Network Operations Specialist

Job Description

Job DescriptionDescription*** This position is contingent upon ACI’s successful award of an associated government contract. *** All prospective applicants will be contacted to discuss contract timelines, the process associated with hiring for this role, and award decisions progress.

ACI is a Woman-Owned Small Business professional services provider of engineering and technical services to the United States Government. We seek an experienced, Network Operations Specialist to serve as a part of the Government Programs team providing comprehensive IT service capability to support the U.S. Army Transportation Command's (ARTRANS) global C4ISR and distribution operations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

As an ACI Network Operations Specialist, you will have opportunities to interface with senior level customers, Warfighters, and leadership while performing the following functions:

• Work with a team of Engineers to architect and deliver AWS and AZURE solutions.
• Perform migration, modernization of custom developed applications, products to an enterprise cloud environment, including product CI/CD pipelines.
• Utilize proper design principles to create and model databases ensuring their efficacy.
• Work with the customer to integrate PaaS cloud architectures into their existing environment and edge architectures.
• Work with the Software Engineers to ensure that the architecture will meet requirements of the proposed applications.
• Provide support for troubleshooting and administration.
• Ensure security compliance in deployed architectures.
• Conduct audits of customer current architecture solutions and recommend changes as needed to meet requirements.
• Provide expertise in high availability, contingency planning, and automated provisioning.
• Support and advise customer on cloud initiatives including assessment, migration and modernization.

A Network Engineer who fits our team is:

• Dynamic: contributes energy and enthusiasm to our daily tasks, to the team’s interactions, and to the Company’s mission.
• Thorough: possesses an unparalleled work ethic; produces complete, even polished products; persistent; mission-focused; asks “Why?” as often as necessary to get to the root of the matter.
• Mature: respects others’ opinions, beliefs, and culture; listens to ideas, shares thoughts, and works independently and together to contribute insights to the company’s leaders.
• Forthright: speaks with conviction; argues based on understanding, respectfully.
• Inquisitive: seeks deeper explanations of how systems work, not the surface-level description of the actors involved; goes beyond “stick-fetching” to connect the unconnected.
• Timely: shows up, ready to think, prepared to get on with the day’s assignments; contributes analytical insights that meet time-sensitive, reasonable requests.
• Honest: knows what’s right, what’s legal, what’s appropriate; acts accordingly.

Required Qualifications

• Because this role requires a DOD security clearance, all applicants must provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• Must possess or have the ability to obtain a DOD secret Clearance.
• Related degree fields include Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Science, Information Systems Technology, and Software Engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and five years of relevant experience.
• Master's degree in a related field and no experience
• Security+ certification or obtain within 90 days of employment.
• Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner, or Azure Fundamentals within 90 days of employment.
• 2+ years’ AWS/AZURE experience in a solutions delivery or administrative role.
• 2+ years’ experience with cloud frameworks, services, and technologies.
• Data Security and encryption techniques.
• Familiar with cloud service delivery models.
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience working with stakeholders and development teams.
• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing to convey IT and cloud technologies.
• Experience developing, maintaining, and contributing to technical documentation.
• Ability to travel to customer locations and supporting customer engagement locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Native AWS experience preferred
• 2+ years’ experience working within a DevSecOps/DevOps environment, utilizing AWS or AZURE services, solutions, and provisioning/automating infrastructure, services, and tools in a DoD environment.
• Certified Architecture Associate for AWS or AZURE.
• Cloud Database Services and Architecture.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Ansible automation.
• Experience and Proficiency with SQL
• Ability to work within a collaborative, geographically dispersed team in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

ACI Offers a Robust Benefits Package Which Includes:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Group Life and Voluntary Life Insurance plans
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition and Professional Development Reimbursement Program