ECS is seeking a
Junior Cloud Engineer to work in
Fairfax, VA.
ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We focus on people, values, and purpose. Every day, our 4000+ employees provide their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People. We are a rapidly growing company that considers our employees and teams to be our most important assets.
Our team environment provides opportunities for growth to individuals who are motivated to excel. We are situated in Merrifield, VA - well positioned for most commutes within the Northern Virginia area. We also offer opportunities for telework and have some of the most interesting and advanced IT business in the DC area. Our growing program works with the most forward leaning technologies and extraordinary customers who are thought and action leaders in within the AI/MI domain. We offer a highly competitive compensation and benefits package to the right person for this key position.
ECS is seeking a Junior Cloud Engineer to work in our Fairfax, VA office on a hybrid, on-site/remote work schedule with ability to support shift work. ECS has an exciting opportunity for a Junior Cloud Engineer to join a team supporting a large Department of Defense (DoD) Program. The Junior Cloud Engineer will aid in designing, implementing, and maintaining DoD Mission Partner Enclaves' virtual infrastructure in an Azure Cloud environment. The candidate must be able to work in a demanding, high-energy environment that requires innovative solutions to business challenges.
Duties:
- Work on a team as a Cloud Engineer in an Azure GovCloud environment servicing a DoD customer.
- Assist in developing innovative solutions to network, hardware, and software problems.
- Collaborate with other Cloud Engineers to support infrastructure support requests.
- Administrate and manage cloud infrastructure.
- Assist peers by providing technical support and troubleshooting expertise for complex problems.
- Aid in troubleshooting end users' account issues.
- Assist with operating system updates, upgrades, and patches.
- Maintain the enterprise Active Directory.
- Document any developed processes and procedures.
- Perform other tasks, as assigned.
- Track and maintain overall user awareness, user accesses, and associated hardware, both CONUS and OCONUS.
- Support shift work as needed in order to provide seamless user assistance to OCONUS users.
- U.S. citizenship required per contract.
- Ability to achieve a DoD Top Secret security clearance.
- Ability to work in a hybrid, on-site/remote capacity in Fairfax, VA ( 3 days in office, 25% CONUS / OCONUS travel required).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Networking, Computer Security, or other Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) discipline.
- 2+ years of technical work experience.
- DoD 8570 compliant, minimum IAT Level II certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+ or higher); current, or achieved within 60 calendar days of employment.
- Familiarity with scripting languages (Shell, Powershell, JavaScript, Python).
- Experience with either Linux or Windows command line interface.
- Familiarity with JSON or YAML object writing.
- Understanding of orchestration tools (chef, puppet, ansible, or AWS SSM or codepipeline preferred).
- Familiarity with common protocols including but not limited to: DNS, SMTP, HTTP(S), SFTP, SCP.
- Understanding of information technology infrastructure (components required for the operation and management of enterprise IT environments and services).
- Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Politically savvy to confront difficult problems in a positive and creative way.
- Demonstrated ability to expertly balance multiple, competing priorities in an agile, fast-paced environment, and appropriately execute on dynamic deadlines.
- Willingness to execute other related duties, as needed, to support the Program / Program team.