Senior Google Cloud Computing Engineer

i3 is seeking a Senior Google Cloud Computing Engineer with an active Interim Secret clearance or higher. The candidate will lead the Cloud One Operations and Sustainment DevSecOps Team focusing on site reliability engineering. The candidate will be part of a team responsible for the architecture design, planning, management, support, and oversight of the Cloud One GCP environments. This team proactively maintains the existing GCP architecture and ensures adherence to service level agreement (SLA) metrics. We are continuously experimenting with methods to streamline performance, reduce administrative overhead and workload, and deliver a seamless user experience with our customers. This work supports the Cloud One program under the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center Office for Network Integration (AFLCMC/HNI). Cloud One is an existing global, interconnected, virtualized, hybrid, and IT infrastructure hosting mission systems, applications, services, and data serving the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and other Government Customers. Cloud One facilitates the Government's efforts to migrate applications to a cloud environment, allowing the closure of data centers to support the Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) and allowing for increased efficiencies across the entire spectrum of the USAF operations.

The position is 100% remote.

Pay Range $125,001 - $150,000

The pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, geographic location, and any applicable laws.

• Design GCP environments and topologies
• Guide and contribute to O&S Sprint Planning efforts with planned maintenance work for each sprint
• Regularly check-in on team performance to identify issues and blockers
• Provide input to Sprint Reviews
• Provide GCP security and monitoring solutions implementation, including automated responses
• Maximize efficient use of tools and automation (scripting - Terraform, ARM templates)
• Configure and troubleshoot cloud, virtual, and physical hardware and software systems
• Proactively identify and resolve operational, tooling, and process inefficiencies
• Develop and maintain project and design documentation
• Develop and maintain process and support documentation
• Update Knowledge base and Standard Operating Procedures
• Maintain regular contact with customers during support and projects and responding promptly to requests
• Provide technical assistance and training to users

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree and five (5) or more years experience.  Additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of degree.

Required Clearance:

• Active Interim Secret clearance required to start; Ability to obtain a Secret clearance required to maintain employment
• US citizenship required

Required Certifications:

• Security + or equivalent DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II Certification or higher

Required Skills:

• At least two (2) years of experience in an Google Cloud Environment (AWS, Azure, or OCI cloud environment development and/or engineering will be considered)
• Demonstrated experience with some or all of the following:
  • Networking
  • SQL
  • Jenkins
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Jira/Confluence
  • Artifactory
  • Guacamole
• Knowledge and experience working with DevSecOps tools
• Experience creating, delegating and prioritizing tickets within an IT ticketing system such as ServiceNow or Jira
• Experience preparing technical documentation
• Experience working in a team environment with the ability to mentor junior team members

Desired Skills:

• Experience with other cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP)
• Zero trust architectures
• Experience with automation tools including Ansible and Terraform
• Experience with containerization tools such as Kubernetes
• AF Cloud One Platform One development, engineering, operations and sustainment
• In-depth understanding of and experience as a cloud engineer with Networking, VPNs, IaaS, PaaS, storage, Active Directory, F5, Barracuda

Headquartered in Huntsville, AL, i3 is a national leader in providing innovative technical and engineering solutions to a broad customer base across the U.S. DoD. Specializing in missile and aviation engineering and logistic services, electronic warfare and electromagnetic affects analysis, UAS system integration and flight operations, full lifecycle C5ISR engineering services, engineering analysis, cybersecurity and IT/IA innovative solutions and virtual training, simulation & serious game development and implementation.

• We were founded in 2007 with the intent to do business differently.
• Our focus is to leave our team members, our customers and our communities better than we found them.
• Our ultimate goal is to strengthen our Nation and our warfighter.

Perks and Benefits at i3:

• 100% team member owned
• Outstanding insurance coverage
• 401(k) match
• Health and wellness incentives
• Tuition and certification reimbursement
• Generous PTO
• Fun culture with company activities
• Countless opportunities to give back to the community through our charitable organization, i3 Cares

We work hard. We compete hard. We play hard. Apply now to join us!