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Azure Cloud Engineer

Peraton

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$86,000 - $138,000
Unspecified
IT - Hardware
Herndon, VA (On-Site/Office)

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview

About The Role

Peraton is seeking a Azure Cloud Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Herndon, VA. The qualified applicant will become part of Peraton's Department of State (DOS) Consular Systems Modernization (CSM) Program for the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA). This initiative is intended to modernize and consolidate the operational environment under a common technology framework to better support the services provided to CA's customers.

As part of the modernization program, the Azure Cloud Engineer will provide support to the ongoing implementation of the Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline that supports the program. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing secure, scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. If challenge, growth, and the ability to have a positive impact on your customer and fellow team members is something that interests you, this job is worth your consideration.

Roles and Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement Azure-based infrastructure solutions to support application modernization and migration efforts.
  • Manage technical requirements while deciding on technical solutions.
  • Experience in setting up landing zones on Azure cloud.
  • Experience in activities around automated deployment of their applications into AKS.
  • Experience in managing automation playbooks and documentation related to AKS.
  • Experience in pod autoscaling designs/strategies, CI-CD pipelines for building enterprise grade application build and deployment automation.
  • Experience in efficiently managing image streams and build artifacts.
  • Develop, deploy, and manage Azure PaaS and SaaS solutions, ensuring they meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.
  • Utilize Azure DevOps practices to automate and streamline the software development lifecycle, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
  • Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes, ensuring high availability, scalability, and efficient resource utilization.
  • Identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance of services.

DOSCSM

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree and at least (eight) 8 years of recent, relevant work experience.
  • Solid understanding of Cloud Networking, Identity Management, Security Compliance (V-Nets, RBAC, Private Endpoints, IAM and Secrets Management.
  • Superior experience designing, implementing, and delivering infrastructure with containers and Kubernetes, AKS preferred.
  • Experience with infrastructure as code, such as Terraform ARM template.
  • Ability to comprehend the impacts of adapting different architectures and design and be able to present to stakeholders.
  • Develop, deploy, and manage Azure PaaS and SaaS solutions, ensuring they meet the highest standards of reliability, security, and performance.
  • Utilize Azure DevOps practices to automate and streamline the software development lifecycle, including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
  • Identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance of services.
  • Must be able to obtain or have an Active Secret (or higher) clearance. Interim clearances acceptable.
  • Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working in a Federal IT related industry.
  • Experience with enterprise cloud infrastructure platforms, AWS, Azure (preferred).
  • Experience with advanced automation pipelines (GitLab) and artifact management.
  • Azure Security certification(s).
  • Implement and manage Azure Arc to extend Azure management and services to any infrastructure, ensuring seamless operation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
  • Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus.

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

Target Salary Range: $86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

EEO:Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted and highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies across the intelligence, space, cyber, defense, civilian, health, and state and local markets. Every day, our employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Join Peraton and #DoTheCan'tBeDone

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