Middleware/Cloud Engineer

Company: General Dynamics Information Technology
Location: Towson
Posted on: May 14, 2020

Job Description:

Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: None Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Suitability: No Suitability Required Public Trust/Other Required: None Job Family: Systems Administration Job Description: As a Middleware/Cloud Engineer , you will be required to develop solutions that are highly innovative, and achieved through research and integration of best practices. Influence development of solutions that impact strategic project/program goals and business results while also leading work of other technical staff. You will resolve highly complex problems using significant application of technical knowledge, conceptualizing, reasoning and interpretation. You will interact daily with technical resources which are fulfilling technical requirements for the customer. Your goal will be to work with all stakeholders to help ensure delivery of high-quality, robust and scalable solutions with minimal business impact. Technical Responsibilities Resource performs all aspects of technical operations; builds, software installation and upgrades, patching, security, system responsiveness, scaling, troubleshooting, reliability and monitoring. Technical Operations includes: Researching and implementing system configuration changes Evaluating new technology and tools Capacity monitoring and planning System monitoring Routine preventative maintenance Managing AWS environment Patching related to security vulnerabilities and upgrades Creating scripts to perform system tasks Issue resolution Perform RHEL O/S activities and support scheduled maintenance of environments. Influence development of solutions that impact strategic project/program goals and business results while also leading work of other technical staff. Identifies risks and opportunities, mitigates unknown risks around infrastructure, DevSecOps, operations and maintenance. Problem resolution of complex problems using deep technical knowledge and experience. Manages and oversees infrastructure, operations and maintenance including scheduling, facilitating meetings and material preparation. Provides status & statistical reporting for the weekly status and monthly deep dives. Support Security and Quality Process Audits. Maintains Process Documentation. Automate processes to streamline workflows. Education and Experience BS degree and 15+ years of prior relevant experience.  Experience may be substituted in lieu of degree. Desirable AWS Solutions Architect Certification or AWS SysOps Administrator. Required Skills: RHEL Administration. Experience with Tomcat, Nginx, Drupal. Build Servers and Tools: Jenkins, Gitlab. Container build and orchestration: Kubernetes and/or Docker Swarm. Familiarity with container (Docker, ECS, EKS), server less (Lambda), and Virtual Machine (VMware, KVM) architectures. Versioning and Git based source control. Cloud platform services: GCP, Azure or AWS. Configuration Management tools: Ansible, Puppet, or Chef. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Experience working with AWS programmatically via the CLI, Tools, or SDK. Experience with configuration management of Cloud based resources. Experience bootstrapping and automating the build of complete environments. Desired Skills: Experience with automating various processes end-to-end. Strong communication and collaboration skills supporting multiple stakeholders and business operations. Self-starter, self-managed, and a team player. Agile-based knowledge and skill. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Travel Required: None T elecommuting Options: Telecommuting 100% Work Location: USA MD Towson - One West Pennsylvania Ave (MDS052) Additional Work Locations: We are GDIT. The people supporting some of the most complex government, defense, and intelligence projects across the country. We deliver. Bringing the expertise needed to understand and advance critical missions. We transform. Shifting the ways clients invest in, integrate, and innovate technology solutions. We ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. We are there. On the ground, beside our clients, in the lab, and everywhere in between. Offering the technology transformations, strategy, and mission services needed to get the job done. GDIT 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, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Keywords: General Dynamics Information Technology, Towson , Middleware/Cloud Engineer, Other , Towson, Maryland