Cloud Computing, Lead Associate

Peraton is seeking a Cloud Computing Associate to perform the following tasks:

• Incident Management: Participate in on-call rotations and 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.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD or 9 years exp with HS Diploma/equivalent.
• Candidate must be a US Citizen 
• Candidate must have an Active Public Trust or the Ability to Obtain one is required 
• 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 Developer - Associate  
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of extensive hands-on experience with a wide range of AWS services including but not limited to EC2 instances, S3 buckets, VPC configurations, RDS databases, and other services
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation, GitLab, GitLab Runners
• Experience with Python, Bash, AWS CLI, or other scripting languages to automate, troubleshoot and resolve issues
• Experience with using or supporting applications such as Dremio, Tableau, Posit and/or Nebari 
• 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

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.

$80,000 - $128,000. 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.

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