CLOUD DEVOPS ENGINEER

CLOUD DEVOPS ENGINEER

Peraton

• 3.1 Hampton, VA Job Details $86,000
• $138,000 a year 4 hours ago Benefits Health savings account Paid holidays Disability insurance Health insurance Dental insurance 401(k) Paid time off Parental leave Employee assistance program Vision insurance Life insurance Qualifications Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Configuration management Application deployment Scalable systems Technology security practices Automating deployment processes Technical solutions implementation Scalability Full Job Description

ABOUT PERATON

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The program is an IDIQ contract for an AWS-based cloud hosting system. Currently, Peraton is supporting the Cloud Security, IoT, and AIML use cases for the environment in a hybrid work environment with Federal employees. Peraton also support the following applications as part of the environment: Dremio, Tableau, Globus, Posit/RStudio, Atlassian, ThingLogix, Alteryx and CloudCheckr.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Department of Interior (DOI) CHS III program will be leading the way for Cloud Hosting and Applications Modernization across DOI and its subordinate bureaus. CHS III will facilitate migration of legacy on-premises applications to a modern, secure and scalable multi-cloud platform. From sensors in active volcanic regions to earthquake detection data, CHS III will be DOI's central cloud processing and data solution. We are seeking a skilled and proactive Cloud DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with individual science labs and cross-functional teams to understand and assess the requirements, feasibility, and implementation of new workloads on AWS. Responsibilities include planning and executing migrations from on-premises environments to AWS, designing scalable infrastructure, and automating deployment processes using cutting-edge AWS DevOps tools. This position offers the opportunity to work on innovative projects that leverage AWS cloud technologies to drive operational efficiency and build resilient, secure cloud environments. Peraton is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to perform the following tasks:

Incident Management:

Participate in root cause analysis of system incidents.

Ticket Queue Management:

Respond to and resolve tickets in the operations support queue in a timely and efficient manner , ensuring issues are tracked, documented, and closed according to SLAs. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Use tools such as AWS CloudFormation, GitLab and GitLab Runners to respond to support requests to manage and maintain AWS infrastructure, including

EC2, RDS, S3, ELB, VPC, IAM

Roles and Policies, Security Groups and related services.

Automation:

Automate routine operational tasks to improve system reliability, security monitoring and configuration management using AWS step functions, lambda functions, SSM documents, AWS EventBridge, SNS, SQS using scripting languages such as python, bash and powershell.

Configuration Management:

Implement configuration management solutions (e.g., Ansible, Chef, or AWS Systems Manager).

Monitoring and Logging:

Set up and maintain observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, etc.) to monitor infrastructure and application performance.

Security and Compliance:

Ensure security best practices (IAM policies, encryption, VPC design, secrets management) and compliance with organizational standards.

Cost Optimization:

Analyze and optimize AWS cloud costs without compromising performance or scalability.

Collaboration and Leadership:

Work cross-functionally with customer DevOps engineers, attend weekly team meetings and report status on open tickets and DevOps assignments.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Qualifications:

Candidate must be a US Citizen Candidate must have an Active Public Trust or the Ability to Obtain one is required 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD 3 or more years professional job experience designing, deploying, and managing cloud-based solutions using core AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFormation, and IAM for secure and scalable infrastructure. Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, GitLab, GitLab Runners, or other third-party tools to automate application deployments. Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, or AWS CDK to automate cloud resource provisioning and configuration management. Experience with Python, Bash, AWS CLI, or other scripting languages to automate deployments, streamline workflows, troubleshoot issues, and resolve operational challenges within AWS environments. Candidate must have at least one of the following certifications or be able to attain within 90

Days:

AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer

• Associate AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
• Professional AWS Certified Developer
• Associate or Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect

• Associate or Professional Preferred Qualifications:

  One or more AWS Speciality Certification(s) such: AWS Certified Advanced Networking
• Speciality AWS Certified Security
• Speciality AWS AI Fundamentals Experience with incident management, root cause analysis, and resolving high-priority incidents in large, multi-tenant environments using Jira, Confluence, etc.

Exemplary communication, analytical skills, and technical knowledge across the client environment. Ability to produce concise and clear technical documentation. Experience working in an Agile environment Experience in leveraging AI tools to accelerate workflows and code generation, and for producing concise and clear technical AI-assisted documentation. Experience with using or supporting applications such as Dremio, Tableau, Posit and/or

Nebari DETAILS Target Salary Range:

$86,000

• $138,000.

This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement:

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements:

The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity.

EEO:

Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.