Cloud Engineer

Absolute Business Solutions Corp (ABSC) is not just another tech company. Were a community of innovators, engineers, analysts and business professionals working together with our customers to tackle the most complex challenges. For more than 20 years weve supported critical Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), Federal Civilian missions and global, multi-national corporations. We specialize in supporting our clients in the Intelligence, Technology, Defense, AI/ML, and Data Science fields. As we continue to grow at a rapid pace, we need some amazing new professionals to join our team.

ABSC has an exciting opening for you, as a Cloud Engineer, to play a critical role with design, engineering, development, deployment, and use of software for the DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) where we support our clients mission to centralize and standardize Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) across the DoD and IC enterprise. We integrate off the shelf and newly development software to sustain and enhance the TCPED platform. We leverage cloud-based computing, artificial intelligence (Al), machine learning (ML) and cross-domain transfer systems to provide cutting edge data exploitation, enrichment, triage, and analytics capabilities to Defense and Intelligence Community members. DTP advances the state of the art in mission-focused big data analytics tools and micro-service development spanning the breadth of Agile sprints to multiyear research and development cycles.

As a Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for technical duties such as infrastructure design, creation, maintenance, and support associated with cloud computing. You will be working closely with our Cloud Architect, Solution Architects, Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, and Operations Engineering/Manager as well as Government counterparts to perform and manage our cloud solution, cloud computing strategy and all associated documentation. Most work will be conducted on-site at our client locations in either Bethesda, MD or Reston, VA. Occasionally, some tasks may be performed remotely.

Responsibilities:

As a Cloud Engineer, you will collaborate with our engineering and infrastructure teams to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the program.

• Deploying and debugging cloud initiatives as needed in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Employing exceptional problem-solving skills.
• Building and designing web services in the cloud.
• Designing and implementing cloud-based platforms throughout the program.
• Coordinate with DTP team to prioritize product backlogs for sprints and releases.
• Assist with monitoring & reporting technical variances; facilitate resolution of technical issues that adversely impact successful product delivery or total system cost.
• Assist with identifying and supporting external dependencies where needed.

Requirements:

To be successful in this role you need:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience with 12+ years in systems engineering or other relevant field. Masters degree with 10+ years experience. Additional years experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
• Must have an active TS/SCI eligibility with the ability/willingness to obtain and maintain a CI Polygraph.
• Experience with Commercial Cloud Services (C2S)
• Knowledge of classified environments security enclave
• Experience with cloud-based services, preferably AWS, for enterprise applications
• Cloud Admin Skills in AWS -- ec2, elb/alb, s3, efs, vpc, aws cli, cloud theory
• Experience with Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)
• Experience with container deployment platforms such as Kubernetes, Openshift
• Experience with SecDevOps and CI/CD pipeline
• Experience working with Linux operating system.
• Knowledge of web services: API, REST
• Strong awareness of networking and internet protocols
• Extensive experience with open-source technology, software development and system engineering.
• Experience developing basic tooling and scripting: UNIX shell, Python, Perl or similar.
• IaC coding scripting (CDK/Cloud formation preferred)
• Salt (preferred) or some other config management tool (Ansible preferred)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systems engineers, and architects.
• Ability to work well/collaborate with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.

Desired Experience:

• AWS cloud certifications
• Experience with micro services architecture
• Experience and domain knowledge related to data processing?
• Experience with big data applications.
• Experience supporting DIA/NMEC, DIA/OSIC, and/or D3P
• OSINT familiarity

Salary is commensurate with experience. Salary range for this requisition is: $140k-$225k annual.

Who we are:
ABSC is a technology and services company that combines the agility of a small business with proven processes refined over more than two decades in business. We specialize in supporting public sector clients in the Intelligence, Defense, Health, and Safety areas. Our team stands ready to deliver the next generation of programs, personnel, and solutions to help advance our federal government customers driving innovation, agility, and security across all mission areas.

Some of our benefits include:

• 4 weeks of PTO plus 11 Federal Holidays
• Retirement Planning 401k Fully Vested with Match
• Tuition Assistance Program Annual contributions to help you pay down your loans
• Annual Health and Wellness Allowance buy an Apple Watch, a treadmill, or hit the gym on us
• Career Development Annual Funds to spend on Education and Training
• Volunteer Time Off Annually, all employees can spend 8 hours directly supporting a charity of choice
• Charitable Match ABSC matches an employees donation to a qualifying charity
• Paid Parental Leave Employees receive 3 weeks of paid parental leave at 100% pay
• Referral Program We pay for internal and external referrals!
• LOV Awards Earn bonus awards throughout the year from our Living Our Values awards program

Apply to join our team today! We are always looking to grow our team - if you know someone who is seeking a new career opportunity, please share this job opening with them. ABSC offers generous external referral bonuses. You dont need to be an employee to benefit from our Referral Program.

*ABSC is a proud V3, Virginia Values Vets, member which recognizes our commitment to hiring Veterans. If you are a veteran, please be sure to include that in your application.*

Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.