Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer to play a critical role in the design, engineering, development, deployment, and use of software for the DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). This program supports our client’s mission to centralize and standardize Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the DoD and IC enterprise. The team integrates off-the-shelf and newly developed software to sustain and enhance the TCPED platform, leveraging cloud-based computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cross-domain transfer systems to provide advanced data exploitation, enrichment, triage, and analytics capabilities. DTP advances the state of the art in mission-focused big data analytics tools and micro-service development spanning the breadth of Agile sprints to multiyear research and development cycles. Responsible for infrastructure design, creation, maintenance, and support associated with cloud computing. Work closely with Cloud Architects, Solution Architects, Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, Operations Engineering/Managers, and Government counterparts to perform and manage the cloud solution, cloud computing strategy, and all associated documentation.

Capabilities

• Collaborate with engineering and infrastructure teams to identify and implement optimal cloud-based solutions.
• Deploy and debug cloud initiatives in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Employ exceptional problem-solving skills.
• Build and design web services in the cloud.
• Design and implement cloud-based platforms throughout the program.
• Coordinate with the DTP team to prioritize product backlogs for sprints and releases.
• Assist with monitoring and reporting technical variances, facilitating resolution of technical issues that impact product delivery or system cost.
• Assist with identifying and supporting external dependencies where needed.

Required Skills

• Experience with Commercial Cloud Services (C2S).
• Knowledge of classified environment security enclaves.
• Experience with cloud-based services, preferably AWS, for enterprise applications.
• Cloud administration skills in AWS (EC2, ELB/ALB, S3, EFS, VPC, AWS CLI, CloudFormation).
• Experience with Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service).
• Experience with container deployment platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Experience with SecDevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working with Linux operating systems.
• Knowledge of web services: API, REST.
• Strong awareness of networking and internet protocols.
• Extensive experience with open-source technology, software development, and system engineering.
• Experience developing tooling and scripting in UNIX shell, Python, Perl, or similar.
• IaC coding/scripting (CDK/CloudFormation preferred).
• Salt (preferred) or other configuration management tool (Ansible preferred).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple disciplines and technical levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, with 8–12 years of systems engineering or relevant experienceMaster’s with 6+ years of experience.

Desired Skills

• AWS cloud certifications.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Experience and domain knowledge related to data processing.
• Experience with big data applications.
• Experience supporting DIA/NMEC, DIA/OSIC, and/or D3P.
• Familiarity with OSINT.

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Above market fixed salary or hourly pay.
• Up to $10,000 bonus for each referral.
• Additional bonuses for exceptional performance, assisting with business development and company growth.

Health

• 100% paid premiums for health insurance. Choose from over 5 gold-level medical plans from CareFirst, Kaiser and UnitedHealthcare. Choose from PPO, POS. HMO, and HSA-compatible.
• HSA and FSA options.
• 100% paid premiums for dental insurance.
• 100% paid premiums for vision insurance.

Income Protection

• 100% paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment.
• 100% paid premiums for life insurance with a $200,000 max benefit.

Retirement

• 8% company contribution to 401k with immediate vesting.
• 401k pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 days of paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules including flex time and compressed work period.
• Remote work including partial or fully remote (contract and project-dependent).

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Base-2 Solutions 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, disability, or status as a protected veteran.