Cloud Engineer - Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc.

The Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing and documenting high quality technical solutions in line with the business requirements on a large and complex data system for the agency.

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. serves as a holding company with multiple subsidiaries engaged in several lines of business (Technology, Infrastructure & Engineering, Health, Manufacturing, Public Safety, Consulting, and Transportation) for the federal government and commercial enterprises. A portion of our profits is used to support Chickasaw citizens. We are proud to support the economic development and long-term viability of the Chickasaw Nation and its people. CNI offers premium benefits eligible on the first day of hire to full time employees; (Medical - Dental – Vision), Company Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, 401(K) Immediate Vesting, Professional Development Assistance, Legal Aid Assistance Program, Family Planning / Fertility Assistance, Personal Time Off, and Observance of Federal Holidays.

As a federal contractor, CNI is a drug-free workplace and adheres to the Federal Controlled Substance Act.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

The ability to obtain, maintain and access classified information at the Top Secret level.

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of (8) eight years’ relevant experience, or equivalent combination of (15) fifteen years of education/experience.

Certification at the IAT II is required, this can consist of: CCNA-Security, CYSA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, SSCP

Advanced understanding of distributed systems via on prem, cloud native or hybrid computing .

Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards, capacity and performance management and tuning, and storage and network management.

Good understanding of infrastructure: AD, DNS, firewalls, load balancers, routing, switching, etc.

Experience in building applications using languages.

Experience in database systems.

Experience in working with microservices and containerization, including virtualization, orchestration, cluster management, and container storage.

Experience with scripting languages.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Essential Duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Evaluates provided documentation and make recommendations to the government on acceptability of technical artifacts.

Tracks and reports commercial parity exceptions on a monthly basis to support the customer.

Evaluates change/release notifications from CSPs and advise the government on the operational impact of those changes.

Provides direction on designing cloud infrastructure capable of supporting applications in the cloud with an emphasis on scalability, automation, performance and availability.

Advises user community on CSO adoption based on speci