Cloud Engineer (Software Engineer) (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

As a Cloud Engineer (Software Engineer), a typical day will include the following duties: Cloud Operations & Application Support • Provide complex troubleshooting and support across distributed AWS cloud environments and enterprise applications. • Perform advanced OS upgrades, patching, and configuration for cloud hosted systems. • Provide daily AWS EC2, S3, IAM, Security Groups, Availability Zones, SQS, Lambda, STS, and VPC operations support. • Manage SQS queues, Lambda functions, serverless applications, and microservices. • Perform daily system and application health checks and resolve deviations. Monitoring, Observability & Troubleshooting • Build, maintain, and operate observability stacks using CloudWatch, ELK (Kibana), Logstash, Elasticsearch, Icinga, and AppDynamics. • Monitor systems, applications, and cloud infrastructure using logs, metrics, alerts, and telemetry to detect anomalies and performance issues. • Analyze logs, metrics, and telemetry data to identify issues, optimize performance, and support root cause analysis. • Support incident response activities, including troubleshooting, RCA development, and corrective action implementation. • Write and maintain automation scripts using Python, Bash, or Shell to streamline operational tasks. • Support CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, and GitLab, including build, test, and deployment workflows. • Assist with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation. • Support code promotion across Dev, Test, UAT, and Prod environments. Automation, DevOps & CI/CD • Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, Shell. • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, and GitLab. • Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation. • Manage code promotion across Dev, Test, UAT, and Prod. Security, Compliance & Governance • Manage TLS/SSL certificates, renewals, and PKI processes for cloud hosted systems. • Manage privileged accounts, secrets, and database credentials in accordance with security policies. • Use OpenSSL for certificate inspection, validation, and troubleshooting, including chain validation and key/cert pairing checks. • Support AWS KMS, IAM, STS, and cloud security controls across multi account environments. • Support vulnerability remediation efforts and implement required security controls across distributed systems. • Assist with preparing, maintaining, and improving security accreditation artifacts and compliance documentation. • Maintain operational documentation including SOPs, runbooks, and After Action Reports (AARS). Containers & Cloud Native Operations • Deploy, manage, and optimize Kubernetes workloads, including Helm based deployments and multi namespace operations. • Deploy and manage Docker containers, including image creation, lifecycle management, and registry integration. • Deploy and manage AWS Lambda functions, serverless applications, and microservices across distributed systems. • Support container orchestration, scaling, and operational maturity across Kubernetes, Docker, and serverless workloads. • Troubleshoot complex container, pod, networking, and serverless runtime issues across multi environment deployments. • Contribute to improving container build pipelines, deployment workflows, and runtime reliability. Required Skills & Experience (What You Bring): • Strong Linux/Unix administration and distributed systems troubleshooting experience. • Strong experience supporting enterprise web applications (Tomcat).Strong experience with AWS EC2, S3, IAM, Security Groups, SQS, Lambda, STS, Availability Zones. • Strong experience with CloudWatch, ELK, Logstash, Elasticsearch, Icinga, AppDynamics. • Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes. • Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, Shell). • Strong CI/CD experience with Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab. • Strong experience with Terraform and CloudFormation. • Strong experience with TLS/SSL, PKI, OpenSSL, encryption ciphers. • Strong experience with serverless applications and microservices. • Strong AWS CLI proficiency.Experience with MySQL or similar databases. • Preferred experience working with Solr and Zookeeper clusters. • Core Hours: 9 AM - 3 PM • On Call Duty: Participation in the on call rotation schedule is required. *A candidate must be a US Citizen and requires an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.