Cloud Engineer
TS/SCI <- must be willing to sit for CI Poly
Springfield, VA

ALTA IT is looking for a Cloud Engineer to join our team to support our intelligence customer activities on site in Springfield, VA.

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for working with a highly functional development team automating service deployments; optimizing system performance; integrating with enterprise authentication services; establishing/improving system monitoring; maintaining established security protocols; provide customers technical support. The Cloud Engineer will be integrated with an agile environment participating in scrums and other meetings.


Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build and Maintain Platform as a Service Offering using RedHat OpenShift
• Work with the A&A Team to maintain security requirements for the operation of systems
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
• Produce detailed documentation
• Maintain System in AWS environment using EC2, S3, ELB, and RDS
• Maintain System in a VMware vSphere environment, using NSX, and NetApp StorageGRID
• Automate and optimize service deployments

• Active TS / SCI Clearance and eligibility to obtain CI Poly.

• Prior experience building and maintaining Platform as a Service offerings via Cloud-based providers
• Strong understanding of RHEL/CentOS Linux distributions
• Strong understanding of RedHat OpenShift and/or other Kubernetes distributions
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker)
• Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services
• Strong Troubleshooting skills
• Experience in automating tasks using scripted languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Perl
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology
• Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus
• Strong communication skills

• Experience administering production RedHat OpenShift clusters
• Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS/CLI
• Exposure to Infrastructure as Code such as Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Salt or Terraform
• Experience working with one or more Python, Ruby, or Java
• Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g. VMWare)
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• RedHat Certified OpenShift Administrator

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• 8 years IT experience
• 8 years experience with Platform as a Service offering via Cloud-based provider.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.