Cloud Engineer - Turbot

As a Cloud Engineer - Turbot at Plus3 IT Systems, you:

• Are passionate about working on cutting-edge, high-profile projects and are motivated by delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule
• Aren’t satisfied with status quo, and regularly look for creative ways to solve problems and help your team meet commitments
• Are insatiably curious – you ask why, you explore, and you’re not afraid to blurt out your crazy idea
• Are a strong self-performer that also flourishes in a team setting; and love the ability to work on multiple clients/projects simultaneously
• Love learning new technologies and sharing them with your team
• Have a keen interest in using any and all appropriate tools, especially Cloud-based and Open Source, to solve the problem at hand
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills, due to the dynamic nature of collaborations with customers, vendors, and other engineering teams to solve complex business problems together
• Use your experience and leadership skills to motivate your teammates to deliver high quality results in a fast-paced work environment
• Are obsessed with automation, simplicity, and smooth-running systems

Who We Are:

• A 2023 “Top Work Places” recipient (https://topworkplaces.com/company/plus3-it-systems/)
• A company committed to your training, technical experience growth, and well being
• Uniquely positioned and ready to expand, with your help, into more complex and technically challenging environments
• Built upon subject matter expertise supporting the Federal Government with a focus on Cloud Adoption, Cloud Security, Cloud Enabled Data Analytics, Cloud Native Application Development, and DevSecOps
• A small business with big partners such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft (Azure), and Google (Cloud Platform) and other technology partners;
  • Immuta
  • Databricks
  • GitLab
  • RedHat
• Multiple Prime contract holder (GSA, SITE III, JAIC DRAID, and NDE)
• Always a committed partner with our customers and laser-focused on their mission

Responsibilities:

As a Cloud Engineer - Turbot on our team, you’ll design and implement solutions leveraging Turbot for complex deployments and guardrails for a global multi-cloud solution. Participate in architecture reviews of cloud designs. Work on green fields and pre-built deployments with a focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC)/Software-defined Infrastructure. Provide input on proper securing of services used in AWS, GCP, Azure deployments. You’ll collaborate closely with cloud architects and engineers. Are you ready to grow your skills at the leading edge of innovation?

• Experience using/implementing Turbot solutions (e.g., Pipes, Steampipe, Flowpipe, Powerpipe, and/or Guardrails) in Government or Commercial cloud environments
• Hands-on IaC/Software-defined Infrastructure experience
• including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience with using or migrating continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) pipeline solutions or tools, including Jenkins, Git, or cloud native options like Azure DevOps or AWS CodePipeline
• Experience with designing, developing, deploying, or delivering using automation techniques or tools, including Ansible or Git
• Knowledge of cloud and virtualization-based technologies, including Docker, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), VMware, or OpenShift
• Experience with troubleshooting Linux, including RHEL, UNIX, networking, scripting and automation, systems administration functions, or application troubleshooting
• Knowledge of foundational system administration principles and classified environment processes and Protocols
• Ability to work with engineering and development teams to perform root cause analysis

Desired Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience with communicating directly with software application development teams
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including EC2, S3, Systems Manager, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and IAM
• Knowledge of Ubuntu, or CentOS with a focus on the web, including Apache or Nginx
• Experience with creating automation of deployment and/or configuration tasks with IaC tools including Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, or GitLab
• Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or GCP Certification
• Knowledge of protocols and technologies, including Microservices, SOA, HTTP, SSL/TLS, LDAP, JDBC, SQL, or HTML

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education/Experience requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of directly related hands-on experience with at least 3 years of direct IaC experience o Relevant cloud certification(s)

Other:

Plus3 IT Systems is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact hr@plus3it.com [include name and/or department, telephone, and e-mail address].

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, we are required to stay in compliance with Executive Order 14042 with the most up to date information provided at the following link (https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/).

Pay Transparency Notice: Executive Order 11246 requires government contractors to notify applicants and employees of their rights, subject to certain limitations, to discuss, disclose or inquire about compensation or compensation information. Plus3 IT Systems will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge; (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer; or (c) consistent with Plus3 IT Systems' legal duty to furnish information.