Why choose between doing meaningful work and having a fulfilling life? At MITRE, you can have both. That's because MITRE people are committed to tackling our nation's toughest challenges—and we're committed to the long-term well-being of our employees. MITRE is different from most technology companies. We are a not-for-profit corporation chartered to work for the public interest, with no commercial conflicts to influence what we do. The R&D centers we operate for the government create lasting impact in fields as diverse as cybersecurity, healthcare, aviation, defense, and enterprise transformation. We're making a difference every day—working for a safer, healthier, and more secure nation and world. Our workplace reflects our values. We offer competitive benefits, exceptional professional development opportunities, and a culture of innovation that embraces diversity, inclusion, flexibility, collaboration, and career growth. If this sounds like the choice you want to make, then choose MITRE—and make a difference with us. Department Summary:The Advanced Technical Computing Center (ATCC) is seeking a Lead Cloud Engineer with a desire to work on innovative advanced approaches and technologies to solve our sponsors’ most critical technological problems. In this role you will provide architectural and hands-on support to critical customer problems in cloud computing and DevOps as well as software development and architecture. In addition, you will have an opportunity to work in several specialty fields with information technology to include Infrastructure Applications, IaaS, PaaS, Cloud Computing (including OS & Application virtualization), platform migration, server consolidation, utility computing, and grid computing.Roles & Responsibilities:
Identifying, analyzing, and resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
Review existing systems and offer recommendations to sponsors and other MITRE projects for improvement
Collaborate with development teams to evaluate and identify optimal cloud solutions
Basic Qualifications:
US Citizenship with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance and DHS suitability
Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
Expert with one or more commercial cloud offerings (AWS, AZURE, Google Cloud, etc)
A strong working knowledge of AWS computing platform, dev/ops tools such as Jenkins and Github
Working knowledge of one or more system management technologies such as Ansible, Chef, or Puppet
Troubleshooting and analytical skills
Good communication and collaboration skills
Leadership skills and demonstratable examples of leading projects and/or teams
Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD
Strong knowledge of one or more of the following programming languages: Python, GO, Java, Javascript, Typescript, C sharp
This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site
Preferred Qualifications:
8 years of experience in a technical arena and minimum of 4 years of cloud experience
Active TS/SCI security clearance with full scope polygraph
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or similar field and 6 years of experience including 4 years of cloud experience
Expert at approaches to DevOps
Expert in architecting solutions in one or more commercial cloud offerings
Ability to architect and advise commercial cloud solutions
Expert knowledge of one or more of the following programming languages: Python, GO, Java, Javascript, Typescript, C sharp
This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
NoneThis requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s): SecretWork Location Type:HybridMITRE is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. MITRE recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of age; ancestry; color; family medical or genetic information; gender identity and expression; marital, military, or veteran status; national and ethnic origin; physical or mental disability; political affiliation; pregnancy; race; religion; sex; sexual orientation; and any other protected characteristics. For further information please visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website EEO is the Law Poster (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088EEOCKnowYourRights1020.pdf) and Pay Transparency (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp%20EnglishformattedESQA508c.pdf) . MITRE intends to maintain a website that is fully accessible to all individuals. If you are unable to search or apply for jobs and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of MITRE’s employment process, please email recruitinghelp@mitre.org . Copyright © 2024, The MITRE Corporation. All rights reserved. MITRE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. Material on this site may be copied and distributed with permission only.Benefits information may be found here (https://careers.mitre.org/us/en/benefits)
