Cloud Security Engineer (TS/SCI) at GuidePoint Security

GuidePoint Security provides trusted cybersecurity expertise, solutions and services that help organizations make better decisions and minimize risk. By taking a three-tiered, holistic approach for evaluating security posture and ecosystems, GuidePoint enables some of the nation’s top organizations, such as Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, to identify threats, optimize resources and integrate best-fit solutions that mitigate risk.

An active Top Secret / SCI clearance is required for consideration for hire for this role. Work is to be performed 100% onsite with our Government Customer

The Cloud Engineer will be responsible for working with highly functional development team automating service deployments; optimizing system performance; integrating with enterprise authentication services; establishing/improving system monitoring; maintaining established security protocols; provide customer's technical support. The Cloud Engineer will be integrated with an agile environment participating with scrums and other meetings.

What You'll Get To Do:

Build and Maintain Platform as a Service Offering using RedHat OpenShift.
Work with A&A Team to maintain security requirements for operation of systems.
Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
Produce detailed documentation.
Maintain System in AWS environment using EC2, S3, ELB, and RDS.
Maintain System in a VMware vSphere environment, using NSX, and NetApp StorageGRID.
Automate and optimize service deployments.

You'll Bring These Qualifications:

REQUIRED: US Citizen with an Active TS/SCI (required to obtain a CI Poly within 6 months).
Prior experience building and maintaining Platform as a Service offerings via Cloud based providers.
Strong understanding of RHEL/CentOS Linux distributions.
Strong understanding of RedHat OpenShift and/or other Kubernetes distributions.
Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. Docker).
Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services.
Strong Troubleshooting skills.
Experience in automating tasks using scripted languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Perl.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology.
Familiarity with DevOps development processes and Continuous Integration tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus.
Strong communication skills.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
3+ years IT experience and experience with Platform as a Service Offerings (e.g. RedHat OpenShift, Tanzu, etc.)

Desired Skills:

Experience administering production RedHat OpenShift clusters.
Strong understanding of cloud APIs and interaction with the AWS/CLI
Exposure to Infrastructure as Code such as Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Salt or Terraform
Experience working with one or more Python, Ruby, or Java
Experience with virtualization technologies (e.g. VMWare)
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, Markdown, and portal development

Desired Certifications:

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
RedHat Certified OpenShift Administrator

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Why GuidePoint?

GuidePoint Security is a rapidly growing, profitable, privately-held value added reseller that focuses exclusively on Information Security. Since its inception in 2011, GuidePoint has grown to over 900 employees, established strategic partnerships with leading security vendors, and serves as a trusted advisor to more than 3,500 customers.

Firmly-defined core values drive all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to the company’s success and establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At GuidePoint, your colleagues are knowledgeable, skilled, and experienced and will seek to collaborate and provide mentorship and guidance at every opportunity.

This is a unique and rare opportunity to grow your career along with one of the fastest growing companies in the nation.

Some added perks….

Remote workforce primarily (U.S. based only, some travel may be required for certain positions, working on-site may be required for Federal positions)
100% employer-paid medical premiums (employee only $0 deductible and HSA plans) along with 75% employer-paid family contributions
100% employer-paid dental premiums (employee only) along with 75% employer-paid family contributions
12 corporate holidays and a Flexible Time Off (FTO) program
Healthy mobile phone and home internet allowance
Eligibility for retirement plan after 2 months at open enrollment
Pet Benefit Option

Cloud Security Engineer (TS/SCI)

What You'll Get To Do:

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