Cloud Solutions Engineer

GAMA-1 Technologies, LLC is seeking a highly experienced remote systems engineers to support and enhance infrastructure services for high performance computing use cases run in the OAR Cloud. This role requires a combination of cloud expertise, web development skills, and a solid understanding of IT infrastructure. In this role you will be responsible for planning and engineering the customer’s cloud computing infrastructure and applications. You will Implement and design server, network, and software configurations for a cloud computing infrastructure and applications with a focus on DevOps principles. You will monitor the performance of systems. You must be familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures of cloud technology, including Software as Service (SaaS), Platform as Service (PaaS), or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The Cloud Solutions Engineer should have web application development experience and will support the design and implementation of best of breed cloud services across several major cloud service providers, including AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Microsoft Azure (Azure). This is a technical customer-facing role that will be accountable for the end-to-end customer experience.

The customer specifically requires the Cloud Solutions Engineer to interface within an agile product development team to build out and support high performance computing modeling within the OAR Cloud. The engineer will work with OCIO internal teams and OAR HQ teams and stakeholders to configure environments, permissions/policy, networking, security and documentation for OAR Cloud workloads. This includes, but is not limited to:

Building, testing, deploying and supporting IT infrastructure in Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure.
Possess a working knowledge of parallel computing in cloud environments. Familiarity with schedulers such as Slurm is a plus.
Responding to requests for service with existing high performance cloud computing use cases that are not functioning as expected and will be expected to troubleshoot and find resolution while conforming to compliance / regulatory / mission requirements and operational constraints.
Maintaining cloud services platforms (AWS and Azure) to include regular system documentation updates and changes based on evolving technology landscapes/capabilities as well as responding to regulatory/policy changes such as the implementation of secure MFA across all services.
Developing solutions using Infrastructure as Code
methodology (AWS Cloud Formation Templates and Azure ARM Templates) to meet system requirements.
Updating and managing the source code using NOAA approved source control tools (GitHub Enterprise)
Ensuring that the documentation completes the OAR Change Control process and any feedback provided by the IT Security
Addressing Enterprise Architect prior to moving solutions into production.

Development Requirements:

Responsible for building and/or supporting cloud-based applications using and integrating with AWS and/or Azure native tooling:
AWS DataZone
AWS Glue / DataCatalog
AWS SageMaker
AWS Parallel Cluster
AWS Lambda
AWS Simple Storage Service (S3)
AWS FsX High Performance Storage
AWS CodePipeline
AWS EC2
AWS Cloud9
Azure High Performance Computing Resources
N-Series / H Series
Azure Batch
Azure CycleCloud
Azure HPC Cache
Azure Machine Learning
Azure Storage
Azure CLI
AWS Cloud9
Azure High Performance Computing Resources
N-Series / H Series
Azure Batch
Azure CycleCloud
Azure HPC Cache
Azure Machine Learning
Azure Storage
Azure CLI

Responsible for configuring supporting services for HPC services. AWS Cognito Permissions / Azure Intra (Active Directory) Permissions Working with other teams to ensure connectivity, security, compliance etc.
Leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC), open source and/or approved NOAA tools and resources.
- An example publicly available document describing the kinds of workloads that run in the cloud from an OAR internal customer (NOAA Air Resources Laboratory) https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/7/1110
- Another example of publicly available information on the kinds of workloads that run in the cloud from another OAR internal customer (NOAA Earth Prediction Innovation Center - EPIC) https://epic.noaa.gov/technical-faqs/
Agile Requirements
Responsible for ensuring participation in an agile team.
Due to the agile and changing nature of workload, will be required to perform other cloud development and analysis activities in support of the mission.
- Examples include participating in UAT/Testing phases, drafting documentation, taking meeting notes/minutes, researching technical issues, etc.

Education Requirements: BS/BA degree, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.

Experience:

6+ years of professional experience
Web development application experience
Proven work experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role
Azure, AWS, and GCP experience, certifications preferred
Troubleshooting and analytical skills
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Client management skills to discuss systems as needed
Relevant training and/or certifications as a Cloud Engineer
Extensive experience architecting and provisioning enterprise-level Cloud services, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).
Experience migrating on-premise workloads to the public or hybrid cloud environments and deploying cloud-ready applications.
The ability to obtain a security clearance

Preferred Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate; Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies; Architect with Google Cloud Platform: Infrastructure; Azure or GCP

ABOUT GAMA-1

GAMA-1 is a rapidly growing technology business that is based in Greenbelt, Maryland. GAMA-1 Technologies provides strategic information assurance, information security, and business enterprise and networking solutions to the Federal Government. Our success is based on the utilization of industry and agency standards, establishment of standardized processes, and IT Services expertise. At GAMA-1, we believe employees should grow, achieve, and develop just as the company grows, achieves, and develops. GAMA-1 is committed to providing our employees with opportunities for career advancement throughout their employment. For more information, visit www.gama1tech.com

GAMA-1 is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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