Junior Cloud Engineer
ECS Corporate Services

Job Info

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ECS is seeking a Junior Cloud Engineer to work in our Vienna, VA/Hybrid office.

Job Description:

ECS has an exciting opportunity for a Junior Cloud Engineer to join our team in supporting a large DoD program. The candidate ideally should possess about 2 years of total IT experience and willingness to learn AWS cloud technology.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with our team as a Cloud Engineer in our AWS GovCloud environment servicing a DoD customer.
• Collaborate with a team of Cloud Engineers to support infrastructure support requests.
• Administrate and manage cloud infrastructure for a DoD client.
• Assist team members by providing technical support and troubleshooting expertise for complex problems.
• Assist team with OS updates, upgrades, and patches as well as maintaining our enterprise Active Directory.
• Document any developed processes and procedures.
• Occasionally after-hours support is required such as when On Call and / or when there is a scheduled maintenance on a team members' rotation basis.

Salary Range: $75,000- $85,000

General Description of Benefits

Required Skills:

• Minimum of 2 years related technical work experience.
• Ability to work and produce results in an agile and fast-paced environment with dynamic deadlines.
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Shell, Powershell, JavaScript, Python (preferred).
• Experience with either Linux or Windows command line interface.
• Familiarity with JSON or YAML object writing.
• Understanding of orchestration tools (chef, puppet, ansible, or AWS SSM or codepipeline preferred).
• Familiarity with common protocols including but not limited to: DNS, SMTP, HTTP(s), SFTP, SCP.
• Understanding of infrastructure.
• CompTIA Security+ or other DoD 8570 IAT II level certification.
• Must be US Citizen per contract.

Desired Skills:

• Must be clearable for DoD Public Trust or higher.
• AWS Certification(s).
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, Private Clouds etc.)

ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, status as a crime victim, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. ECS promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.

ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3800+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.

General Description of Benefits

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