Systems Architect/Cloud Engineer

Overview

At Criterion Systems, we developed a different kind of business-a company whose real value is a reputation for excellence built upon the collective skills, talents, perspectives, and backgrounds of its people. By accepting a position with Criterion Systems, you will join a group of professionals with a collaborative mindset where we share ideas and foster professional development to accomplish our goals. In addition to our great culture, we also offer competitive compensation and benefit packages, company-sponsored team building events, and advancement opportunities. To find out more about how Criterion can help you take your career to the next level please visit our website: www.criterion-sys.com. Criterion Systems is a Military/Veteran Friendly Company therefore we encourage Veterans to apply.

Responsibilities

We are seeking a mission-focused Systems Architect/Cloud Engineer to support and contribute to our government customer's success in Chantilly, Virginia!

Duties, Tasks, & Responsibilities

• Complex problem solving across multiple commercial cloud provider capability implementations and internet-based applications.

• Commercial cloud capability design and implementation for new and existing Sponsor capabilities.

• Customization and configuration of COTS products and required peripherals.

• Configuration of cloud hosted load balancers, routing tables, NAT gateways, VPC peering connections, VPN appliances, and other commercial cloud configurations.

• Coordinate, communicate, and interact with senior managers, technical personnel, partners, and customers.

• Research both existing technology and emerging technology and be able to rapidly design, test, document, and deploy mission impactful technology.

• Non-engineering tasks such as account creations, account setups, process improvement, etc.

Qualifications

Required Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• A current TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.

• Technical degree with Five (5) years of relevant experience, or Four (4) additional years of experience in lieu of degree.

• Cloud and systems administration experience (ranging from application management to network management) and/or public cloud certification - to include AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.

• Demonstrated experience in designing, securing, and automating the deployment of both Windows and Linux environments.

• Hands-on cloud and virtualization experience and can function across multiple cloud/virtualization providers such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon, VMWare, etc.

• Demonstrated experience in drafting and contributing to a full range of architectural and engineering documentation, such as System Security Plans, architecture diagrams, and/or other related program documents.

• Experience with event correlation and root cause analysis.

Preferred Experience, Education, Skills & Technologies

• Demonstrated experience writing Linux shell scripts (bash preferred).

• Experience with writing cloud deployment scripts.

• Demonstrated experience with development and/or maintenance of large-scale enterprise programs which include the integration of COTS solutions.

• Demonstrated experience with Splunk Enterprise to include software installation, forwarder configuration, and Splunk App deployment(s).

• Experience with host-based and/or endpoint protection configuration, such as a VPN solution.

• Demonstrated experience with network security best practice configuration in cloud computing environments.

• Experience testing secure network designs by running Wireshark PCAP data captures and analysis.

• Demonstrated experience with mobile Android emulators, e.g., Genymotion.

Security Clearance Level

• TS/SCI with Polygraph (current)

Work Schedule

• Full-time on-site at designated facility.

Benefits Offered

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Tuition/Training Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.

Criterion Systems, LLC and its subsidiaries are committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination at all levels of our organization. We believe in treating all applicants and employees fairly and make employment decisions without regard to any individual's protected status: race, ethnicity, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex/gender, gender identity/gender expression, sexual orientation, physical and mental disability, marital/parental status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), age, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit https://careers-criterion-sys.icims.com/.