TS/SCI Ansible Deployment Engineer-Hybrid

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We are seeking a mission-focused Cloud Deployment Engineer to support cloud systems engineering, administration, and maintenance for a high visibility Executive Branch customer.  Your primary focus will be on leveraging Ansible to automate provisioning, configuration management, and deployment in addition to ongoing systems administration, operations, and sustainment support.  

This role is hybrid and requires 3 days a week on-site in Washington, DC.

Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation, operations, and sustainment of cloud solutions, ensuring they meet industry best practices and comply with FedRAMP requirements.

• Create Ansible playbooks to automate installation and deployment of cloud resources.

• Leverage Ansible for automated provisioning, configuration management, and deployment.

• Migrate existing workloads to cloud (Azure) environment.

• Manage identities, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, ensuring efficient configuration and management.

• Monitor and optimize performance of cloud solutions to ensure efficient operations.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to infrastructure, hardware failures, network issues, and performance bottlenecks.

• Provide domain expertise to support the engineering, implementation, and sustainment of cloud solutions, encryption solutions, and supporting technology products in support of the organization’s cloud security objectives.

• Create and maintain architecture diagrams and documentation for all cloud solutions.

Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering or Information Technology or equivalent degree (or additional 4 years of experience in lieu of degree).
• Active DoD TS/SCI Clearance or TS with SCI eligibility 
• 9+ years of related experience

• Experience using Ansible for automated provisioning, configuration management, and deployment of cloud workloads (Azure environment preferred).

• Experience creating Ansible playbooks (YAML) for automated configuration of Azure resources.

• Deep understanding of cloud computing technologies & services with demonstrated hands-on experience in performing systems engineering activities in cloud environments.

• Proficiency in PowerShell and/or Azure CLI.

• Strong background in IT infrastructure fundamentals, including networking, storage, and security.

• Knowledge of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, VLANs, and routing protocols.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• None

Security Clearance Level

• Minimum TS/SCI

Certification

• DoD 8570 IAT II Certification or higher (e.g., Security+, CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP) https://public.cyber.mil/cw/cwmp/dod-approved-8570-baseline-certifications

 Work Schedule

• Full-time hybrid on-site 3 days/week 

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

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