Labor Category: Cloud Engineer Position Title: Cloud Solutions Architect Position Level: Level 1 – Subject Matter Expert Salary: Up to $270,000.00 per year Core Hours: 9am to 4pm Location: Reston VA Description Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph. Cloud Engineering Team Support • The Candidate shall manage virtual and physical servers on a virtualization platform (VMware) with Windows Server 2008-2016, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Ubuntu operating systems. • The Candidate shall ensure the security of the server infrastructure by implementing industry best practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory compliance. • The Candidate shall use a proactive approach to anticipating, mitigating, identifying, troubleshooting, and correcting hardware and software issues on servers and workstations. Details Labor Category: Cloud Engineer Position Title: Cloud Solutions Architect Position Level: Level 1 – Subject Matter Expert Salary: Up to $270,000.00 per year Core Hours: 9am to 4pm Location: Reston VA Mandatory Requirements • Developmental (0-2 years’ experience) • Full Performance (3-5 years’ experience) • Senior (6-10 years’ experience) • Expert (11-15 years’ experience) • SME (16+ years’ experience) • Demonstrated experience managing end user accounts, permissions, access rights, and storage allocations in accordance with best practices. • Demonstrated experience installing and managing cloud based applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP. • Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes and containerization. • Demonstrated experience performing software and hardware upgrades, patches and reconfigs. • Demonstrated experience managing the physical environment of server racks including cable management, documenting, labeling, and configuration of KVM switching for console and remote access. • Demonstrated experience installing and upgrading computer components and software, managing virtual servers, and integrate automation processes. • Demonstrated experience troubleshooting hardware and software errors by running diagnostics, documenting problems and resolutions, prioritizing problems, and assessing impact of issues. • Demonstrated experience performing regular backup operations and implementing appropriate processes for data protection, disaster recovery, and failover procedures. • Demonstrated experience monitoring the system daily and responding immediately to performance, security or usability concerns. • Demonstrated experience reviewing application logs to sustain system integrity and security. • Demonstrated experience with Linux administration (Centos/Ubuntu/Rocky). • Demonstrated experience communicating issues and resolutions to all levels of an organization. • Demonstrated experience responding and resolving help desk and JIRA requests. • Associate or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, System Administration, or a closely related field, or equivalent experience. Optional Requirements • Demonstrated experience in system administration. • System administration and IT certifications in Linux, Microsoft, or other network related fields • Demonstrated experience with Virtual Private Network (VPN) technologies like OpenVPN, Wireguard, and IPSec. • Demonstrated experience with virtualization, VMWare, or equivalent. • Demonstrated experience with scripting (Bash, Python, Powershell) and automation tools. B4CORP Company Information B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America’s intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client’s needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self-motivation, and mission drive. B4Corp’s dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp’s benefits reflect the company’s policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp’s maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company’s cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp’s commitment to its employees. Compensation • Outstanding Salaries Retirement • Full Vanguard 401k Plan – Featuring a full scope of investment options – 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee's salary – Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50) • Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period) Insurance • Medical – United Health Care (UHC) (multiple plan options) • Dental – United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan • Vision – Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans • Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000.00/week) • Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month) • Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00) Employee Referral Bonus • Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP Paid Time Off (PTO) • Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays) • Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval) Tuition And Training • Free CBTNuggets Online Training Account – More than 200 online IT courses on a large variety of topics, including networking, security, virtualization, and the cloud – Cisco, Microsoft, and Google – Virtual Labs • Free L inux Academy Online Training Account Internal Tracking -SV-2034 If You Would Like To Complete a Detailed B4Corp Employment Application, Please Do So Using This Form (You Only Need To Fill Out This Application Once For B4Corp Or If You Have Updates To The Information.) https://b4corp.com/b4corp-employment-application/. 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