Cloud Platform and Data Engineer - U.S. Citizenship Required

Via Logic - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Washington, DC

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

Welcome to Via Logic, where you will be joining a dynamic team known for its collaborative spirit and innovative approach to solving complex challenges. We are currently seeking a Remote Cloud Platform and Data Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience for a Full-time position to assume a pivotal role in supporting our federal government client. This role is intended for a United States (U.S.) citizen with extensive expertise in architecting, deploying, and managing secure, scalable, and automated cloud solutions. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in transforming our clients' infrastructure to be more efficient, secure, and aligned with business objectives. This position places significant emphasis on the implementation of everything-as-code and DevSecOps best practices and cloud security. As a client-facing professional, your responsibilities will include collaborating with key stakeholders and leading secure cloud projects that align with client objectives and regulations. Your insights will play a crucial role in deploying and operationalizing capabilities for clients. To excel in this position, candidates must demonstrate a high level of professionalism, meet public trust clearance requirements, and possess a proven track record of successful Agile project collaboration. If you are a U.S. citizen passionate about driving meaningful change in government, we strongly encourage you to submit your application. Key Requirement: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Public Trust U.S. citizenship is mandatory, as this work is for a federal government client. Candidates will need to successfully complete a Background Investigation (BI) and credit check prior to beginning work. Nothing in applicants' history should prevent them from obtaining a public trust security clearance. U.S. citizenship is someone who was born in the US or obtained citizenship through naturalization that the government will verify. The government has excluded non-citizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), refugees, or those on temporary visas. MUST RESIDE in the U.S. and work MUST BE PERFORMED in the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Design, manage, and optimize secure, automated CI/CD pipelines for cloud-based and hybrid environments, integrating security checks and compliance measures.
• Utilize containerization technologies to manage microservices and facilitate consistent deployment and scalability across environments.
• Build, deploy, manage, and optimize cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and data stores, to support scalable and resilient applications in both government and public-facing ecosystems.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of production systems in cloud environments, overseeing automated build processes and troubleshooting issues.
• Implement monitoring solutions to track system performance, using logging and diagnostics to identify and address performance bottlenecks.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation to automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure.
• Assess, implement, and maintain security postures to meet or exceed federal and industry standards, conducting regular security assessments and enforcing compliance protocols.
• Participate and actively engage in agile teams, contributing to sprint deliverables and fostering continuous improvement in DevSecOps practices.
• Develop automated tests for infrastructure and deployment scripts to ensure stability and security, integrating these tests into the CI/CD pipeline for continuous validation.
• Understand and manage information flow and ingestion processes, ensuring data integrity and accuracy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience designing and implementing solutions on AWS, including expertise in CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, and Chef for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategies.
• Demonstrated proficiency in CI/CD automation, using tools like Jenkins and Gitlab to embed security, quality, and testing into pipelines.
• Advanced knowledge of AWS, including expertise in AWS EC2, ECS, EKS, and Lambda, Docker, Helm, Swagger, Redis, New Relic, Kubernetes and deploying applications, containerization, microservices, APIs, and databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle RDS, DynamoDB).
• Strong programming and scripting abilities in Java, Python, and Bash, focused on automating tasks and enhancing operational efficiency.
• Skilled in data models and management using SQL and Python, with a thorough understanding of data structures, flows, and ETL processes.
• Skilled in deploying cloud-native services and secure cloud networking, including TLS/SSL, encryption, and key management.
• Well-versed in compliance standards such as FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, and SOC to enhance the privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance posture of cloud solutions.
• Exceptional project management capabilities, managing and prioritizing multiple projects simultaneously with innovative approaches.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, understanding agile software engineering principles and best practices.

Nice-to-haves

• Preference for candidates with government sector experience, especially with DHS, and holding current public trust clearance.

Benefits

• U.S. based remote position offering flexibility for work-life balance.
• Health Care
• Paid Time Off (PTO)