Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

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Ardalyst

Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

Charleston, SC
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Job Title: Senior Cloud Systems Engineer

    Job Type: Full Time

    Location: On-site, Charleston SC

    Clearance: Secret

    Who is Ardalyst Defense, LLC?

    Ardalyst Defense, LLC is a Maryland, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) that provides engineering services and technical, analytical and cyberspace operations services to integrated U.S. government agency operations. Ardalyst personnel have decades of direct operations experience in full-scope Cyberspace Operations - at the Service, Joint and National Agency levels.

    Are you an Ardalyst?

    Ardalyst is a mashup of Ardent, meaning “passionate” and Catalyst, meaning “change agent.” To be an Ardalyst means to be passionate about creating and sustaining meaningful transformations.

    Speak Your Mind – Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do and our belief in diversity of people supports our goal for diversity in thought. Ardalysts (that isn’t just what we call ourselves) come ready to contribute and find solutions.

    Focus On Your Strengths – We invest in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each employee so that you can shine at what YOU do best.

    See Yourself Grow – Ardalysts have cited being encouraged to take educated risk, kick-start progress, and advance their skills as one of their favorite things about working at Ardalyst and we are determined to keep it that way.

    Job Description

    We are seeking a Senior Cloud Systems Engineer to add to our dynamic team. In this role, you will be part of the engineering team responsible for architecting, defining, designing, and prototyping Cloud-based solutions based on Azure and Azure Stack HCI more. Your primary responsibility is to work with customers to identify their cloud and cybersecurity needs, and rapidly iterate from concept to requirements, to prototype solution. You fuse a keen sense of empathy for the customer’s challenges with your hands-on expertise with cloud and security solutions to delight the customer.

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • Identify Customer Requirements: Meet with customers to understand and capture their current challenges and opportunities.
    • Develop Solutions: Architect and design solutions to meet customer needs, accounting for functional requirements, scalability, performance, cost, resilience, and security needs.
    • Collaborate effectively: Leveraging the customers’ requirements; partner with sales, developers, engineering, and customer team members to solve issues and provide sustainable solutions.
    • Drive tangible results: Estimate development costs and the delivery schedule, including identifying critical paths to ensure successful delivery under budget. Draft and refine systems design, architecture diagrams, design artifacts, and presentations to meet project requirements.
    • Deliver Value: Through implementing prototype, concept, and initial solutions in cloud environments.

    Required Skills

    • Experience building Azure-, Entra- and M365- based solutions in enterprise and production environments.
    • Secure and resilient system design.
    • IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS service composition.
    • Azure, Entra, Purview, and M365 service security and lockdown.
    • Hands-on experience with virtual and remote desktop servers and gateways, and remote server management (iLO, iDRAC, etc.)
    • Configuration, management, and optimization of containers, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes (AKS) and similar services
    • Strong verbal and presentation skills.

    Required Qualifications

    • 8 years industry experience in cybersecurity, information technology, cloud, or related roles.
    • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or other similar related field, or five additional years of equivalent experience.
    • This is an on-site position located at the customer’s facility in Charleston SC. Candidates must live in the greater Charleston area or be willing to relocate there before starting.
    • This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.
    • The ability to travel to customer sites 0-25% as required.

    Additional Preferred Qualifications

    • Popular Azure services and components such as KeyVault, LogicApps, NSGs, Event Hub, ExpressRoute, Defender, Kubernetes Sentinel, Log Analytics, SQL Database, Blob Storage, Functions, and the like
    • Hands-on experience with Azure Stack HCI
    • Hands-on experience configuring and optimizing server and data center hardware, and cable management.
    • Sound understanding of network protocols/services and network infrastructures.
    • Strong analytical skills, critical thinking skills and problem-solving skills.
    • Capability to independently complete project tasks with minimal supervision.
    • DevOps and DevSecOps focus with experience building and deploying infrastructure with automation like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform, etc. with security features and secure system design built in.
    • Production experience with automation and scripting using PowerShell; work with Terraform a plus.
    • Self-motivated, highly organized and detail oriented with the ability to work independently, prioritize and multi-task.
    • Domain-related certifications are a plus, such as from Microsoft, SANS, Offensive Security, ISC2, etc.
    • Understanding of modern threat environments and attack types, as well as secure system design; hands-on experience with any of the following are a plus:
      • Security incident response, vulnerability assessment, or penetration testing
      • Threat modeling, threat analysis, and ATT&CK
    • Writing and editing technical/functional requirements, design specs, and design documents.

    Physical Requirements:

    • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary commensurate with experience
    • Paid Time Off (PTO)
    • Paid Holidays
    • 401(k) Retirement Plan
    • Health, Dental, Vision and Life insurance
    • Short Term and Long-Term Disability insurance
    • Monetary assistance with training and certifications

    Disclaimer

    Ardalyst Defense, LLC is an EOE that empowers employees, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic—to meet and exceed customer expectations and thrive in a collaborative and dynamic work environment.