Senior Data / Cloud Engineer

Peraton seeks a Senior Data / Cloud Engineer supporting a specialized ARCYBER G36 Platform Management Support project.  Location: Fort Eisenhower, GA.

Tasks include:

• Build an environment that consists of several VMs on AWS
• Iterate with customers on requirements
• Manage user/customer access
• Establish and maintain the containerized environment with an entry mechanism, a notebook environment (like JupyterHub), a script server, and persistence using AWS S3
• Use data mapping, data mining and data transformational analysis tools to design and develop databases
• Determine data storage and optimum storage requirements
• Write and tune SQL queries for performance and scalability
• Implements comprehensive backup and database replication solutions

Required:

• Requires minimum of 12 years experience with BS/BA, minimum of 10 years with MS/MA,  minimum of 7 years with Ph.D. Will consider HS+16 years of experience. 
• Must be experienced with cloud-based data warehousing, specifically using the Big Data Platform (BDP).
• Must have experience writing data parsers for the BDP.
• Must have experience with Kafka and Apachi NiFi. 
• Must have expertise in cloud native data storage services and data warehousing methods.
• Must be familiar with SQL and noSQL data storage methods
• Must hold appropriate IAT Level II certification prior to beginning work  
• Requires TS SCI clearance and polygraph or the ability to obtain polygraph and maintain MEAD clearance
• U.S Citizenship required.

Preferred:

• IAT level III or other Cloud certification.
• Experience in DevSecOps, IAC, K8S/Docker, AWS EC2/S3/IAM, networking, routing, with a working knowledge of POSIX Shell, BASH, Python.
• Familiarity with how to build an environment with several VMs on AWS.
• Familiarity with maintaining a network route and pro-grammatically switch for different data scraping tasks.
• Experience with Enterprise Architecture (EA), facilitating meetings and working session related Enterprise Architecture, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to collect data and conduct EA and GAP analyses.
• Familiar with government architecture frameworks such as the Federal Enterprise Architecture and DoDAF and Business Process Model and Notation.
• Experience supporting architecture development and maintenance, portfolio management, and/or acquisition management.

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

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.