Cloud Engineer I

Job Title: Cloud Engineer I

Location: Remote

Clearance Level: Active - CBP Suitability, DHS Suitability, Active TS

Required Certification(s): 

• Eligibility/Clearance Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Clearance Preference:
• CBP Full BI - 1st priority
• Any DHS badge + DoD Top Secret or Secret - 2nd choice
• DoD Secret or Top Secret + willingness to get CBP clearance - 3rd choice (it can take 45 days to 6 months to obtain a CBP clearance – work can only begin once the clearance is fully adjudicated)

SUMMARYCBP has a global presence with connectivity to approximately 1300 field sites as well as Other Government Agencies (OGAs) and trade partners. CBP conducts operations in 22 countries, 328 ports of entry, 129 border patrol stations within 22 sectors, and 75 AMO locations. To support its mission, CBP needs a robust, resilient, and high performing enterprise network and supporting services throughout its global footprint. The Network Services Division within the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) Enterprise Infrastructure and Operations Directorate (EIOD) provides network services and oversight of the CBP enterprise network infrastructure. The Network Services Division comprises the Network Architecture and Engineering Division (NAED) and Network Operations Division (NOD).

Working with an enterprise network architecture and engineering team supporting our Federal customer, the Cloud Engineer provides network engineering guidance into Cloud specific deployment projects and application architecture. The Cloud Engineer is responsible for the engineering, design, test, and implementation of secure and reliable network connectivity to cloud services (e.g., commercial cloud services providers (CSPs), private cloud, and hybrid cloud) leveraging the current network environment to facilitate migration of applications to the cloud. Responsible for the support of the development of the Technical Requirements Document and a Detailed Design Document (DDD) for the Cloud Connectivity Architecture, consistent with the associated Functional Requirements Document and DDD, before transitioning to Operations. Responsibility includes the support of all updates to all documents when there is change in the cloud design and/or technologies and collaborating with all stakeholders to test all cloud related systems and application migration processes to verify that the systems meet requirements and can host applications with no degradation to performance or security. This engineer is responsible for the preparation of test reports and Implementation Plans for each change impacting the cloud network environment.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Position Roles and Responsibilities:
• Experience building Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI), Netbond, Direct Connect and VPN connections
• Lead Migration from legacy on-prem networking to the Cloud Networking
• Deploy and manage virtual servers in the Cloud
• Deploy and manage containers in the Cloud
• Deploy and manage elastic IPs and elastic network interfaces in the Cloud
• Deploy and manage Cloud based load balancing
• Research, evaluate, and recommend new cloud technologies
• Provides internal consulting, technical guidance, information and support to application developers, computer operations, company management and departmental clients. Assists in internal training programs
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education, Background, and Years of Experience

• MIN EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT Systems, or other related discipline
• MIN YEARS EXPERIENCE: 7 Years
• EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION: 11 Years

ADDITIONAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONSRequired Skills

• Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
• At least 7 years of hands-on experience in Network Design, Network Engineering, Network Operational Support and Cloud engineering experience of Medium to Large enterprise network environments:
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public and Private Cloud
• Azure Cloud
• Google Cloud
• Experience with Cloud Service Routers (CSRv)
• Experience building Secure Cloud Interconnect (SCI)
• Experience migrating from legacy on-prem networking to the Cloud Networking
• Experience with Cloud Identity and Access Management
• Experience deploying and managing virtual servers in the Cloud
• Experience deploying and managing containers in the Cloud
• Experience deploying and managing elastic IPs and elastic network interfaces in the Cloud
• Experience deploying and managing Cloud based load balancers
• Experience with implementing audit trails
• Experience with Cloud based monitoring solutions

Preferred Skills

• DESIRED CERTIFICATIONS: AWS: Networking and/or Security Specialty, Solutions Architect Associate or Professional

XOR Security, An Agile Defense Company offers a very competitive benefits package including health insurance coverage from the first day of employment, 401k with a vested company match, vacation and supplemental insurance benefits.

XOR Security, An Agile Defense Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). M/F/D/V.

Citizenship Clearance RequirementApplicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements - US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED