IT019 Cloud Platform Engineer

Adnet Systems - Greenbelt, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Greenbelt, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Cloud Platform Engineer (CPE) position at NASA's Space and Earth Science Data Analysis (SESDA) contract involves supporting the NASA Science Mission Directorate Cloud (SMDC) within the Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office (CISTO) at the Goddard Space Flight Center. This fully remote role focuses on automating infrastructure resource provisioning, deployment, and management, with an emphasis on multi-cloud solutions using various tools. The CPE will play a critical role in implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and ensuring security and compliance across cloud applications.

Responsibilities

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform and/or Crossplane.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, deploying, and scaling solutions in the cloud.
• Implement a GitOps approach to manage infrastructure and applications in alignment with security and compliance requirements.
• Monitor system performance and optimize infrastructure and application implementations for performance and cost efficiency.
• Implement strategies for scaling applications to meet varying workloads.
• Provide support for observability across the cloud and applications using tools like Grafana and cloud-native tools.
• Support multi-cloud log aggregation, data transformations, and creation of dashboards.
• Support the implementation of security controls for continuous security and compliance monitoring.

Requirements

• At least 5 years' experience in cloud architecture and Dev/Ops on AWS, Azure, and/or other clouds.
• Production experience with tools such as Terraform, Crossplane, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD and GitOps practices.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to pass background checks for elevated privileges in government IT environments.

Nice-to-haves

• Certification in Azure or AWS environment.

Benefits

• Annual Leave/Sick Leave
• Military and Family Emergency Leave
• Paid Holidays
• Performance Bonuses
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Direct Deposit Payroll
• 401K Plan with Company Matching
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Swag bags