Cloud Engineer (Mid - Senior) at ECS FEDERAL LLC in Fairfax, Virginia

Job Description:

ECS is seeking a
Mid-level to Senior Cloud Engineer to work in a hybrid capacity at ECS Corporate offices located in
Fairfax, VA. The Cloud Engineer will work as part of a team responsible for designing, developing, installing, documenting, managing, and maintaining a DoD Mission Partner network enclave's virtual infrastructure. The Cloud Engineer will work in a demanding, high-energy environment that requires innovative solutions for network, hardware, software, and operational challenges, and will report directly to the Project Manager. The ideal candidate has exceptional problem-solving skills and a breadth of expertise in Cloud networking concepts and infrastructure development supporting these technologies.

This position is primarily responsible for the administration and coordination of Cloud activities that are inherent with a dynamic and innovative initiative. Duties include (but are not limited to):

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  Work within the project team to design, build, implement, and maintain multi-component, cloud-based and hybrid solutions which meet customer and security requirements.


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  Identify enterprise and customer-specific issues and develop and implement innovative solutions.


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  Architect, design, implement, and maintain Cloud solutions and new capabilities in AWS.


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  Leverage a variety of automation, instance, and/or container, orchestration, security, and native/non-native Cloud services for large DoD program(s).


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  Assist in partner network integration, testing, and monitoring.


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  Install, configure, maintain, update, manage, and refine information systems.


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  Ensure system components maintain compliance with DoD requirements (e.g., STIGs).


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  Conduct functional, interoperability, and security testing.


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  Conduct weekly maintenance windows and routine patching/upgrades. Maintenance windows may require non-standard working hours.


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  Analyze system performance for potential security problems.


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  Participate in technical incident response and security assessment activities.


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  Provide knowledge transfer to team members and clients as needed.


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  Coordinate and/or provide support for all enclave applications and operations.


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  Other duties as assigned.

General Description of Benefits