Job Description
Because of the need for consistent, in-person collaboration and/or the requirement to perform all work onsite due to the nature of this particular role, it will be performed fulltime on site. This means work will be conducted on location at a BAE Systems facility 100% of the time.
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Our flexible work environment provides you a chance to change the world without giving up your personal life. We follow a 9x80 flexible work schedule with every other Friday off!! We put our customers first - exemplified by our mission: "We Protect Those Who Protect Us®." Sound like a team you want to be a part of? Come build your career with BAE Systems.
We are seeking a Sr level Cloud Systems Engineer for our Operations, Infrastructure & Support Engineering Group that will focus on building and maintaining the tooling and infrastructure used to automate the release, deployment, and upgrade processes for base cloud infrastructure. This individual will work on developing the automated pipelines for cloud environments as well as providing consulting services to application and infrastructure teams specific to automated build, test and release automation. This role will be responsible for the operations and operating environment for the DevOps platforms and will drive troubleshooting efforts around incidents and outages.
Additional tasks will include:
- Designing, writing and delivering Infrastructure as Code software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of the cloud environment
- Developing jobs for the deployment of various artifacts that support a continuous security updated environment
- Participating in design and architecture discussions and build environments using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and configuration management tools like Ansible
- Automating repetitive tasks to eliminate toil and drive consistency + repeatability
- Incident response and root-cause analysis, support a blameless post-mortems culture
As a Cloud Systems Engineer, you will have a direct role in providing infrastructure services to our development environment. Our engineers are the lifeblood of our company and we're more than 5,000 strong. With our robust offering of educational and career development opportunities, your chances to grow are limitless.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or Information Technology and 6+ years direct experience
- Security+ Certification or the ability to get certification within 3 months of hiring
- Experience working in a Security culture
- Experience working with appropriate scripting languages and operating systems software (e.g., PowerShell, Bash)
- Experience with Ansible, Terraform or equivalent configuration management tools
- Should have flexibility in approach to finding solutions, ability to understand and act on the customer needs and priorities, and ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Strong team building skills that enable collaboration and coordination within and across teams and functions
- Ability to automate menial tasks
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Azure, AWS or similar Cloud Provider Experience
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
- Active Top Secret/SCI with Poly
- Security+ Certification
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $115779 - $196825
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.
