Cloud Systems Engineer with Security Clearance

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Title: Cloud Systems Engineer Location: Bethesda, Maryland Clearance: TS/SCI w/ Full Scope Polygraph Compensation Range: $170,000 - $195,000 Company Overview: Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense. Position Description: Work with a team of technical cloud computing professionals to rapidly build and deploy a demonstration capability, while simultaneously supporting the program office to specify, design and deploy the final system. Development will take place in an iterative fashion using scrum techniques with inputs from multiple stakeholders. The development team will rapidly grow into a large scale, enterprise development effort. Requires exceptional flexibility and technical skills. Work will be done in a dynamic environment with multiple stakeholders and changing requirements. Participation in iterative software development teams with adherence to all reporting requirements Meeting with stakeholders, analyzing requirements, user stories, and related artifacts to determine technical specifications for the system environments Coordinating with technical teams responsible for the cloud hosting infrastructures in order to establish and maintain the environments used by the program for the development, test, and deployment of the demonstration capability and the final production system Build, migrate and test AWS cloud environments and integrations Develop templates or scripts to automate everyday developer or operations functions Build new automation to expand and maintain Cloud hosting Monitor and maintain multiple Cloud Infrastructure environments based on client requirements Identify new tools and processes to improve the Cloud platforms Collaborate with remote team members to build and maintain positive, productive team relationships Developing, testing, and monitoring connections to interfacing systems such as data feeds from numerous organizations and user interactions from other Sponsor organizations Working with other programs to coordinate the integration of enterprise services to be consumed/used by the Sponsor system As this program matures, this role may require occasional on-call after-hours support Development of technical documentation and briefing materials to support program status reviews, control gates, and other presentations as directed by program management Required Technical Skills: Linux/Unix systems administration Knowledge of physical server management, issue diagnosis and troubleshooting Cloud application (AWS/Azure) architecture AWS Cloud Formation Large scale system integration Scripting to automate developer or operations functions Environment and Server layout and configuration maintenance to Industry standards and best practices Developing enterprise and solution-level architectural designs JIRA, Confluence and other project management tools Review and Maintain environments at the latest security posture Remediate app/package installations Rapid prototyping to refine system requirements and technical specifications of the system and its operating environments Experience in developing enterprise and solution-level architectural designs. Knowledge of infrastructure as code design, management, and version control techniques. Exposure to project management skills and/or project-based work structures, project lifecycle models, etc. Knowledge of system and software quality assurance best practices and methodologies. Strong communication and documentation skills Company Benefits: Cornerstone Defense offers a comprehensive list of benefits, designed to give employees and their families several options to choose from when selecting benefits that best fit their needs. These offerings include not only a full suite of the traditional Medical/Dental/Vision insurances, but also a number of other benefits and perks to include, but not limited to: A 401(K) plan with a company match, tuition and training assistances, paid vacation/leave, a fitness reimbursement program, college savings plan, commuter benefits, financial advisory services, flex spending accounts, health savings accounts, STD/LTD coverage, life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance programs, life financial planning assistance, and legal resources.

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