Rapid Cycle Solutions LLC (RCS) is an innovative small business providing IT and management consulting services to the U.S. Federal Government and commercial clients.  We have unique strengths in complex, cross-organizational solution analysis, design, development, implementation, and change management supporting enterprise requirements.  Our team of professionals has deep consulting backgrounds supporting the unique needs of our clients.  Our team members have proven experience leading strategic initiatives within the civilian and IC Government agencies.

Rapid Cycle Solutions is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to join our team.  As the Cloud Engineer, you will be a critical part of an Agile team, responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based systems for the Sponsor.  Additionally, you will develop and implement cloud applications, migrate existing on-premise applications to the cloud, and debug cloud stacks.

Your responsibilities will include the following:

Supporting a multi-cloud environment migration of mission-critical systems

Advising mission users on utilizing cloud-based IT systems, providing support for development in, or transition to the cloud, and being responsible for the implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of cloud environments

Providing cloud strategy services that cover all security fabrics and are available to the Government to assist with the relocation of an organization’s business applications, data, and workloads to ensure maximum effectiveness of the multi-cloud environment

Providing advisory services to the service provider and IC element for the discovery, adoption, and understanding of new and existing CSP service offerings operating in the C2E environment
Ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into cloud solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with eligibility and willingness to take a CI polygraph  
• 9+ years of experience in a cloud and/or hybrid environment
• 9+ years of demonstrated experience in one or more of the following activities:
• IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services (e.g., compute, storage, network, security, administration, automation, application services, and databases) in either native cloud or hybrid cloud environments
• Developing and deploying cloud solutions to Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), IBM Cloud, or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• Experience in building and deploying systems in the cloud using continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) frameworks and infrastructure automation
• Large-scale data architecture, data modeling, database design, and information systems implementation
• Strong customer service skills, teaming skills, and the ability to collaborate within a cross-functional team, as well as the Cloud Service Providers (CSPs)

Desired:
Certification(s) in any of the following CSPs:

• AWS
• Azure
• GCP
• IBM
• OCI 

Strong analysis and quality assessment skills
Experience with various Linux and Microsoft Windows OS distributions
Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) and databases
Experience migrating both custom-built and enterprise apps to and from on-prem to cloud

 

Rapid Cycle Solutions (RCS) is an equal employment opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
 
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All RCS work locations are drug-free workplaces.