AWS Cloud Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

***This job requires active TS/SCI clearance. Please apply only if you have an active TS/SCI clearance. ***

North Point Technology is looking for a TS/SCI Cleared AWS Cloud Engineers to support a critical mission. 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. You will be a key member of the team, where the rubber meets the road, doing work that matters for some of the U.S. Government's most critical missions, and utilizing the latest technologies in Cloud Computing, AI/ML, and DevSecOps.

Responsibilities:

• 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 operations processes to ensure reliability and repeatability

• Build and maintain infrastructure as code for cloud-based services

Required Experience/Qualifications:

• Current Top Secret Security Clearance, preferably a Top Secret SCI with a current polygraph

• Information Assurance/DoD 8570 certification IAT Level II or higher (like Security+) or willing to obtain within 6 months

• Experience with AWS Infrastructure

• 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

• Familiar with infrastructure as code concepts

• Experience managing unclassified and classified development environments including workstations, servers, and GPU assets

• Understanding of network configuration in cloud and on-prem environments

• Strong grasp of Linux

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar IaC technology

• Experience procuring equipment for government contracts and asset management

• AWS Certification - SysOps or DevOps Associate

• 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

• Experience with building and deploying Elastic Stack clusters for data and logs

Required Certification:

• Information Assurance/DoD 8570 certification IAT Level II or higher (like Security+) or willing to obtain within 6 months