Senior Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance

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Job description

What You'll Get to Do: As a Senior Cloud Engineer/System Admin on the Team, you will be working closely with Release Trains, Agile Teams, Security, and the rest of the Systems Team by providing and maintaining the environments needed to develop and fielding advanced intelligence capabilities. This includes configuration management of hardware and software environment, supporting the Desktop development environment, providing cloud solutions, implementing infrastructure as code, and asset management and procurement. More About the Role: Build and maintain infrastructure as code for cloud-based services Procure, build and maintain configuration management for on-prem hardware Provide and maintain standard Linux and Windows operating systems environments Responsible for asset management reporting and tracking Procure, install, and manage software licenses Assist in establishment, maintenance and troubleshooting of cloud-based and on-prem networking Automate development and operation processes to ensure reliability and repeatability You'll Bring These Qualifications: Information Assurance/DoD 8570 certification IAT Level II or higher (like Security+) or willing to obtain within 6 months Experience with AWS Infrastructure Experience with infrastructure as code concepts Experience managing unclassified and classified development environments including workstations, servers, and GPU assets Knowledge on how to build, configure, and administrate all aspects of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 & 8 Must be able to apply security hardness according to DISA STIG requirements Understanding of network configuration in cloud and on-prem environments Experience with building and deploying Elastic Stack clusters for data and logs Strong grasp of Linux These Qualifications Would Be Nice to Have: Experience with Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar IaC technology Experience procuring equipment for government contracts and asset management AWS Certification - SysOps or DevOps or Architect Experience managing hybrid on-prem / cloud operating environments Experience with CICD pipelines and GitOps (like ArgoCD) Experience with container management/orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, RKE2) and/or Platform as a Service (e.g., Openshift) Experience with Helm charts, Kustomize, and/or updating k8s manifests Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.

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