Senior Cloud Engineer

About

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the government space? What if you could find a position that is tailor‑made for your mix of development, engineering, and communication skills? That is why we need you to apply your ingenuity and bring your innovative ideas to a consulting advisory services company. Solvarus Consulting has been dedicated to solving the toughest challenges by providing support to the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. Help us shorten the time it takes to get critical tools developed and into the hands of warfighters who need them and to quickly aid the people who need it.

Responsibilities

• Supports applying a systematic, engineering approach to the design, architecting, requirements elicitation, development, operation and use of cloud technologies and platforms for mission solutions.
• Leverages software, platform and infrastructure‑as‑a‑service to deliver GEOINT solutions.
• Ensures optimum efficiencies for the utilization of cloud services.
• Define implementation approaches and plans to ensure optimum cloud performance and reliability across servers, networks, and related utilities and hardware.
• Conduct analysis and make reliable engineering recommendations to ensure six‑sigma reliability/resiliency of the cloud infrastructure.
• Monitor and report on cloud utilization and plan continuous process improvement.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance with CI Poly.
• STEM degree or higher in Systems Engineering or related technical/scientific fields (Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems) or equivalent experience.
• Senior‑level or higher experience in government or industry leading or supporting cloud‑based systems engineering efforts.
• One or more cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified, Cisco Certified Networking Administrator – Cloud, Cisco Certified Network Professional – Cloud, IBM Certified Cloud Solution Architect, MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, VMware Certified Professional (VCP7‑CMA)).

Desired Skills

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Engineering Management, Management Information Systems, or related STEM field.
• Citrix XenApp expertise or certification.
• Experience in scripting/automation via PowerShell, VBScript, AutoIT or similar.
• SAN storage infrastructure experience (EMC preferred).
• Microsoft Clustering experience.
• Microsoft SQL experience (installation, configuration, troubleshooting).
• Previous IC program/project work experience.
• Previous DoD program/project work experience.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Solvarus employment relationships are made without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, marital status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with our company values and will not be tolerated.