Azure Cloud Operations Engineer

　　Job Category: Information Technology

　　Time Type: Full time

　　Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None

　　Employee Type: Regular

　　Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

　　Type of Travel: Local

　　CACI has an exciting opportunity for an Azure Cloud Operations Engineer to join our program supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

　　The Azure Cloud Operations Engineer will be responsible for supporting Azure cloud application IaaS systems including operations & maintenance of Windows and Linux server operating systems.

　　Location: Springfield, VA (remote but requires occasional customer site visits)

　　About the Role:

　　Engineer, install, maintain, configure, and optimize server operating systems (Windows and Linux) and hosted applications hosted in Azure cloud environment

　　Perform analysis for collaboration of network / system needs and participate in planning, designing, upgrading and deployment using a project-based timeline

　　Apply appropriate security measures to properly safeguard government systems by implementing industry standard best practices and DHS mandated mitigations

　　Support the distribution of security patches using tools such as Azure Update Management and Yum server

　　Manage and maintain virtual server images according to NIST STIG standards

　　Participate in on-call rotation to handle and resolve high severity technical escalations

　　Design, build, test and deploy highly scalable and resilient cloud-based applications on private and public clouds

　　Designing and implementing appropriate environments for those applications, engineer suitable release management procedures and provide production support

　　Influencing other teams and broader Engineering groups in adopting Cloud technologies, processes, and best practices

　　Redesigning legacy applications for Cloud implementation

　　Automating maintenance processes and provisioning of environments with Chef, Puppet, Ansible

　　Troubleshooting problems, involving the appropriate resources and driving resolution of issues with a focus on minimizing impact to our clients

　　Participating in the Agile DevOps design, development, testing, and release of new capabilities and features

　　Providing guidance for adhering to best practices for optimal and secure use of cloud technologies.

　　Assisting development teams in migrating their products from on-prem infrastructure to Azure

　　Working with other Cloud Solutions Engineers to develop prototypes and enhance or expand fundamental capabilities offered in the PaaS and containerized or serverless workloads

　　Participating in daily stand-up meetings and scrums to report your accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks you encountered

　　Driving improvements to processes and design enhancements to automation to continuously improve the production environment

　　Prepare, participate, present in Change Management process, Technical Review Board, and Change Control Board

　　Document all work and updates in Service Now, JIRA, Confluence

　　Document standard operating procedures (SOP), work instructions, guides, network diagrams, knowledge base articles

　　Required Qualifications:

　　Ability to obtain a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Entry on Duty (EOD)

　　Bachelor’s degree or equivalent + 9 years of applicable experience

　　3+ years of Azure cloud support experience in a production environment including network, security, deployment, and automation

　　At least one Microsoft Azure cloud certification

　　3+ years supporting operating systems (Microsoft Server and Redhat Linux) and applications in a production environment including scripting

　　Experience with Azure native automation tool (Azure Resource Manager) and automation for application deployment and delivery using the Azure DevOps Services

　　Experience collaborating across multiple functional/technical teams to deliver a project

　　Provide on-call support for emergencies

　　Ability to communicate with client on a business level and translate their needs into a technical solution

　　Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in interpersonal and written formats

　　Preferred Qualifications:

　　Previous DHS experience

　　Review and address vulnerabilities with Nessus scans

　　ISVMs reviews - Tenable, Nessus scans reviews, & research such as CVE/KVE

　　ServiceNow and JIRA experience

　　Experience with Deployment Management tools such as Chef, Ansible or Puppet

　　Knowledge of commonly used AWS services, such as IAM, VPC, CloudWatch and CloudTrail, Route 53, RDS, SSM and Lambda.

　　Experience working with Agile Development practices.

　　Knowledge of IT strategy and management desirable.

　　Experience in technology delivery in a DevOps environment

　　What We Can Offer You:

　　We’ve been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.

　　Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

　　We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.

　　We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation’s highest priorities.

　　For over 60 years, the principles of CACI’s unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.

　　Company Overview: At CACI, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact by providing information solutions and services in support of national security missions and government transformation for Intelligence, Defense, and Federal Civilian customers. CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.