DevOps Engineer - Terraform

Be part of our exciting team supporting a robust worldwide communications network providing office automation packages; document and information management tools; and collaboration voice and video tools in a secure flexible distributed architecture supporting a classified DoD IT system.

Peraton is seeking anDevOps Engineer with a strong specialization in Terraform to join our dynamic team. In this role you will be responsible for designing implementing and maintaining scalable infrastructure solutions using Terraform ensuring efficient deployment and management of resources across various cloud environments. A deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices is essential for this role.

While your primary focus will be on Terraform we also value a strong working knowledge of Ansible to automate configuration management and streamline operational tasks. You will collaborate closely with development operations and security teams to enhance system reliability scalability and performance. This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate about cloud infrastructure and automation to make a meaningful impact within a fastpaced evolving environment.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement cloud infrastructure using Terraform and HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL).
• Automate provisioning scaling and management of infrastructure to ensure reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to support cloud initiatives and streamline deployment processes.
• Monitor cloud environments perform regular maintenance and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Implement and enforce best practices for cloud security compliance and risk management.
• Conduct ongoing security testing and code reviews to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Contribute to architectural designs technical documentation and provide engineering solutions for improved security.
• Stay current with new tools technologies and industry best practices and advise teams on secure coding practices.
• Integrate Terraform with Ansible to automate the provisioning and configuration of infrastructure ensuring a seamless and consistent infrastructureascode (IaC) deployment process across cloud and onprem environments.
• Use Terraform to manage and provision infrastructure resources (e.g. compute storage networking) and leverage Ansible for postprovisioning configuration management including application deployments and security hardening.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to design endtoend automation workflows that combine Terraforms infrastructure provisioning with Ansibles configuration management ensuring scalable repeatable and secure deployments.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD; 4 years of additional experience in lieu of a degree.
• Active TS/SCI clearance is required
• Experience in software engineering and integration of Commercial OfftheShelf software products
• Must have a current DoD 8570.1M IAT Level III certification

Benefits:

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Peraton is a nextgeneration national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.