefix, Nginx, Istio
Experience creating helm charts for the above
Experience creating helm charts to deploy distributed applications in Kubernetes
Understanding of and experience with DevSecOps workflows. Understanding CI/CD pipelines
Ability to articulate technical concepts orally and in written form.
Experience providing estimates for accomplishing relevant cloud development, implementation, migration, and testing tasks
Experience in obtaining and maintaining an ATO for a cloud environment
Experience utilizing cloud provided Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) to facilitate data transfers through multiple environments
In depth understanding of network protocols, such as TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, HTTP,
Experience using software languages of C , Java, Python, and others used in Cloud architecture development
Experience using the Linux Operating System
General IT/Cloud automation knowledge and experience
Current Top Secret / SCI clearance required Preferred Skills and Experience RMF/Cyber Experience
Experience using Windows, Unix and other Operating Systems
Experience with various IaC (Infrastructure as Code) platforms)
RF & SATCOM experience
VMWare, VPN, VPC, & CPN experience
ZTA development and implementation experience
Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP)
Experience and knowledge of the SATCOM operational environment
Ground Requirements Management Systems and operations
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solutions Architect Associate (SAA)
Competitive salary based on experience and education
Salary Range: $135,000-$175,000 Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offerings-from commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And, we always deliver. Job Benefits Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Coverage
Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
401(k) Savings Plan
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Paid Time-Off (PTO)
Holidays
Education Reimbursement
Date Posted: 14 March 2025
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