Cloud Engineer Team Lead

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.

Responsibilities

Peraton is seeking a Cloud Engineer Team Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will support the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This individual is responsible for leading a team of cloud engineers to architect and develop innovative cloud-based solutions. The Team Lead will design and implement the whole life-cycle functions of the programs required on the cloud. This role involves developing the processes, optimization, and risk management tools.

Day to Day Work Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of cloud engineers
• Mentoring junior staff is likely to be a portion of your responsibilities
• Deploying, debugging, and executing initiatives related to cloud computing
• Designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based systems, ensuring efficient data storage and adherence to security policies
• Migrating applications and systems to the cloud
• Configuring cloud infrastructure components like networking and security services
• Creating the applications and databases that perform on the cloud
• Monitoring cloud management and data storage services
• Managing a cloud environment and debugging activities throughout development
• Interacting with clients, providing cloud support, and making recommendations based on client needs
• Collaborates and identifies cloud solutions with technical teams
• Troubleshoot and resolve cloud-based process difficulties
  
  

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Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor degree and 8 years' experience or Associate degree and 10 years' experience or HS diploma/equivalent and 12 years' experience
• U.S. Citizenship required; Must have the ability to obtain a DHS Entrance on Duty (EOD) clearance
• Proven experienced Technical Team Lead with mastery of cutting-edge cloud solutions and architectures.
• Experience working as a cloud engineer
• Extensive experience working in AWS, Azure, and/or VMWare environments.
• Strong experience with IAC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes.
• Experience developing Bash/Python scripts and templates necessary for resource provisioning to occur automatically
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated, independent, detail oriented, responsible team-player
• Strong written and oral communication skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working in an Agile software development environment
• Experience with Java, Jenkins, REST API development
• Experience with web development frameworks, database technologies, web services, and/or web application servers
• Discovering and implementing industry-standard cloud service offers, as well as processes and standards that ensure the most efficient use of cloud service provider products
• Prior experience providing mentoring to junior personnel
• Ability to anticipate problems and take decisive action and an ability to find innovative ways to solve problems
  
  

Target Salary Range

$86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

EEO

An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Veteran.

Our Values

Benefits

At Peraton, our benefits are designed to help keep you at your best beyond the work you do with us daily. We're fully committed to the growth of our employees. From fully comprehensive medical plans to tuition reimbursement, tuition assistance, and fertility treatment, we are there to support you all the way.

• Paid Time-Off and Holidays
• Retirement
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Career Development
• Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Financing
• Paid Parental Leave
• Additional Benefits
• Medical, Dental, & Vision Care