NH - IT Technical Consultant
Fort Meade, MD 
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Posted 15 days ago
Job Description
Job Description
About Us: Innovating to solve real-world problems

Applied Insight enhances the ability of federal government customers to preserve national security, deliver justice and serve the public with advanced technologies and quality analysis. We work closely with agencies and industry to overcome technical and cultural hurdles to innovation, empowering them with the latest end-to-end cloud infrastructure, big data and cyber capabilities. Our expertise in cross-domain and boundary solutions, network analytics, DevOps and low-to-high development is unique in our industry. We develop and deliver innovative products and applications that are deployed in highly sensitive customer environments and have broad applications for federal missions.

On joining the Applied Insight team, you'll be working to solve real-world problems on missions that matter with people who share your passions and encourage your ambition. It's vital to us that we hire committed people who are great at what they do. We return that commitment by empowering them with the autonomy, the support and the tools they need to fulfill their true potential.

A day in the life (just a few of the things you may do on any given day):
  • Interact with various operating systems, applications, environments, and cloud computing platforms to create IT automation and orchestration activities
  • Use open source technologies and tools to accomplish specific use cases encountered within the project
  • Use coding languages or scripting methodologies to solve a problem with a custom workflow
  • Collaborate with others on the project to brainstorm about the best way to tackle a complex technological infrastructure, security, or development problem
  • Perform incremental testing actions on code, processes, and deployments to identify ways to streamline execution and minimize errors encountered
  • Work with cloud native services to implement event-driven architectures via Infrastructure as Code
You will excel in this role if you are:
  • Embracing Emerging Technology: You will leverage AWS and accompanying tools daily as you help build and evolve game-changing cloud-based environments.
  • Well-rounded: You will need to bring in-depth experience across multiple technologies including scripting, development/test/QA tools, cloud, container, and orchestration tools, Linux and Windows operating systems, networking, security and automation.
  • Motivated: You want to continually learn new things and work with new technologies.
  • Agile: Able to work as part of small team working together to develop a solution for both commercial and government customers.
  • Focused on Automation: Wherever possible, you look for ways to automate manual processes to increase efficiency, speed, and operability of tasks.
What we are expecting from you (i.e. the qualifications you must have):
  • AWS experience is required.
  • Bachelor's Degree or higher in computer engineering or in a field related to the computer engineering or computer science disciplines plus 10 years Technical Consulting experience. An additional 4+ years of Technical Consulting experience may be substituted for the degree for a total of 14 years.
  • Experience with agile software development in Python, Go, or Node.js
  • Experience performing automation in Windows or Linux environments using scripting languages such as Bash or PowerShell
  • Customer facing skills to drive discussions with senior personnel regarding trade-offs, best practices, project management and risk mitigation.
  • Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph
What we are desiring from you (i.e. the nice-to-have qualifications):
  • AWS Solutions Architect, Developer, or SysOps Administrator Associate Certification
  • Experience working with JSON or YAML to write Infrastructure as Code
  • Familiarity with container orchestration services, especially Kubernetes
  • Experience with development CI/CD tools such as Git, Jira, GitLab, or Jenkins
  • Experience performing software development in Windows or Linux operating system environments
What we will provide in return: Excellent compensation and amazing benefits
  • Multiple health insurance options which include a PPO plan with ZERO deductibles and an HSA plan.
  • 401k Immediate Vesting. Company matches 100% of the first 3% contributed and 50% of the next 2% contributed.
  • Fully paid long-term disability, short-term disability, and life insurance.
  • Flexible Spending Account options.
  • Generous paid time off that includes one bucket of leave to use how the employee sees fit; no separate holiday, sick, or vacation.
  • Flexible work schedules with the ability to bank extra hours for additional time off.
  • Government shutdown protection where employees don't have to use leave for up to 3 days out of the year for inclement weather or budget issues.
  • Employee centric culture and a belief that we should empower those who are good at what they do and then give them the tools they need to achieve success and grow their career.
  • A commitment to learning and growth and easy ways to achieve both including a training budget, education assistance, mentorship programs and collaborative learning sessions.
  • A collaborative environment that fosters communication and an open door policy.

Applied Insight provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, age, disability or handicap, sex, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.


EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled.


 

Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
10+ years
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