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.
Peraton is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The ideal candidate will become part of Peraton’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Datacenter Consolidation and Cloud Optimization (DCCO) program providing Tier 3 support to the DHS Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) biometric system. The Tier 3 team maintains the HART infrastructure by installing and configuring system software and hardware, monitoring system performance, resolving customer tickets within JIRA and supporting system incident troubleshooting calls. Tier 3 members closely interact with the government customer to achieve system objectives, provide ticket updates, and system status updates. Tier 3 members are expected to be on-call for a week at a time approximately 4 – 6 times a year. This role is entirely telework based with core hours between 9 am – 3 pm (EST) Monday – Friday; applicant must reside and perform all work within the United States.
Day to Day Roles and Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications:
High school diploma and a minimum of 6 years of Information Technology experience
U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government agency–level clearance (DHS EOD required prior to starting)
Experience in Cloud Systems Administration
Strong proficiency with Linux
Knowledge of:
Container platforms: OpenShift
Monitoring and observability tools: Dynatrace, Splunk
Automation platforms: Ansible Automation Platform
CI/CD tools: Jenkins, JFrog, or similar toolsets
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience designing, deploying, and managing solutions in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, and Lambda
Experience with AWS CLI, SDKs, and management tools
Familiarity with AWS security best practices
Program Technologies:
EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
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.
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