540 is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead development of a data transformation and workflow solution for an impactful part of the U.S. Army. You will be deploying and operating a replacement for a legacy financial system to the cloud, and innovate new cloud-first solutions for the U.S. Army’s data management ecosystem.
On the technical side, you’ll be responsible for cloud architecture, security and governance. You will work with multiple teams on problems that require architectural thinking and programming skills to design the system. On the functional side, you will be responsible for communicating design decisions to technical and non-technical audiences at all levels, drafting and delivering recurring reports and demonstrations of the system and putting in place practices and procedures to deliver a high-quality, tested, and secure product.Location: Remote within the continental United States, East Coast working hours with some flexibility afforded.
Occasional travel may be required (up to 1x per month)Citizenship & Clearance Requirement: per client requirements, must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance
Education Requirement:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related engineering field (preferred)
540 Internal Thrive Level:
DevSecOps Engineer III or Senior
WHY 540?
540 is a forward-thinking company that the government turns to in order to #GetShitDone. We do more than talk about it, we break down barriers to innovation and build impactful tech. We’re looking for someone with big ideas, who thrives on innovation and is a self-starter. If you love to learn about and work with new technologies, we want to talk to you.
REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- 6+ years of experience
- Experience managing a team, contract and partner relationships
- Experience deploying and operating applications in the cloud, including designing, implementing and securing cloud infrastructure
- Professional level certification from a major cloud service provider
- Specific experience with AWS services in production:
- EC2
- EKS
- Serverless (Lambda)
- RDS
- DevSecOps experience in the following:
- CI/CD
- Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
- GitLab or GitHub
- SAST & DAST
- Experience with Data Engineering, Data Pipelines, or Data Analysis
- Experience managing contractual reports and deliverables
NICE TO HAVE SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- Appian development and operations
- SQL
- Python
- Ansible
- Fortify
- Experience with cARMY or other DoD Cloud deployments
- CompTIA Security+ or equivalent
BENEFITS & PERKS
- 100% covered health, dental and vision premium for employees, optional dependent coverage
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- 401k with employer match
- Company Sponsored Life Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability coverage
- Flexible PTO + all Federal holidays off
- Home Office allowance
- Reimbursement for trainings / certifications
- Paid AWS Developer account
- Fully loaded Macbook Pro
- Referral Bonus - good people know good people
- Annual Social Events (hackathon, holiday party, charity golf tournament, etc.)
- Access to 540’s Washington Capitals tickets
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO)
540's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
