Cloud Engineer

Intrepid Solutions is currently supporting the National Air & Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) providing IT support services across multiple contract task orders. This is a NEW MULTI-YEAR contract. The program supports diverse needs providing employees many opportunities for career development, growth and advancement. To continue to excel this program, Intrepid is seeking a Cloud Engineer III to provide support to the NASIC IT infrastructure. A qualified Cloud Engineer III candidate will be able to meet the requirements and perform the duties outlined below:

Responsibilities

• Perform design technical analysis, including analysis of associated Cyberspace capabilities, dependencies, and vulnerabilities.
• Design, develop, implement, and optimize hybrid cloud-based solutions.
• Test, deploy, transition, and optimize performance of cloud services/systems.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and fine tune cloud services and systems in collaboration with government and contractor teams.
• Provide lifecycle sustainment stewardship for cloud services.
• Develop and provide both ad-hoc and weekly Cloud Performance Monitoring reports displaying key performance metrics in near real time.
• Establish version control methodology for cloud services.
• Remain current with new emerging industry cloud technologies and their potential utilization within the NASIC hybrid cloud environments.
• Document and facilitate opportunities for service migrations to the cloud.
• Document potential application performance bottlenecks; make improvement recommendations and configuration changes as approved.
• Establish a restoration plan for possible disaster, threat, or failure of service.
• Responsible for the technical evaluation of cloud strategy and program architecture.
• Responsible for gathering system requirements from application architects and product owners.
• Responsible for generating scripts and templates required for the automatic provisioning of resources.
• Document standard cloud service offerings; establish and monitor processes and standards for optimal use of cloud service provider offerings.
• Collaborate with the software and platform engineers to enable applications to run on cloud infrastructure.

OPERATING HOURS AND EXPECTATIONS:

• This is a 100% onsite, full time position. The standard operating hours are: Monday - Friday, unless otherwise indicated during the interview process.

TRAVEL

• Position does not require travel.

Qualifications

CLEARANCE:

• Active Top Secret / SCI. ***TS/SCI required upon application for initial consideration. This position is not open for any clearance upgrades, reactivation, or sponsorship.***

EDUCATION:

• Master's degree in this functional area, or;
• Bachelor's degree with three (3) to five (5) years of experience, or;
• Eight (8) or more years of experience directly involving engineering.

CERTIFICATION(S):

• Possess active IAT Level II (Security , or equivalent) Certification.
• Amazon Web Services certified Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator (If one does not hold a AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator certification at the time of application, then it will be required within 180 days of on-boarding).

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Three (3) to five (5) years of relevant technical experience including experience maintaining and operating commercial cloud services such as those provided as part of C2E (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Proficient in creating, maintaining and enhancing programming/scripting languages including Microsoft Powershell, Python, Bash, and/or Perl. Experience with automation tools like Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible, puppet, and/or chef. Experience using a coding repository (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, etc.).

Benefits

WHAT WE OFFER:

At CIS Secure and its associated companies, Intrepid Solutions and Services and Darkblade Systems, we believe in promoting fair and transparent pay practices. We are committed to disclosing the compensation range for transparency and to set clear expectations for all applicants for this posting. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base salary for the advertised job, promotion, or transfer opportunity. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. The actual salary offered may vary based on various factors including but not limited to relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, education, geographic location, as well as internal equity, and alignment to market data.

Job Type: Full-time (onsite)

Pay Range: $140,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) with company matching
• Dental insurance
• Medical insurance
• Health Savings Account option
• Flexible Spending
• Vision insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Ancillary offerings (Hospital Indemnity, Accident, Critical Illness, Pet Insurance)
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday pay

Intrepid Solutions, a CIS Secure company, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.