Cloud System Engineer

Summary

Join T-Rex Solutions as a Cloud Engineer to support the Defense Health Agency's modernization of its electronic health record system. You will play a key role in deploying and integrating client/server software components, coordinating with various teams, and automating system operations. This position requires 3-5 years of experience in cloud environments and expertise in system deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting. T-Rex offers a competitive compensation package, including performance bonuses, training reimbursement, 401(k), and healthcare benefits. The company is committed to creating a supportive culture for employee development. The annual salary range is $125,000 - $150,000.

Requirements

• Have 3-5 years experience supporting design, development, integration, and operation of complex client/server applications in a cloud environment
• Be able to plan, execute, and track complex system deployment & configuration activity
• Be experienced in automation of system deployment, monitoring, alerting, and management
• Be comfortable with local, server, and remote/cloud based command line system management (Windows and Unix variants)
• Be experienced diagnosing complex system faults & errors through live investigation & analysis, instrumentation, and log analysis
• Be able to identify operational metrics and establish instrumentation to automate or semi-automate real-time or near-real-time reporting
• Be comfortable with software revision control systems & system configuration management
• Have experience with CI/CD systems for automated software release & deployment
• Have familiarity with standard & enterprise PKI architectures (X.509 with custom CA chains)

Responsibilities

• Deploy and integrate client/server software components onto a mix of end-user devices (laptops & mobile) and server-based systems
• Coordinate with software product teams, infrastructure management teams, security teams, and program leadership for deployment, update, maintenance & operation of client/server products
• Use tools to maximally automate software system deployment, monitoring, and operations
• Report on status of operational systems and forward plans for updates or adjustments
• Investigate any operational issues/deficiencies for efficient isolation, diagnosis, and resolution or work-around
• Manage multiple concurrent deployments (e.g. dev/test/prod) of software system
• Provide on-going operational support of training & production systems, and L3 user support as required

Preferred Qualifications

• Have government or Defense enterprise IT integration & software system management experience
• Be able to effectively & efficiently coordinate multi-party work in the planning, deployment, and operation of complex client/server systems
• Have experience with Infrastructure As Code strategies (e.g. Terraform, Puppet, Chef, CloudFormation)
• Have experience with containerization strategies, architectures, and tool-chains (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Have experience with one or more software development languages (e.g. Python, Java, Javascript)
• Be able to prepare executive/management reports on status of operational systems
• Have experience with architecture design & documentation of operational system
• Have experience coordinating use of agile project mgmt. tool (e.g. Jira)
• Have experience with manual & automated testing of complex client/server systems
• Have experience with Red Team pressure testing of complex client/server systems
• Have the ability to delegate & mentor junior Systems Analyst
• Have familiarity with SSO and common SSO platforms (e.g. Active Directory, Okta, Auth0, Ping)
• Have experience with configuration, deployment, and operation of bespoke mobile device based applications
• Have Cloud platform accreditation (GCP, Azure, AWS)

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Performance bonuses
• Training and educational reimbursement
• Transamerica 401(k)
• Cigna healthcare benefits