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SAIC

Principal Cloud Engineer

SAIC, Lompoc, California, United States, 93437


Description

SAIC is seeking a Cloud Engineer for its Engineering Team! This is a role heavily focused on solving engineering challenges in multiple cloud environments with a high-performing team of collaborative cloud engineering professionals.

This team is responsible for the architecture, engineering, and deployment of USSF Cloud Initiatives, designed to streamline performance, reduce administrative overhead and workload, and deliver a seamless user experience with our customers. We are looking for talent primarily in Vandenberg, CA, Colorado Springs, CO, and El Segundo, CA for hybrid work situation. Each of the roles require differing levels of clearance, ranging from Secret to Top Secret/SCI. Depending on the skillsets in demand, remote availability may be acceptable with travel and applicable access to SCIFs.

This work supports the USSF Operational C2 Mission under Kobayashi Maru. USSF has multiple cloud environments in an existing global, interconnected, disparate, virtualized, hybrid, and Enterprise IT infrastructure hosting mission systems, applications, services, and data that serves the U.S. Space Force (USSF) and other Government Customers. OSC2 LOE1 facilitates the Government's efforts to operate and maintain current environments, while assisting with the migration of applications to multiple cloud environments, allowing for increased efficiencies across the entire spectrum of the USSF operations.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

· Analyze existing system architecture and recommend secure design changes multiple classified cloud environments based on project objectives and current clearance.

· Develop scripts and workflows as needed for automated deployment of infrastructure, platforms, and applications.

· Generate design documents, best practice configurations, and test procedures.

· Execute testing to validate system performance IAW the developed test plan and criteria.

· Support KM Cloud Architect with Architecture Change Management engineering decisions.

· Recommend improvements to the existing architecture and process to reduce repetitive or time-intensive tasks in favor of automated solutions.

· Provide subject matter expertise on both on-premises, hybrid, and public cloud toolsets and best practices.

· Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems.

Qualifications

· Minimum of nine (9) years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree or seven (7) years’ experience in an IT related field with a Master’s degree. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

· At least three (3) years of experience in AWS environment development and/or engineering.

· At least three (3) years of experience in Azure environment development and/or engineering.

· At least three (3) years of experience in a VMware environment development and/or engineering.

· Demonstrated experience with some or all of the following: Networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, SQL, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Jira, Confluence, Artifactory, and VDI.

· Knowledge of and experience working with DevSecOps tool chains.

· Experience preparing technical documentation.

· Experience working in a team environment with the ability to mentor junior team members.

· Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems.

· Proactively identify and resolve operational, tooling and process inefficiencies.

· Experience with containerization tools such as Kubernetes.

Required Certifications:

· Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II Certification or higher.

· System Engineer/Administration/Architect certifications in one or multiple major cloud CSP’s.

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

· Experience with other cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, OCI).

· Zero trust architectures.

· Experience with automation tools including Ansible and Terraform.

· TS+ Cloud or Platform 1 development, engineering, operations and sustainment.

· In-depth understanding of, and experience as a cloud engineer with Networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, SQL, storage, Active Directory, F5, Barracuda.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER: 2413883

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability