Cloud Development Engineer (Secret Clearance) in Fort Belvoir, VA at honor foundations

Date Posted: 9/11/2024

Job Snapshot

Job Description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a critical cloud program for Defense Logistics Agency in Ft. Belvoir, VA. The team is seeking a skilled cloud engineer who has experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to deliver technical solutions for the DoD agency by building and unit testing customer components supporting cloud architecture and applications. 

Clearance: Secret

Location: Ft. Belvoir, VA (2-3 days on site) 

Schedule: Standard operating hours (8-4) 

Responsibilities of the Cloud Engineer:

 

•      Resolves problems with software and responds to suggestions for improvements and enhancements.

•      Acts as team leader on projects. Participates in development activities.

•      Designs, develops, implements, utilizes, and conforms to enterprise cloud architecture application solutions, strategies, processes, and standards, focusing on expertise in cloud technologies.

•      Collaborates with business owners, Analysts, Engineers, development teams, and infrastructure services to define, establish, and communicate application and data architecture standards, policies, and directions.

•      Designs high quality architectures and drives architecture activities that are aligned to organization requirements set by leadership on behalf of stakeholders and are consistent with enterprise architectural standards.

•      Analyzes user needs and designs software for client use. Develops code and designs software applications based on user specifications. Modifies existing software to correct errors or improve performance. Monitors and assists with software testing and validation procedures and programming.

•      Leads the design and implementation of advanced data collection and ingestion frameworks using

•      Pixel hardware with Doc AI, ensuring the capture of high-quality, actionable data.

•      Architects and maintains scalable, high-performance data pipelines and storage solutions with BigQuery, optimizing for efficiency and cost.

•      Develops sophisticated data models and algorithms to support analytics, machine learning projects, and business intelligence efforts.

•      Continuously evaluates and adopts new technologies within the Google Cloud Platform to enhance data capabilities.

•      Designs and implements robust API management and data orchestration strategies using Apigee, enhancing data connectivity and integration with diverse systems, both internal and external. 

 

Qualifications of the Cloud Engineer

  •         Must hold an active Secret clearance

  •         Bachelors degree or equivalent experience with minimum of 5 years of experience

  •         Must have 2-3 years+ of DoD cloud administration/engineering experience

  •         Desired experience with Google Cloud platform and Google Cloud ecosystem, experience with AWS/Azure may suffice

  •         Data engineering experience (ETL, Data warehousing, data lakes, data manipulation)

  •         Experience with application development and modification

  •         Experience designing and implementing APIs

    Compensation of the Cloud Engineer:  

    •      Compensation: $150,000 - $170,000+ based on years of experience**

    •      Full Benefits; Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO/Holiday

    •      Direct Placement opportunity to Chickasaw

     

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