Cloud Engineer

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Tysons Corner, VA
Senior level
Security
The Role
The Cloud Engineer will develop and maintain DevOpsSec pipelines for continuous integration and deployment, manage application migrations between AWS environments, design development and staging environments, and ensure compliance with security standards. They will also optimize resource usage and implement disaster recovery solutions.
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Why do you need to choose between doing important work and having a fulfilling life? At Ardent, we have both. Ardent employees are committed to solving our customers’ most difficult problems—and we are committed to the well-being, personal goals, and professional development of our employee. We are “All In.” We put forth our strongest effort possible to get the mission accomplished and we do it together. We respect the skills and experience you bring to the Ardent team. And we provide a rewarding environment to help you succeed. 

We offer highly competitive benefits, professional development opportunities, and an exceptional culture that embraces flexibility, innovation, collaboration, and career growth. A collective service mindset underpins our work, and a shared camaraderie to serve clients, colleagues and our communities set us apart. Our full commitment to being "All In" for our employees and our clients is not just our approach, it is our standard. If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, choose Ardent and make a difference with us. 

Ardent is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our team.  

This is an onsite position located in Tysons, VA. Remote work is subject to the discretion/needs of the customer.

Ardent is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to support our government customer, focusing on DevOpsSec pipeline development, performance monitoring, and cloud resource management. This role will be responsible for migrating government applications between cloud environments and ensuring seamless data processing with external partners such as CBP and DoS. The Cloud Engineer will design and deploy CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure as code (IaC), set up and maintain development, test, UAT, and staging environments, and optimize cloud solutions to support the program's objectives.

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Develop and maintain DevOpsSec pipelines to support continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) for government applications. Monitor and optimize cloud performance, resource usage, and billing to ensure cost-effective operation.
  • Manage the migration of government applications and services between AWS environments, including to FedRAMP-approved GovCloud. Collaborate with external partners such as CBP and DoS to improve connectivity and data processing solutions.
  • Design and maintain development, test, UAT, and staging environments.
  • Deploy infrastructure as code (IaC) using automation tools for seamless provisioning and scaling of resources.
  • Provide solutions for cloud-based hosting, backup, and disaster recovery, ensuring high availability and failover capabilities. Implement technical solutions compliant with FISMA and NIST security standards.
  • Design logical and network diagrams for improved system design and implementation.
  • Utilize Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools such as DataDog, AppDynamics, or NewRelic to track and improve system performance.

Requirements: 

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience in an Enterprise IT environment OR 10+ years of relevant experience without a Bachelor’s degree.
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional.
  • Experience with designing and implementing AWS cloud solutions.
  • Proficiency in developing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC).
  • Strong background in performance monitoring, resource optimization, and cloud billing management.
  • Experience with DevOpsSec tools, including JIRA, automated testing, blue-green deployments, and branching strategies.
  • Proficient in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools, such as DataDog, AppDynamics, or NewRelic.

Preferred Requirements: 

  • Experience in developing web services and APIs using open standards like XML, SOAP, and WSDL.
  • Experience applying The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) in Agile environments to minimize technical debt.
  • Experience with network communication protocols, routing, proxy settings, and firewall policies.
  • Familiarity with microservices/container architectures (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), and automation tools.
  • Experience with cloud-based hosting, backup, and recovery solutions, including failover zones.
  • Experience with database management and administration (MongoDB, Oracle).

Due to the nature of the work we support, all candidates in consideration for this role must be willing to undergo the government-issued background investigation process.

Ardent is an equal-opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

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AWS
The Company
Arlington, VA
132 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

For nearly 15 years, ArdentMC has served this country by delivering award-winning security and defense technology solutions. Our clients'​ missions range from medical evacuation in overseas theaters to border protection to port security. They trust ArdentMC to guarantee quality, reliability and responsiveness.
The ArdentMC Team is the underpinning of our success. Our IT professionals specialize in large-scale situational awareness, geographic visualization, cloud, and information sharing technologies.
ArdentMC inspires its employees to love their jobs. We can help you grow your career by connecting you with our top-notch professionals on challenging projects. We actively mentor and equip our employees to be thought leaders in their fields, and we offer competitive salaries and benefits, including financial rewards for excellence.
If you like a fast-paced environment where insights are valued and innovations encouraged, then we want to meet you. Please visit our Career Portal [url: http://www.ardentmc.com/careers] to discover opportunities at ArdentMC.

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