Infrastructure Engineer - Need Secret Clearance

Aurora Colorado

12 Months Contract

Job Description:

Traditional Infrastructure Engineers who would be supporting the program platform’s over-arching design; primarily in the O/S, COTS stack, (O/S skills, repeatable infrastructure deployments). This includes operating systems, server hardware, and configuration of private cloud environment using tools such as VMware or Amazon Web Services. Supporting the hardware infrastructure, including the compute server, storage, and networks overall; consisting of several complex on premises compute environments that form the backbone for the operational deployment of a critical, strategic national asset; communicate any risks or issues involving system performance, availability, or security. In addition, these Infrastructure Engineers will be process oriented such that they work with the team on fixes while ensuring that any changes follow the project’s change management processes.

Additional Job Details:

• A U.S. government DOD - Secret issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. • Typically requires BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology Engineering Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or Physics and 2 years of related work experience. • Experience with Windows and/or Linux System Administration. • Experience in COTS product installation for Hardware and Software products. • Experience with software installation and configuration and O/S builds. • Scripting skills (i.e. PowerShell, Python, Ruby, bash, etc.). • Experience with code repository systems (E.g. ClearCase, Bit Bucket). • Experience with the architecture and design of on premises COTS Infrastructure (IT). Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with Change Management processes - Version Control of software and related applications. • Experience with networks, storage, and virtualization (VMware). • Experience with MS Visio for documentation. • Current existing Security Plus Certification. • Experience with Agile Development Methodologies (E.g. scrum, SAFe). • Proficiency in matching system requirements (specific user or VM requirements) to compute capabilities (RAM, single-threaded speed, total throughput) and the knowledge and ability to select specific types of compute servers to meet those requirements. • Experience in DevOps/DevSecOps system development. • Experience in designing private cloud environments, especially in the area of compute servers. • Experience with automation tools such as Chef (preferred), Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack. • Experience with Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher). • Experience with Implementing DISA STIGs.