Job Titl e: Cloud Engineer Location: St. Louis, MO. Status: Hybrid- M, W, F- From Home. Tuesday/Thursday in office- Work schedule is approximate. As needed work location required based on tasking demands. Employment Type : Full-Time Clearance Level : Top Secret Salary Range: $90,000- $115,000 Education: Requires BS degree and & 4+ years of prior relevant experience OR, MS with 2+ years of prior relevant experience; OR 6 years of additional experience in lieu of degree. Certification: Security + Benefits: Competitive salary and bonus structure, Comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) with company match, Generous PTO, and remote work options. Application : apply here, or on our Careers Page @ Careers - Metronome (wearemetronome.com), email your resume to r.derring@wearemetronome.com Feel free to recommend this job and share the job with a friend Job Description The Metronome team has an opening for an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to work on a cloud development and deployment team. The team is involved in the deployment and maintenance of multiple operational cloud-deployed software solutions. A successful candidate will have experience across all AWS Environments and be able to provide analysis and recommendations for architectural and configuration updates.. Primary Responsibilities Collaborates with teams in the design and implementation of AWS system architectures to include operational status and security of government systems (Authority To Operate - ATO). Reviews and provides input to system requirements based on cyber security posture. Compiles industry best practices and lessons learned into future iterations and new designs. Provides architectural analysis of cloud configurations and connections. Supports the Engineering Review Board, evaluating artifacts for architectural compliance. Provides broad-based experience in the systems engineering lifecycle and applies the experience to specific AWS cloud initiatives relating to architectural design and development. Resolves architecture implementation issues during integration and test. Provides support directly or through team management, including triaging system outages and ticket support resolution Advises and assists teams to deploy and configure collection services and tools with 99.9% up-time Works with team members to move data to the appropriate data stores and monitors dashboard metrics including costs, computational utilization and other future business needs Validates and manages government systems changes; create, run and validate end-to-end testing Basic Qualifications 5+ years' experience consulting, designing and implementing distributed solutions and 3+ years' experience with cloud-based solutions (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) including virtualization environment, network and operating system experience Experience in AWS/Cloud technologies Subject Matter Expertise understanding across AWS cloud technologies including: EC2, PaaS (OpenShift), Lamdas, S3 buckets, Reserved Instances, etc. Understanding of code baseline management Utilization of the following: Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Python, Gitlab, CloudFormation, Zabbix, HPFortify, ACAS, PostgreSQL, Scrum, Kanban, Terraform Knowledge of Systems, Architectural, SW Development and SW Sustainment Practices Windows Domain Administrator of user accounts and group policy objects and Linux administration Proactive self-starter demonstrates a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstrates ability to adapt to new technologies and learn quickly Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work, follow tasks to their logical conclusion and ensure everything has been correctly satisfied to standard. Great attention to detail. Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context. Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI Security Clearance with ability to obtain Poly CI Requires BS degree and & 4+ years of prior relevant experience OR, MS with 2+ years of prior relevant experience; OR 6 years of additional experience in lieu of degree Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, diagrams, etc.) Preferred Qualifications Experience with NGA cloud-based architecture DoD 8570 Certification Compliance (IAT Level 2/3) NGA Privileged User Account (NPU) AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer, Certifications Experience with IC Cloud Architecture implementation methodologies Native cloud templating services like AWS Cloud Formation Understanding of SFA organization; Aeronautical data and mission Experience with Aeronautical datasets Experience with CI/CD Pipelines and projects Experience with Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) process of evaluating solution options