Cloud Engineer
Engineering
Huntsville, AL
Requisition ID 2020-10042
Category Engineering
Clearance Status Active/Current
Security Clearance Top Secret
Mission Area Cyber
Level Senior-Level (8+years)
Description
Technology is constantly changing, and our adversaries are digitally “going dark” at a rate that is exceeding law enforcement’s ability to keep pace. Those charged with protecting the United States are not always able to access the evidence needed to prosecute crime and prevent terrorism. The Government has trusted in Peraton to provide the technical ability, tools, and resources to bring criminals to justice. In response to this challenge, we are seeking a talented Cloud Engineer.
- Develop cloud infrastructure and workflows for all new and existing data sets ingested into a new data lake.
- Participate in Agile SDLC, CI and CD activities leveraging the Atlassian suite.
- Analyze documentation and source data of new data feeds.
- Create NiFi flows to move complex data sources into solr/elastic search indexes, noSQL data stores and custom analytic pipelines.
- Enhance the existing data processing infrastructure by rewriting/migrating on-premises workflows to run on cloud native infrastructure and technologies.
- Develop new analytic algorithms to support advanced data exploitation capabilities such as natural language processing, named entity extraction and entity resolution/correlation using distributed computing technologies.
Required Qualifications
- BS degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or other related analytical, scientific, or technical discipline. However, equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Ten (10) years of experience developing comprehensive and innovative technical solutions.
- At least two (2) years of experience with 1 of the 3 major cloud service providers (Amazon, Microsoft, or Google).
- Architected and migrated on-premises applications into a cloud platform.
- Worked in a Linux environment.
- Worked on an Agile development team.
- Experience with object–oriented languages, including Java or C#.
- Used Hadoop–related or similar distributed computing technologies.
- A current Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to obtain a polygraph.
Desired Qualifications
- Microservices architectures and design patterns experience.
- Indexed with inverted indices on technologies, including NoSQL data stores, such as Accumulo, HBase, Cassandra, or Mongo.
- Implemented and leveraged Solr, Elasticsearch, or other scalable Lucene or similar text search engine implementation.
- Experience with complex data processing pipelines, including ETL and data ingestion dealing with unstructured and semi–structured data named entity extraction and resolution across a corpus of diverse data set.
- Written Web services, including RESTful services exposing JSON.
- Experience with RESTful service writing frameworks, including Jersey or Spring MVC.
- Worked with the Atlassian suite of agile development tools.
- Apache NiFi experience.
Peraton drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator, we are a trusted provider of highly differentiated national security solutions and technologies that keep people safe and secure. Peraton serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies, including the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, and NASA. Every day, our 10,000 employees do the can’t be done, solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers.
We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state, or local law.
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.
Life at Peraton
At Peraton, our team of self-starting, mission-driven individuals share a passion for creating solutions that keep our country safe. We challenge the status quo, embrace change, and solve problems through innovation and forward-thinking. We’re building a culture of doers who are constantly improving and work relentlessly to obtain the highest quality results for ourselves and our trusted partners.
Why Peraton
Change the Game
We’re building something great at Peraton, and equipping our employees with the tools they need to have a hand on how the future is shaped.
Make Your Mark
We’re building and deploying the most advanced technology to not only transform the industry, but to stay ahead of it, staying true to our next-generation national security roots.
Be Heard
We believe it is the collective power of all of our voices that gives us the strength to face some of our nation’s most daunting challenges. Challenges we can solve together.
Mission-centric
We pride ourselves on delivering forward-thinking solutions and it is our drive for protecting and promoting freedom that will have a lasting impact for generations to come.
At Peraton, we value our employees’ perspectives – they help us grow better and stronger as a global leader in our industry.
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