Senior Cloud Engineer

Key Skills

Apache Groovy, AWS, Azure, Big Data Technology, Bitbucket, DevSecOps, Github, GitLab, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes-K8s, Machine learning techniques, PowerShell Programming, Python Programming, Ruby on Rails

Job Description

Who We Are

Steampunk is the explosive collision of human-centered design and traditional government contracting. An employee-owned company with a startup mindset and time-tested approaches tailored for the federal government, we’re passionate about creating solutions that are impactful, practical, scalable, and most importantly, that meet our clients’ ever-changing needs.

At Steampunk, we believe in disrupting the status quo and setting the pace in the ecosystem of government contractors, while repurposing tried-and-true methodologies. We believe in empowering our people to find creative solutions to intractable problems. We believe the best environment in which to grow and thrive is outside our comfort zone.

While good design makes for a good product, we believe human-centered design makes for an excellent one. We also believe effective teams are powered by diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. To that end, Steampunk is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability status, and protected veteran status, amongst our ranks. Additionally, we participate in the E-Verify program.

Contributions

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will work within our growing DevSecOps practice delivering features to support cloud migration, cloud optimization and cloud deployment. We are looking for candidates with 7+ years experience with cloud platform services and DevOps practices such as infrastructure as code and configuration management automation. Responsibilities include:

• Identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the customer
• Design, develop, and deploy modular cloud-based systems
• Understanding the needs of stakeholders and conveying this to developers
• Automate and improve configuration, provisioning, deployment, and release processes
• Testing and examining code written by others and analyzing results
• Ensuring that systems are safe and secure against cybersecurity threats
• Identifying technical problems, performing root cause analysis, and developing software updates and ‘fixes’
• Working with software developers and DevSecOps engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended
• Support enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure through infrastructure as code including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing
• Ensure efficient functioning of data storage and process functions in accordance with organizational security policies and best practices 
• Document as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations 
• Identify, analyze, and resolve infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues
• Act as an individual contributor and mentor more junior team members
• Engineer and implement solutions and provide recommendations for continuous improvement for the services provided
• Present regular status updates and provide cross training to other team members

Qualifications

Required:

• Ability to obtain a U.S. government Security Clearance
• S Citizen
• BS Degree in an IT field OR BS in a non-IT field and 2 years related IT experience
• 7 Years of Experience architecting, designing, developing, and implementing cloud solutions
• 7 Years of Experience with one or more clouds (i.e. AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 7 Years of Experience with Git SCM providers such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
• 7 Years of Experience with systems development in an Agile environment
• 7 Years of Experience implementing infrastructure as code and orchestration
• 7 Years of Experience integrating deployments with industry standard DevSecOps tooling and orchestration
• 5 Years of Experience in several of the following areas: database architecture, ETL, business intelligence, big data, machine learning, advanced analytics

Preferred:

• Certifications:
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect Professional
  • Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert
  • SAFe DevOps Certification
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Experience with documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred
• Experience with scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Experience implementing docker containers and utilizing platforms such as Kubernetes
• Experience with automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible