Cloud Engineer (Multiple Levels)

Joining the BlueHalo team means immersing yourself in a dynamic environment, working alongside the brightest minds in technology through some of the toughest challenges facing our nation today. We are spearheading the future of global defense, with every BlueHalo employee playing a key role in our success. That's why our investment in you goes beyond competitive pay and a rewarding benefits package. We're committed to providing our people with the best opportunities to develop their skills, share their knowledge, and push their innovative ideas to the cutting-edge. Enjoying this journey with a supportive team that feels like family throughout BlueHalo Nation is an unparalleled opportunity. From Space to C-UAS & Autonomous Systems to Electronic Warfare & Cyber, and Artificial Intelligence, at our company there is no limit to where you can take your career. Our mission is clear: to lead through innovation. Join the transformation and innovate with us.

OVERVIEW:

BlueHalo is seeking Cloud Engineers who will provide cloud software research, development, and engineering services to include requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, sustainment, testing, validation, and issue diagnosis/resolution.

You'd like to do this:

• Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements.
• Debug existing software and correct defects.
• Provide recommendations for improving documentation and software development process standards.
• Design and code new software and modify existing software to add new features.
• Integrate existing software into new systems, modified systems, and operating environments.
• Develop simple data queries for existing databases, proposed databases, and data repositories.
• Write and review software and system documentation.
• Design and implement complex database and data repository interfaces/queries.
• Develop and implement algorithms to meet or exceed system performance and functional standards.
• Assist with developing and executing test procedures for software components.
• Develop software solutions by analyzing system performance standards, confer with users and system engineers; analyze systems flow, data usage and work processes; and investigate problem areas.
• Modify existing software to correct errors, to adapt to new hardware, and improve its performance.
• Design, develop, and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.
• Apply concepts to develop, test, and maintain, high-performance, innovative cloud-based applications.
• Provide cloud technologies, techniques and tools (e.g., containerization, container orchestration, data integration pipelines, provisioning automation, monitoring, application management, and function based (such as server-less) technologies).
• Apply configuration management concepts and software development best practices

You're required to have this:

EDUCATION:

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Computer Science or related discipline) from an accredited college or university. In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional four (4) years of cloud domain experience may be substituted.
• A Master's degree in relevant discipline may be substituted for two (2) years of relevant experience.

EXPERIENCE:

• Cloud Engineer 1 requires a minimum of 4 years of relevant cloud domain experience. Experience at this level must include:

• • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with implementation of Cloud Distributed File System.
  • One (1) year of experience with implementing architectures that support complex MapReduce analytics.
  • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with Cloud Distributed Coordination Frameworks
• Cloud Engineer 2 - Requires 8 years' of relevant cloud domain experience. Experience at this level must include:

• • Two (2) years of Cloud and Distributed Computing Information Retrieval (IR).
  • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with implementation of Cloud Distributed File System. One (1) year of experience with implementing complex MapReduce analytics.
  • One (1) year of experience with implementing code that interacts with Cloud Distributed Coordination Frameworks.
  • Two (2) years of experience with programs utilizing Big Data Cloud technologies

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Cloudera Certified Hadoop Developer, CompTIA Cloud Plus (Cloud+), AWS, and Microsoft Azure foundational or fundamental level certification may be substituted for one (1) year of Cloud experience.
• AWS and Microsoft Azure Associate, Expert, or Specialty certification may be substituted for three (3) years of Cloud domain experience.

CLEARANCE: Active Top Secret Security Clearance with polygraph.

SALARY RANGE: $144,000 to $182,000

The BlueHalo pay ranges for these job levels are a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several factors including, but not limited to, level of position, job responsibilities, geographic location, scope of relevant work experience, educational background, certifications, contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, alignment with local internal equity as well as alignment with market data.

Our compensation package also includes components designed to support employees' total well-being, which should be considered when evaluating our competitive benefits package. These benefits include health insurance, life insurance, disability, company holiday and paid time off, parental leave, 401(k) company match and contributions, professional development/training reimbursements, and other work/life programs.

About BlueHalo Intelligence Systems

BlueHalo's Intel division provides specialized operational support, services, and technology to plan, design, develop and execute critical missions in the national security community. BlueHalo generates actionable insights from analytics through a suite of operationalized AI/ML tools for data collection/ingestion and subsequent text, geospatial, time series and image/video analytics to support open-source intelligence. BlueHalo is a national source for classified Cyber/SIGINT missions and a leading provider of blockchain/crypto analytics and platform cyber resiliency, specializing in offensive and defensive cyber and SIGINT warfare technologies.

The BlueHalo Effect

It speaks to who we are as a company, a global protective ring that shields everything we most want to safeguard, an unbroken line that ensures our customers retain the advantage in any battlespace, from high above the Earth to deep in cyberspace. It's who we are, a halo, a protector, the light of inspired engineering keeping our Nation safe.

Our vision is a world where national security is certain because technical superiority is assured.

Join us and become a vital element of The BlueHalo Effect!