LOCATION: Agency located in DC

　　On/Off site: Hybrid (specifics are TBD)

　　CLEARANCE LEVEL: Public Trust (HSPD-12)

　　Who YOU are:

　　As a Junior Cloud 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 scheduleArent satisfied with status quo, and regularly look for creative ways to solve problems and help your team meet commitmentsAre insatiably curious - you ask why, you explore, and youre not afraid to blurt out your crazy ideaAre a strong self-performer that also flourishes in a team setting; and love the ability to work on multiple clients/projects simultaneouslyLove learning new technologies and sharing them with your teamHave a keen interest in using any and all appropriate tools, especially Cloud-based and Open Source, to solve the problem at handHave 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 togetherUse your experience and leadership skills to motivate your teammates to deliver high quality results in a fast-paced work environmentAre obsessed with automation, simplicity, and smooth-running systemsWho We Are:

　　A 2023 Top Work Places recipient ()A company committed to your training, technical experience growth, and well beingUniquely positioned and ready to expand, with your help, into more complex and technically challenging environmentsBuilt 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 DevSecOpsA small business with big partners such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft (Azure), and Google (Cloud Platform) and other technology partners;ImmutaDatabricksGitLabRedHatMultiple Prime contract holder (GSA, SITE III, JAIC DRAID, and NDE)Always a committed partner with our customers and laser-focused on their missionRESPONSIBILITIES:

　　As a Site Reliability Engineer on our team, youll work with the customer on the development of more robust systems by building a resilient infrastructure. Youll build in redundancy, implement monitoring tools, and automate wherever possible. Youll help reduce mundane, redundant efforts by scripting routine tasks and automating self-repair. This is your chance to leverage your experience with Kubernetes, Ansible, AWS Cloud Migration, Cloudera, and IaC, while assisting senior engineers and broadening your knowledge base to integrate engineering activities. You will be part of a team that is accountable for maintaining the uptime and performance of the solution in accordance with the agreed-upon service level agreement (SLA), service level objectives (SLOs) and key performance parameters (KPPs).

　　Understand and leverage cloud automation tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform to provision and manage approved cloud baselinesWork with Infrastructure as Code managed in Git-based repositories and CI/CD toolingProvision cloud accounts for new customers using cloud automation toolsProvide customer support for cloud application ownersHelp cloud customers navigate the cloud governance processTroubleshoot issues within the cloud layerHelp implement custom permissionsEvaluate, document, and test new cloud services as they become availableProvide technical troubleshooting for issues that involve large-scale components and the affected usersDevelop and/or use troubleshooting, monitoring, and reporting tools to analyze the root cause of serious and impactful technical issues and building stable and sustainable solutions and improvementsSupport the Technical Leads to seek solutions for customers and drive tasks toward completionAssist with improving the whole lifecycle of operational readiness - from inception and design through deployment, operation, and refinementEnsure that technical solutions are scalable is paramountAid in the development of tools, operational improvements, and automated solutions that enable self- service configuration changes, speed deployments, and improve monitoring in support of mission-critical customer-facing applications and environmentsAssist the software engineering team to ensure accurate monitoring and metrics are built into the applications before deployment to productionEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

　　- - Bachelors degree (Computer Science, MIS, Mathematics, or other scientific degree) with 2 years of directly related hands-on experience - Relevant cloud certification(s)

　　Desired Qualifications:

　　Strong organizational, time-management, analytical and troubleshooting skills are a mustExcellent verbal and written communicationExperience with creating automation of deployment and/or configuration tasks with IaC tools including Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, or GitLabHave some hands-on experience working with tools and technologies in, at a minimum, two of the following areas: software development, configuration control, testing, security, automation, containerization, orchestration, cloud services, open-source technologiesExperience with designing, developing, deploying, or delivering using automation techniques or tools, including Ansible or GitKnowledge of cloud and virtualization-based technologies, including Docker, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), VMware, or OpenShiftExperience with troubleshooting Linux, including RHEL, UNIX, networking, scripting and automation, systems administration functions, or application troubleshootingAmazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, or GCP CertificationExperience with Python and Go, Microservices, Serverless, MLOps, AIOps, Cloudera, and KubernetesExperience with Big Data stack using Hadoop, Spark, Accumulo or MongoDB, and Solr or ElasticsearchExperience with software development processes and code management tools and processesExperience with declarative Infrastructure as Code tools, including Puppet, Terraform, and AnsibleOther:

　　Plus3 IT Systems is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions 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] [include name and/or department, telephone, and e-mail address].

　　The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, we are required to stay in compliance with Executive Order 14042 with the most up to date information provided at the fol