Abile Group has an exciting and challenging opportunity for a Cloud Engineer on a 10 year contract providing User Facing and Data Center Services supporting an Intelligence Community customer.  All the personnel on the team will work together to support innovative design, engineering, procurement, implementation, operations, sustainment and disposal of user facing and data center information technology (IT) services on multiple networks and security domains, at multiple locations worldwide, to support the IC mission.

The right candidate will possess the below skills and qualifications and be ready to handle all responsibilities independently and professionally.

• Maintains security requirements for operation of systems

• Maintains and improves existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc)

• Produces detailed documentation

• Maintains System in AWS environment using EC2, S3, Load Balancer, RDS, and IAM

• Manages and Maintains AWS WorkSpaces

• Automates and optimizes service deployments

• Delivers a full-stack web application to production; identifying and resolving operational issues in same

• Actively participates in technical requirements-gathering process (i.e. meetings with customers)

• Executes design and implementation of application features, independently / unassisted, with minimal oversight

• Writes and reads unit tests; understanding code-quality analysis concepts

• Writes and debugs Javascript, Typescript, or closely-related language

• Develops applications backed by a relational database; understanding RDB design concepts

Clearance Required:  TS/SCI with CI Poly

Degree and Years of Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience

• 5+ years IT experience, preferably system administration of large enterprise networks (Windows, Linux platforms)

Required Certifications: 

• Meet DoD 8570 IAT Level II requirements including one of the following:  Security+ CE, CND, SSCP, GSEC, GICSP, CySA+, or CCNA

Desired Certifications: 

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Agile/SAFe

Required Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services

   

• Strong Troubleshooting skills at the Tier 1-3 level

   

• Angular frontend framework; UI/UX design

   

• Microservice-based backend architecture; integrating with COTS/FOSS software REST APIs

   

• CI/CD pipeline implementation, ideally with GitLab

   

• Strong Knowledge of Active Directory

   

• Windows/Linux/Ubuntu/CentOS Administration experience

   

• Desktop support

   

• Domain/System Administrator experience

   

• Be a team collaborator

Desired Skills:

• Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS/CLI

   

• Experience working with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Ruby, or Java)

   

• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development

   

• Database experience with a Postgres backend

   

• Experience in automating tasks using scripted languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Perl

   

• Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, GitLab Pages, and Nexus

   

• Knowledge of Confluence and Jira

   

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology

   

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

   

• Analytical and problem solving skills

Abile Group, Inc. was formed in July 2004 to partner with the Intelligence Community and their Contractors in the areas of Enterprise Analytics & Performance Management, IT & Systems Engineering and Program & Project Management. We have significant experience with the Federal Government and are an EDWOSB dedicated to our employees and clients.  We are looking for high performing employees who enjoy providing advice and guidance along with solutions development and implementation support, crafted by combining industry best practices with the clients’ subject matter experience and Abile’s breadth of expertise. 

Abile Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email careers@abilegroup.com with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days. 

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