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Alion Science and Technology

Principal Cloud Software Engineer - 37926

Austin, TX

Job Description

Enlighten, a HII company is looking for a Principal Cloud Engineer to design, develop and implement complicated and difficult software capabilities for computer based systems. Exhibits technical insight and understanding in multiple fields and disciplines with an in depth facility in Cloud Computing. Candidate must have expertise developing cloud software based capabilities. Analyze the cloud infrastructure needs of the Company's product units and transversal functions. Participate to selection and deployment of Openstack distribution (SLA, performance, support, cost). Design and implement private cloud infrastructure. Ensure full integration with hybrid cloud platform management layer, identity management and R&D infrastructure. Work closely with other engineering teams. Will help to build a team of Software Engineers in the Colorado Springs area. Support the organization in maturing the infrastructure into a fully automated, service-oriented, hybrid IT. Work with automating build pipelines, migrations, security and compliance in the cloud. Define, implement and manage a cloud based infrastructure. Perform tool administrative tasks and provide application support for our platform. Transfer knowledge via documentation and training to software development organization. Work closely with business technology peers and management emphasizing collaboration and joint effort to ensure that the needs and expectations of organizational stake holders, business partners, external customers, and third party organizations are met and/or exceeded.

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Security Clearance:
  • A current Secret level security clearance is required and a higher level clearance up to the polygraph level is desired, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. Citizen.

Required Skills:
  • Bachelor's degree in technical discipline (i.e. computer science, engineering, mathematics, etc.). Educational requirements may be adjusted for applicable work experience. Work experience may be adjusted for highly specialized knowledge or uniquely applicable experience.
  • 12+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering / Computing
  • Experience in streaming and/or batch analytics (e.g. Kafka, Spark, Flink, Storm, MapReduce, Hadoop)
  • Experience in distributed databases, NoSQL databases, full text-search engines (e.g. Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Solr)
  • Experience in designing enterprise APIs
  • Experience in RESTful web services
  • Experience in Microservices architecture
  • Experience in Object Oriented Programming (OOP) paradigms
  • Experience in cloud based technologies (AWS, Azure)
  • Experience in Modern Java Frameworks and Libraries (e.g. Spring, Guava)
  • Experience with the Linux operating system
  • Experience with configuration management tools (e.g. Git, Nexus, Maven)
  • Experience with the agile software lifecycle
  • Has a proven ability to learn quickly and works well both independently as well as in a team setting
  • Prior experience building up and/or leading a team of software engineers

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Security Clearance: Secret
Telework - Limited

Diversity Statement

We are an EOE that values our employee's talent – regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion or other protected characteristics – Your Talent Is Our Strength .

Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and Veterans are encouraged to apply. Alion will provide a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans who need assistance to apply. Please visit the Alion Careers site for more information. U.S. Citizenship Required for the majority of our positions.

Covid Notice

A new Federal Executive Order requires that employees of Federal contractors and subcontractors be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by December 8, 2021. Accordingly, as a condition of employment with Technical Solutions, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, employees will be required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption prior to starting employment.

Job ID: Alion-qDNzTmXl6nJ3
Employment Type: Other