5 years of experience with Microsoft Azure or AWS Cloud deployments
7 years total hands-on technology experience with infrastructure components
Proven skills in Microsoft O365 Cloud, Exchange, and Intune
Strong understanding of cloud engineering methods and best practices
Experience with automation tools like Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
Responsibilities
Create and update cloud environment configurations for application workloads
Design and build automation platforms using Infrastructure as Code
Support operational requests and communicate status to leadership
Collaborate with external teams on cloud workload architecture
Manage Mail and MDM services including design and implementation
Participate in 24/7 on-call support rotation
Maintain documentation for designs, architectures, and standard operating procedures
Benefits
Opportunity to work in a dual Microsoft Exchange and Google Workspace environment
Engagement in a DevOps culture with a focus on automation
Access to continuous learning and industry trend updates
Collaboration with external development teams
Involvement in improving agency security posture
Full Job Description
Job Description
Position Overview
As a Cloud engineer, you'll use your experience to architect, build, and design solutions that integrate public Cloud services. You will incorporate techniques like Infrastructure as Code to ensure repeatable deployment of resources. You'll provide expertise in the use of Cloud reference architecture and solutions to support software development in a DevOps environment. You will be working in a dual Microsoft Exchange and Google Workspace environment, experience supporting both is required. You should have excellent troubleshooting skills, stay current with industry trends, and should be a team player.
Responsibilities:
Creating/updating cloud environment configurations to establish/support application workloads, including:
AWS Focused: Configuration of AWS Accounts, IAM Users and Roles, VPCs, subnets, load balancers, Network routes, Transit Gateway, Control Tower, Systems Manager, Config Manager, stack sets, WAF, CloudFront, and Route53
Understanding of shell scripting and executing commands via the command line
Designing and building out automation platforms utilizing Infrastructure as Code methodologies - preferred skills are CloudFormation and/or Terraform, scripting capabilities with PowerShell and Python
Supporting and completing requests for operational support to include communicating level of effort and status to cloud leadership team
Supporting data calls for resources provisioned within the cloud environment and reporting out status of resources.
Identifying and communicating opportunities for improving agency security posture within cloud environments.
Collaborating with external development teams to understand cloud workload solution architecture within agency AWS/Azure environment.
Coordinate change and release of Mail and MDM services, functions, patches, and upgrades in production including design, architecture, configuration, staffing, scheduling, impact / risk analysis, approval, communications, testing, implementation, monitoring and operations.
Ensure timely fulfillment of requested Mail and MDM services for role-based access, permissions, specialized communications, distribution groups, availability, and functionality.
Assess and report performance, access, licensing, capacity, and recommend solutions.
Participate in 24/7 rotation of On-Call support.
Manage and report on Daily Operations driving deliverables, managing expectations, communications, risk management, and reporting to all stakeholders.
Create, update, and maintain designs, architectures, data profiles, licenses, support agreements, standard operating procedures (SOP), work instructions, and knowledge articles.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
5 years of experience deploying/configuring application workloads within Microsoft Azure Commercial Cloud or AWS Cloud
Demonstrated understanding of principles supporting infrastructure components including compute, network, and storage, with 7 years total hands-on experience in technology
Demonstrated understanding of principals configuring and supporting application workloads within the Azure or AWS Cloud
Proven Design/Configuration/Integration/Testing/Release/Maintenance/Support of Microsoft O365 Cloud, Exchange, Intune with Apple Business Manager, Azure, Office Suite, Outlook applications, One Drive for Business and Microsoft Security & Compliance
Preferred skills and qualifications:
Strong understanding of cloud engineering methods, applications, and best practices across cloud service providers.
Experience assessing, customizing, troubleshooting, optimizing, and maintaining current and emerging technologies, platforms, and applications to help ensure greater security and efficiencies, covering network, compute and storage principles.
Experience with cloud orchestration tools and continuous delivery processes to deploy and manage cloud infrastructure for customers to consume.
Demonstrated proficiency in automating processes with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Packer, PowerShell, or Python, including use of remote APIs.
Experience working with containers and container orchestration systems and hardening practices.
Can maintain an effective customer relationship and workload/portfolio management with Federal and Contractor leadership, as well as End-users for delivery of Mail and MDM services.
Highly cohesive team member and a change agent while serving as a consultant.
Note: Candidate must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder who has resided in the U.S. for at least 3 years and the ability to obtain a public trust.
About SAIC
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is a technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC has approximately 26,000 employees and operates in more than 70 countries. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia. SAIC provides services to the U.S. government, including the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, and civilian agencies. The company also serves commercial customers in the healthcare, energy, and financial services sectors.
