Cloud Engineer (Top Secret Clearance Required)

North Point Technology, LLC

Herndon, VA, United States

3 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.clearancejobs.com

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Software as a Service Cloud Computing Cloud Engineering Computer Programming Continuous Integration Software Design Patterns Perl (Programming Language) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

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Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Linux System Administration Networking Basics Object-Oriented Software Development OpenShift Platform as a Service (PAAS) Windows PowerShell Cloud Services Ansible Prometheus Software Engineering Data Logging Google Cloud Enterprise Software Applications Cloud Platform System Delivery Pipeline Grafana Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Gitlab Cloudformation Gitlab-ci Kubernetes Puppet Terraform Devsecops Docker Elk Stack Jenkins

Job description

The Cloud Engineer will oversee cloud computing strategy including cloud application design, management, and monitoring, and will develop and implement product development strategies using agile processes. The role involves delivering IT solutions across PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS models, analyzing complex environments, and designing pragmatic architectures. The engineer will work across conceptual, logical, and physical hardware and software designs and develop solutions using dynamic scripting and programming languages.

Requirements

Object-oriented programming (OOP) building enterprise-level applications using established design patterns
Multi-tiered or microservice application development
Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
Containerization using Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenShift
CI/CD pipeline implementation using GitLab CI or Jenkins
Shell or general-purpose scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, Perl, PowerShell)
Linux system administration and usage

Preferred Skills/Experience:

Experience supporting U.S. government agencies
Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud services
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, or CloudFormation
Deploying and maintaining Kubernetes distributions
GitOps tooling including GitLab and ArgoCD
Monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, or ELK Stack
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes
Networking fundamentals including security and firewall concepts
DevSecOps principles and identity and access management (IAM)
Building automated pipelines, * Active Top Secret clearance required to start; must be able to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with Polygraph

About the company

North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions! We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.

At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first! We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members.