Cloud Engineer level 3

Job#: 2024203

Job Description:

Apex Systems is looking for a Cloud Systems Admin/Engineer to support one of our largest DoD clients in Fort Meade, MD.
If interested in this, or any other opportunities in the government space, please send resume to Tessa Moulds via [email protected]
Candidates must be US Citizens and able to obtain/maintain at minimum, a DoD TS/SCI clearance, per a condition of employment.
Position: Cloud Systems Engineer
Location : Fort Meade, MD
Terms : 6 month Contract to Hire
Essential Job Functions:

• Implement best practices for cloud management and monitoring for security, diagnostics, and cost management.
• Understanding of how to develop and automate DevSecOps Jenkins/CloudBees pipelines for serverless AWS infrastructure microservices.
• Work in any Cloud service offering and adhere to government security requirements and specifications for cloud architectures.
• Implement and oversee cloud computing strategy and delivery of cloud solutions across multiple projects while adhering to overall agency strategies.
• Apply knowledge of IT infrastructure tools, processes, and practices, including Cloud resource provisions, deployment, microservices, and DevSecOps.
• Work independently within a complex environment to evaluate issues and address any questions from internal and external stakeholders regarding cloud implementation.
• Apply knowledge of security best practices to development build processes and dependency management.
• Consult with project development teams and key stakeholders to understand project needs and design cloud infrastructures and pipelines to support those requirements.
• Create documentation that clearly communicates architectural decisions, impacts, and usage best practices.

• US Citizenship and TS/SCI is required.
• BA/BS or equivalent experience and 8+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Cloud Professional Certification, such as the AWS Solutions Architect

• The successful candidate will have multiple years of related hands-on experience of supporting AWS and/or other cloud implementations and familiarity with tools like DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, etc. for monitoring and optimization of cloud infrastructure.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities to automate the creation of cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) industry standard tools such as Serverless Framework, Terraform, CloudFormation, and Git.
• Experienced in cloud deployment, operations, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in communicating technical information to non-technical team members and less experienced engineers.
• Professional Cloud Certifications such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud are desired.

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