Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Who Are We? 
Groundswell is a premier technology integrator resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name, Groundswell, represents our commitment to be an unstoppable, seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results.  Are you ready to be audacious, be bold and drive change at a rapid pace?  Join us, where we’ll make a greater impact together.
 

What You'll do:

• Researches, designs, develops, runs tests, and evaluates systems that support cloud implementation and integrates with cloud service providers, applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.

• Plans and conducts technical tasks associated with the implementation and maintenance of internal cloud enterprise-shared virtualization infrastructure.

• Develops and executes cloud solution roadmaps as they relate to business and executes company strategy to drive the achievement of business objective.

Job Description

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement a resilient and scalable platform architecture.
• Keep Systems running smoothly and securely
• Ability to understand objectives, interpret them, and translate that to a coherent technical vision.
• Participate in the planning, development, and deployment of platform components, services, and applications.
• Ensure that best practices are followed during design, development, and delivery of projects.
• Configure and maintain serverless environment including monitoring and configuration management
• Develop stable, secure, and scalable infrastructure
• Any other tasks as required / tasked by the management team

Required Qualifications:

• Active Top-Secret Clearance with eligibility to hold SCI
• On-site in National Capital Region with customer 4-5 days a week.
• Experience managing various AWS Cloud resources, including EC2, EBS, S3, EKS, and RDS
• Dev-sec-ops infrastructure experience
• Experience managing containerized Linux/Unix environments on microservices platforms, including container image configuration, security patching, STIG and other compliance checks, health monitoring, and troubleshooting container and cluster resources.
• Security+ certification or alternate DOD 8140 certification
  • - CISSP, CCSP, CEH, PenTest+, CASP+, CySA+, SSCP, etc. 

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working with OpenShift service mesh
• Experience operating UiPath network install
• Experience working with ISSO/ISSE on Risk Management Documentation
• Experience working with air-gapped repository and CI/CD Pipeline solutions
• Experience managing SQL database and caching solutions

Skills:

Certification:

Why You’ll Never Want to Leave:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans 

• Flexible Spending Account 

• 4% 401K Match (immediate vesting) 

• Paid Time Off 

• Tuition reimbursement, certification programs, and professional development

• Flexible work schedule

• On-site gym and childcare option 

The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Groundswell, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

NOTE: Groundswell does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Groundswell, and Groundswell will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Read a copy of the Company’s Non-Discrimination Policy Statement.

Additional Resources:

• EO 13496 Notification of Employee Rights under NLRA

• Know your rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal
   

Disability Accessibility Accommodation: If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us at hr@gswell.com or 703-639-1777.