Cloud Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The ideal candidate is responsible for supporting the operations and maintenance in order to maintain constant and monitoring of the customer’s infrastructure. The Cloud Engineer will be able to utilize the full capabilities of the tool to provide the engineering team and the customer accurate and clear insights to the state of environment.

Day to Day Work Responsibilities:

• Deploy, debug, and execute initiatives related to cloud computing.
• Design, develop, and maintain cloud-based systems, ensuring efficient data storage and adherence to security policies.
• Interact with clients, provides cloud support, and makes recommendations based on client needs.
• Migrate applications and systems to the cloud.
• Configure cloud infrastructure components like networking and security services.
• Create the applications and databases that perform on the cloud.
• Monitors cloud management and data storage services.
• Manage a cloud environment and debugging activities throughout development.
• Collaborates and identifies cloud solutions with technical teams.
• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud-based process difficulties.

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Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor degree and 5 years’ experience or Associate degree and 7 years’ experience or HS diploma/equivalent and 9 years' experience  
• U.S. Citizenship required; Must have the ability to obtain a DHS Entrance on Duty (EOD) clearance
• Possess Microsoft Azure AZ-900 certification.
• Experience with cloud-based systems and infrastructure.
• Ability to define requirements, specify architectures, complete detailed designs, and oversee implementations.
• Proven technical skills and a strong understanding of cutting-edge cloud solutions and architectures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team-player
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Possess an Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) 4 certification or the ability to obtain within one month

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working in AWS, and/or VMWare environments.
• Microsoft Azure certifications:
  • Azure Administrator Associate
  • Azure Network Engineer Associate
  • Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
• Experience developing Bash/Python scripts and templates necessary for resource provisioning to occur automatically.
• Experience with web development frameworks, database technologies, web services, and/or web application servers.
• Discovering and implementing industry-standard cloud service offers, as well as processes and standards that ensure the most efficient use of cloud service provider products.
• Ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action and an ability to find innovative ways to solve problems.

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 do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.