Senior Cloud Solutions Architect/Engineer
LOCATION: D.C, Maryland, Virginia, St. Louis, MO - mostly remote work
CLEARANCE LEVEL: Active TS/SCI
Who YOU are:
As a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect/Engineer at Plus3 IT Systems, you:
- Are passionate about working on cutting-edge, high-profile projects and are motivated by delivering solutions on an aggressive schedule
- Aren’t satisfied with status quo, and regularly look for creative ways to solve problems and help your team meet commitments
- Are insatiably curious – you ask why, you explore, and you’re not afraid to blurt out your crazy idea
- Are a strong self-performer that also flourishes in a team setting; and love the ability to work on multiple clients/projects simultaneously
- Love learning new technologies and sharing them with your team
- Have a keen interest in using any and all appropriate tools, especially Cloud-based and Open Source, to solve the problem at hand
- Have strong verbal and written communication skills, due to the dynamic nature of collaborations with customers, vendors, and other engineering teams to solve complex business problems together
- Use your experience and leadership skills to motivate your teammates to deliver high quality results in a fast-paced work environment
- Are obsessed with automation, simplicity, and smooth-running systems
Who We Are:
- A 2023 “Top Work Places” recipient (https://topworkplaces.com/company/plus3-it-systems/)
- A company committed to your training, technical experience growth, and well being
- Uniquely positioned and ready to expand, with your help, into more complex and technically challenging environments
- Built upon subject matter expertise supporting the Federal Government with a focus on Cloud Adoption, Cloud Security, Cloud Enabled Data Analytics, Cloud Native Application Development, and DevSecOps
- A small business with big partners such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft (Azure), and Google (Cloud Platform) and other technology partners;
- Immuta
- Databricks
- GitLab
- RedHat
- Multiple Prime contract holder (GSA, SITE III, JAIC DRAID, and NDE)
- Always a committed partner with our customers and laser-focused on their mission
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Evangelize methodologies for building and operating highly available, scalable services
- Provide assistance in reducing and resolving production incidents (e.g., Site Reliability
Engineering) - Look for opportunities to improve all operations processes
- Evaluate, build, and modify automation for deploying and operating production services
- Create, assess, update, and maintain documentation pertaining to Product Lines
- Develop and design elastic, resilient, and self-healing Cloud-native applications
- Crafting excellent documentation for respective projects and carrying ownership of the code
and the instructional tutorials on how to use it - Work with team members to design, architect, and implement solutions across geographic
locations - Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- Python or Ruby ideally in SOA applications
- A solid understanding of networking and core Internet protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS,
SMTP, HTTP, and distributed networks) - Understanding of industry standards for building services in IaaS/PaaS/SaaS in Cloud
environments - Knowledge of APIs and RESTful services
- Understanding of DevSecOps
- Good working knowledge of build automation and continuous integration/delivery
ecosystem: Git, Gerrit, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, Docker, Nexus - Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Fabric.
- Understanding of DevSecOps
- Certified AWS Solutions Architect
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher, or ten year’s experience in Computer Science, Information
Systems, Engineering, or other related scientific or technical discipline - Master degree or fifteen years’ experience in Computer Science or related technical
discipline - Five plus years of experience with AWS cloud services
- Five years’ experience finding and fixing critical, customer-facing production issues
- Experience in the development of object-oriented software with languages like Java,
C++, - Experience with modern container orchestration systems: Kubernetes, Mesos, DC/OS,
Swarm. - Experience with Linux/UNIX systems and the best practices for deploying applications to
those stacks.
Other:
At Plus3 IT Systems, we believe our success is driven by the unique contributions of every employee. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we make employment decisions based solely on an individual’s qualifications, skills and merit, and without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact [email protected].
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What We Do
Plus3 IT Systems, LLC (Plus3 IT) was founded in 2015 by subject matter experts with significant experience delivering complex solutions for Federal Government customers. Supporting a wide variety of mission requirements, we provide expert-level Cloud Adoption, Cloud Security, Cloud Enabled Data Analytics, and Cloud Native Application Development. We also offer analysis, design, and operations for cloud environments. Our passion is helping our customers achieve their goals with our teams of innovative technology practitioners and agile collaborative processes.
