Cloud Architect (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

***This job requires active TS/SCI clearance.  Please apply only if you have an active TS/SCI clearance. ***

This program requires employees pass a CI Poly every 5 years.  If you have a Full Scope Poly, working this program will keep your Full Scope ACTIVE.

North Point Technology is looking for TS/SCI Cleared Cloud Architect.  Applicants should be self-motivated, fast-paced, curious problem solvers with a BS in Computer Science or related field with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience. A Cloud Architect in this position works as a member of the pipeline and platform team to develop, maintain and enhance our release train environments, combining an understanding of both engineering and coding. From creating and implementing systems software to analyzing data to improve existing ones, the Cloud Architect increases productivity in the workplace. They understand the software development lifecycle and have a clear understanding of various automation tools for developing digital pipelines (CI/ CD pipelines). 

Responsibilities:

• Setup and maintenance of the DevSecOps infrastructure to include Gitlab, Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube within multiple classification domains
• Setup and maintenance of the CI/CD pipelines. This includes the building of code (primarily java) via Jenkins multibranch pipelines, and deploying the software using a combination of Jenkins pipelines and Puppet
• Setup maintenance of the Kubernetes clusters (RKE2 and Rancher). Create and automate the deployment of containers into the cluster using Helm and Rancher
• Manage the COTS/FOSS applications utilized by the program. Applications include Apache HTTP, Tomcat, Artemis, Ignite, MongoDB, etc

Required Skills:

• Experience with DevSecOps tools and processes (i.e., GitLab, Jenkins, Gitlab CI, Nexus, Jira, and Agility)
• Experience with container technologies (i.e., Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, and/or container registries.)
• Experience with automation principals and techniques (i.e., Infrastructure-as-code, configuration-as-code, everything-as-code)
• Experience with AWS services and resources (i.e., compute, storage, networking, data processing, data messaging, security, identity management, and system monitoring.

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with automation technologies like Ansible, Terraform and Cloud Formation
• Strong familiarity with container resources to include ingress, services, config maps, persistent storage, stateful sets, namespaces and deployments.
• Familiarity with AWS cost management and estimating.
• Familiarity of container scanning tools and techniques
• Familiarity with service mesh and side-car proxy patterns
• Familiarity with container management and monitoring (Elasticsearch, Beats, Grafana, APM

Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• BS in Computer Science or related field with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience

North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions!  We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems.

At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first!  We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members. 

Come join us! Apply with North Point Technology today!