Peraton is now hiring a Cloud Engineer (network) Chantilly, VA  to support Intelligence Community and DoD customers as part of a talented, high-performing team. As part of this team you will work with emerging service and distributed computing technologies for satellite situational awareness (SSA) data processing and distribution.  

The Skyfire program, a next gen Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Indications and Warning (I&W) system, establishes a repository of resident space objects (RSOs), finds RSOs of interest, and provides data to ground operators. The Skyfire team uses: programmatics, sensor modeling, and system engineering expertise to deliver this world-class SDA I&W system. 

What you'll do: 

• Work with teams across Group and customers to understand cloud networking requirements for upcoming projects; develop and document Wide Area Networks (WANs) / Local Area Networks (LANs)
• Design and implement automation through scripting and other techniques to implement cloud network infrastructure and improve operational efficiencies.
• Create network architectures and designs that are highly available and scalable for new customers systems and solutions to meet defined requirements
• Create network designs, implementation plans, operational documentation, and continual improvement of cloud network services
• Evaluate and recommend potential cloud networking solutions for inclusion into customer cloud service offerings and application migration solutions; participate in the procurement of network devices. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Associates degree and ten (10+) years of relevant experience; OR Bachelors degree with eight (8+) years of relevant experience; OR Masters degree with six (6+) years of relevant experience. Four (4) additional years of experience will be considered in lieu of Bachelors degree.   
• This position requires the candidate possess a minimum of Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- contract requires TS/SCI with poly. The candidate must maintain the clearance.
• Active CompTIA Security+ certification, or be working towards obtaining it. 
• Experience developing and supporting system engineering processes across the entire system lifecycle to include the analysis, planning, design, development, deployment, integration, test, or configuration of software. 
• Experience utilizing Ansible for deployment purposes. 
• 3+ years experience with DevSecOps utilizing CI/CD. 
• Experience using Linux Command Line Interface (RHEL). 
• Experience with Git/GitLab. 
• Experience with Jenkins. 
• Experience with IaaS, AWS Preferred. 
• Experience with Rancher, Kubernetes and Docker. 
• Experience with scripting, python or bash preferred. 
• Experience using Atlassian tools such as Confluence and JIRA. 
• Working knowledge of cloud services in PaaS, Saas, and IaaS as well as trends in the cloud space. 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated experience with AWS, certification preferred. 
• Strong analytic and research skills – must be detail oriented. 
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with efficiency. 
• Effectively interact with other personnel across programs. 
• Excellent Communication Skills. 
• Experience working with the Amazon Web Services Management Console and the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI). 
• Familiarity with Agile SAFe 5.0 methodology. 
• Self-starter with ability to work independently and with stakeholders. 

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.