Mid-level Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

The Mid-level Cloud Infrastructure Engineer supports the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in either Huntsville, AL OR Colorado Springs, CO.

The candidate will:

• Specialize in migrating functions and networks to private, public, and hybrid cloud infrastructures.
• In doing so, will give organizations and business partners the freedom and flexibility to maximize their productivity while achieving additional cost savings to the MDA.
• Design, plan and implement client-specific cloud solutions
• Identify appropriate cloud providers
• Ensure the cloud network is properly sized and responsive to user demands
• Scale cloud services to serve growing demands
• Liaise with business owners and/or stakeholders to determine growth plans
• Monitor usage of cloud network
• Implement effective security strategies on cloud networks
• Implement fault tolerance, disaster recovery and failover capabilities
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and guidelines
• Build infrastructure automation to ensure rapid delivery of system and application updates.
• Carry out testing and fine-tuning to ensure optimal efficiency.
• Provide architectural vision, strategy & roadmap and work with Engineers and Platform Operations staff to operationalize technology solutions

The successful candidate will:

• Have strong troubleshooting and analytical skills

• Must have 1, or more, years of directly related experience
• Must understand cloud delivery models (IAAS, SAAS, PAAS)
• Must have experience with enterprise server operating systems/environments (i.e. RHEL 7 and/or 8; Windows Server 2019 and/or higher)
• Must have experience with implementing Cybersecurity best practices
• Must have DoD 8570.01 IAT Level II Certification
• Must have an active DoW Secret Security Clearance

Desired Requirements:

• AZURE, AWS, and/or Cloud Certified Solution Architect Certification
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Bachelor’s Degree, or higher, in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Math

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Mid-level Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our Client’s team., Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone’s global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.