What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Engineer III position at Cornerstone Defense?
Cloud Engineer III
Reston VA or College Park MD
Active TS / SCI with Polygraph
Company Overview :
Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work / life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.
Required Skills :
- Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in cloud engineering, with a focus on designing, implementing, and managing cloud solutions.
- Experience building AWS cloud infrastructure solutions at scale across multiple classification domains (IL5 to IL6 ) simultaneously
- Extensive hands-on experience with leading cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, including services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, EBS, etc..
- Expert-level skills in creating, managing, and hardening desktop OS images across multiple classification domains in the cloud using AMIs
- Expertise in automating deployment and configuration of virtual Linux developer desktops in the cloud, to include understanding of common developer tools such as VSCode and Postman
- Expertise integrating with enterprise authentication and authorization systems.
- Strong background in infrastructure-as-code (IAC) using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- In-depth understanding of cloud security best practices and experience implementing security controls in a cloud environment.
- Excellent scripting and programming skills (Python, Bash, etc.).
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex cloud-related issues.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholder
Company Benefits :
Cornerstone Defense offers a comprehensive list of benefits, designed to give employees and their families several options to choose from when selecting benefits that best fit their needs. These offerings include not only a full suite of the traditional Medical / Dental / Vision insurances, but also a number of other benefits and perks to include, but not limited to : A 401(K) plan with a company match, tuition and training assistances, paid vacation / leave, a fitness reimbursement program, college savings plan, commuter benefits, financial advisory services, flex spending accounts, health savings accounts, STD / LTD coverage, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance programs, life financial planning assistance, and legal resources.
