Cloud Platform and Data Engineer - U.S. Citizenship Required

Type: Full-time Employee (W-2) position
Experience: Minimum of 5 years of relevant technical experience.
Residence: Current U.S. residence and within U.S for 3 of the past 5 years.  Looking for SBA HubZone Residence and Workers (check here: https://maps.certify.sba.gov)
Location: 100% United States (U.S.) Based Remote with ALL being performed within the U.S. 
Trail Pass:  U.S. Citizenship REQUIRED to obtain a Public Trust.  

Role Summary
Welcome to Via Logic, where you will be joining a dynamic team known for its collaborative spirit and innovative approach to solving complex challenges. We are currently seeking a Remote Cloud Platform and Data Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience for a full-time position to assume a pivotal role in supporting our federal government client. This role is intended for a United States (U.S.) citizen with extensive expertise in architecting, deploying, and managing secure, scalable, and automated cloud solutions. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in transforming our clients' infrastructure to be more efficient, secure, and aligned with business objectives. This position places significant emphasis on the implementation of everything-as-code and DevSecOps best practices and cloud security.

As a client facing professional, your responsibilities will include collaborating with key stakeholders and leading secure cloud projects that align with client objectives and regulations. Your insights will play a crucial role in deploying and operationalizing capabilities for clients.

To excel in this position, candidates must demonstrate a high level of professionalism, meet public trust clearance requirements, and possess a proven track record of successful Agile project collaboration.

If you are a U.S. citizen passionate about driving meaningful change in government, we strongly encourage you to submit your application.

Key Requirement:

• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Public Trust U.S. citizenship is mandatory, as this work is for a federal government client. Candidates will need to successfully complete a Background Investigation (BI) and credit check prior to beginning work. Nothing in applicants’ history should prevent them from obtaining a public trust security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is someone who was born in the US or obtained citizenship through naturalization that the government will verify. The government has excluded non-citizen nationals, lawful permanent residents (green card holders), refugees, or those on temporary visas.
• MUST RESIDE in the U.S. and work MUST BE PERFORMED in the U.S.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• CI/CD Pipeline Architecture and Management: Design, manage, and optimize secure, automated CI/CD pipelines for cloud-based and hybrid environments, integrating security checks and compliance measures. Demonstrated proficiency in CI/CD automation, using tools like Jenkins and Gitlab to embed security, quality, and testing into pipelines.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Utilize containerization technologies to manage microservices and facilitate consistent deployment and scalability across environments.
• Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Management: Build, deploy, manage, and optimize cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and data stores, to support scalable and resilient applications in both government and public-facing ecosystems. 
• Production Optimization and Reliability: Ensure high availability and reliability of production systems in cloud environments. Oversee automated build processes, troubleshoot issues, and emphasize automation in operational tasks to reduce manual interventions.
• Monitoring and Performance Tuning: Implement monitoring solutions to track system performance. Use logging and diagnostics to identify and address performance bottlenecks and ensure optimal resource utilization.
• Everything as Code: Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation to automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure.
• Security and Compliance: Assess, implement, and maintain security postures to meet or exceed federal and industry standards, including conducting regular security assessments and enforcing compliance protocols.
• Agile and DevSecOps Collaboration: Participate and actively engage in agi