Cloud Engineer

About the position

M9 Solutions is dedicated to providing IT services and solutions to the Federal Government by mobilizing the right people, skills, clearance levels, and technologies to help organizations who desire improved performance and modern, sustainable change. M9 has provided quality IT services and support to more than 30 Federal Agencies and multiple commercial customers nationwide. Our capabilities include digital transformation, software development, cloud migration, applications & infrastructure, cybersecurity, data delivery & analytics, and IT talent solutions. M9 Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer to work hybrid remote/on-site on a government contract for a client located in Washington, DC. An active TS/SCI clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in a range of cloud technologies to include cloud development, cloud architecture, cloud system engineering, cloud security, DevSecOps engineering and operations and Agile development methodologies.
• Lead the team on projects of various layers of complexity and create solutions involving or affecting financial, scheduling, methodology, tools, etc., and prepare long and short-range plans for application selection, system development, processes, procedures, and producing methods.
• Act as a liaison to take project requirements from the customer and then translate them into a technical requirement.
• Manage project stakeholders as a technical point of contact for everything related to cloud engineering.
• Plan, execute, and close projects that meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Understand customer requirements and project KPIs.
• Implement various development, testing, automation tools, and IT Infrastructure.
• Plan the team structure, activities, and involvement in project management activities.
• Set up the tools and required infrastructure.
• Define and set development, test, release, update, and support the DevSecOps process.
• Troubleshoot techniques and fix code bugs.
• Monitor the process during the entire life cycle for its adherence and update or create new processes for improvement and minimizing wastage.
• Encourage and build automated processes wherever possible.
• Identify and deploy security measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management.
• Perform incident management and root cause analysis.
• Coordinate and communicate with the team and with customers, both external and internal.
• Select and deploy appropriate CI/CD tools.
• Manage periodic reporting on progress to management and the customer.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• 4 – 6+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 2 – 4+ years of experience with a master’s degree.
• Experience working on Linux/Windows based infrastructure.
• Understanding of Python, Java, JavaScript, and similar technologies.
• Experience with configuration and managing databases such as MySQL, Mongo, and other relational as well NoSQL databases.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Working knowledge of various tools, open-source technologies, and cloud services.
• Knowledge and experience working with CI/CD tools such as Gitlab or Jenkins.
• Advanced experience working with cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevSecOps and Agile principles.
• Technical skills to review, verify, and validate the software code developed on the project.

Nice-to-haves

• Certifications preferred: CompTIA Security +
• AWS Certified Developer Associate or Solution Architect, or similar certification in Azure or GCP.
• Certification in one of the CI/CD tools, preferably Gitlab or Jenkins, or attended relevant courses.
• ITIL certification.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Diversity in driving the vision of the company