Overview
LMI is seeking a Cloud Engineer SME (Azure) to support activities for a United States Army client developing next generation command and control (C2) capabilities.
LMI is a consultancy dedicated to powering a future-ready, high-performing government, drawing from expertise in digital and analytic solutions, logistics, and management advisory services. We deliver integrated capabilities that incorporate emerging technologies and are tailored to customers’ unique mission needs, backed by objective research and data analysis. Founded in 1961 to help the Department of Defense resolve complex logistics management challenges, LMI continues to enable growth and transformation, enhance operational readiness and resiliency, and ensure mission success for federal civilian and defense agencies.
LMI has been named a 2024 #TopWorkplace in the United States by Top Workplaces! We are honored to be recognized as a company that values a people-centered culture, and we are grateful to our employees for making this possible!
This position requires an active Secret clearance.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for evaluating cloud-based technical solutions/designs in accordance with client requirements
- Provide architectural guidance for infrastructure and cloud-native applications.
- Administer and monitor IL5/IL6 cloud accounts and performance levels
- Responsible for client’s overall cloud experience, including being the engineering point-of-contact for resolving reported performance or delivery issues
- Responsible for ensuring that all vendor cloud solutions comply with industry and Government-mandated security protocols, controls, and best-practices
- Work closely with Cybersecurity resources to document controls, support accreditation, Interim Authorization to Test (IATT) and Authority to Operate (ATO) documentation and provide metrics to comply with audits
- Responsible for escalating issues, problems, risks, and constraints to the appropriate levels for clarification and resolution
- Build parent and child accounts or organizations within an IL5/IL6 environment
- Establish and maintain a working knowledge of AWS & Azure products and capabilities
- Perform unsupervised, hands-on work in DoD based cloud environments
- Work independently within team environments to set up and maintain cloud architectures
- Manage multiple and competing customer priorities with little supervision
- Develop High Availability and Disaster Recovery processes in accordance with government and industry guidelines
- Help establish DevSecOps Pipelines within the Gov Cloud Framework using infrastructure-as-code.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, economics, or related technical discipline
- Minimum 5-years of hands-on experience in designing, executing, and supporting Azure environments
- Experience with maintaining hybrid cloud solutions
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Expert level knowledge of Linux command line
- Expert level knowledge of cloud & hybrid networking solutions
- Demonstrated experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Experience with security requirements in a federal IT environment, including FedRAMP-certified providers and FISMA requirements for acquiring an ATO
- Demonstrated Azure Gov Cloud experience
- Experience with Agile and containerization methodologies or strategies
- Knowledge IDAM requirements and technologies, including Active Directory, SAML, OpenLDAP, hardware tokens, OAuth 2.0, or OIDC.
- Experience using and implementing Gitlab.
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification (CompTIA Sec+ or other)
- Active DoD SECRET clearance
Desired:
- Master’s degree in related field
- Top Secret security clearance
- Experience working in IL6 or equivalent secure environments
- Agile certifications
- Experience with Cross-Domain Solutions (IL5 / IL6)
- Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- Experience architecting and deploying cloud-based solutions for the US Army
- Knowledge of US Army communications and current digital solutions
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