Senior Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities

Peraton is currently seeking to hire a Senior Cloud Engineer to become a part of Peratons' Department of State Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program.

Location: Rosslyn, VA. Flexible for occasional telework - must be local to work location.

The DSCM program encompasses technical, engineering, data analytics, cyber security, management, operational, logistical and administrative support to aid and advise DoS Cyber & Technology Security (CTS) Directorate. This includes protecting a global cyber infrastructure comprising networks, systems, information, and mobile devices all while identifying and responding to cyber risks and threats. Those supporting Peraton's DSCM program strive to leverage their expert knowledge and propose creative solutions to real-world cybersecurity challenges.

In this role, you will:

• Interface with customers and architects to gather requirements.

• Lead organization through cloud adoption and transformation efforts and establish best practices.

• Responsible for the designing and developing the overall cloud strategy and ensuring all components are implemented correctly and secure.

• Lead the management and maintenance of the cloud architecture.

• Provide leadership over cloud efforts like infrastructure transition, service, and data migration.

• Identify and implement cloud capabilities that best support the organizations cloud efforts.

• Assists team in developing advanced cloud models and deployments for cloud infrastructure.

• Perform analysis of cloud offerings and determine offer that provides best value to the organization.

• Define and implement secure networking solutions between on-premises data centers and commercial clouds.

• Provide guidance and training to cloud engineers on the approach selected as the best implementation.

• Develop and present select cloud strategies and plans for implementation to the organization.

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Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelors degree and a minimum 14 years' of relevant experience, or a Master's degree and 12 years of experience. An additional 4 years of experience can be substituted for a degree.

• Experience as a Cloud Architect with past experience in design, development and implementation of cloud solutions.

• Expert knowledge of cloud computing technologies and current cloud computing trends.

• Strong experience managing and developing in Azure with knowledge of other cloud environments.

• Effective communication skills to provide plans and briefing to other engineers as well as organization leadership.

• Experience leading other cloud engineers to help expand cloud skillsets across the organization.

• Possess ONE of the following certifications: CISSP; Sec+; Net+; A+; MCP; MCSE; CCNA; MCSA

• U.S. citizenship and an active Secret security clearance

• Ability to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualification:

• Masters degree in Cloud-related discipline preferred.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.