Intermediate Cloud Support Engineer

MITRE Corporation
McLean, VA, United States
12 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Starter
Compensation
$98,400.0 - $123,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Systems Engineering Cloud Engineering Ansible Software Engineering System Availability Mttr Information Technology Terraform

Requirements

helps enable MTIRE projects to focus on their work, without worrying about compliance and the underlying platform infrastructure. We apply new technologies that can address the Government’s most challenging Systems Engineering problems. This is an opportunity for junior cloud support engineers who are highly motivated, innovative, and proactive and interested in contributing to a platform that enables the rest of MITRE and sponsors.</p><p></p><p>Roles & Responsibilities:</p><p></p><p>MITRE Mission Computing is seeking a Junior Cloud Support Engineer to contribute to an AWS-based platform that enables critical national security work across MITRE’s Federally Funded Research and Development Centers. This is a junior role at the intersection of cloud engineering, infrastructure as code development, operations, & internal customer support. You will be part of a small team that’s responsible for the reliability and security of the AWS platform that powers internal tools and enables engineering, research, and mission teams to move faster with confidence, while guiding those teams on how best to adopt and utilize what you provide.</p><p></p><p>You will operate in a high-stakes environment defined by novel problems and real constraints, including CMMC compliance, high availability, and cyber resilience. In this environment you will provide the platforms that enable engineering teams of varying skill maturities to deliver innovative solutions and AI-enabled capabilities to MITRE’s U.S. government sponsors.</p><p>If you are energized by solving hard problems at scale, prefer deep technical ownership over narrow specialization, and want your engineering decisions to have lasting impact, we would like to hear from you.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Basic Qualifications:</p><p></p><ul><li>Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience. Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.</li><li> working in AWS.</li><li>Hands on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent) and GitOps practices</li><li>Hands on experience with CI/CD pipelines that support platform and application workloads, including integration with Infrastructure as Code and GitOps workflows</li><li>Ability to multi-task and shift focus based on evolving requirements</li><li>Strong communication skills</li><li>Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance within one year of hire. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.</li><li>This position requires a minimum of 3 days per week on-site in McLean, VA, Bedford, MA, or Orlando, FL</li></ul><p></p><p>Preferred Qualifications: </p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.</li><li>Experience operating platforms in CMMC or high-side environments</li><li>Background building internal developer platforms, self-service interfaces, or abstractions that improve team velocity</li><li>Prior work supporting national security, DoD, or other U.S. government sponsors</li><li>Experience enabling other teams to effectively utilize shared platforms</li><li>Experience improving incident response processes, reducing mean time to recovery (MTTR), or leading reliability initiatives</li><li>Experience supporting platforms where tenant teams own their application-level incident response and vulnerability mitigation, while the platform team owns the underlying reliability, observability, and escalation paths</li><li>Track record of enabling other teams to, confidently operate their services in production through clear platform interfaces, runbooks, and

Benefits & conditions

shared incident management practices, </li><li>Active Secret Clearance</li></ul><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):</p>None<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):</p>Secret<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">Salary compensation range and midpoint:</p>$98,400 - $123,000 - $147,600 Annual<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">Work Location Type:</p>Onsite<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left">It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil

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