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540

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏛️ Government

Consulting • Logistics • Government

540 is a technology consulting company that partners with the Federal Government and business clients to drive innovation and break barriers. The company specializes in tech strategy, agile delivery, API design and development, data analytics, and cloud services. 540 helps its clients by leveraging cutting-edge technology and design, creating impactful user experiences, and shipping high-quality code. With a focus on DevSecOps, they securely manage and scale infrastructure as organizations grow. 540's services empower developers, integrators, and data consumers through best practices in APIs and cloud solutions. Their commitment extends to aiding government in implementing advanced technology solutions, particularly in API strategy and data-driven applications.

📋 Description

• Provide expert guidance on the architecture and operation of GCP networking, compute, security, storage, and supporting platform services • Partner with customer operations teams to introduce tools, operational patterns, and cloud best practices that improve productivity, reliability, and efficiency • Serve as a primary point of contact for infrastructure and operations questions and technical escalations, providing Tier 3 troubleshooting across cloud infrastructure, Terraform deployments, and DevSecOps pipelines • Take ownership of unfamiliar technical or operational areas and guide customer and delivery teams through emerging challenges • Participate in Agile delivery ceremonies and technical forums • Review metrics and logs, identify bottlenecks and risks, support root cause analysis, and define long-term remediation • Assess and strengthen day-two operational readiness, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability configurations • Guide Terraform module development, state management, infrastructure automation, CI/CD integration, GitOps, and DevSecOps workflows • Support application and database release-management and rollback activities • Review and guide runbooks, SOPs, troubleshooting materials, operational artifacts, and technical design documents • Conduct weekly office hours for Infrastructure, DevSecOps, and Release Management processes • Engage with Change Control and Architecture Review Boards • Research GCP services and architectural components to inform recommendations • Maintain activity, status, and task information in Jira • Clarify ambiguous requirements, establish paths forward, and drive issues toward resolution • Provide proactive technical leadership across the project and represent Google and 540 in customer-facing engagements

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience • Extensive experience designing, operating, or supporting production environments in Google Cloud • Strong knowledge of GCP networking, compute, storage, identity, access management, and core security services • Experience translating cloud architecture into practical day-two operations and support processes • Hands-on experience with Terraform, including reusable modules, remote state management, deployment troubleshooting, and CI/CD integration • Experience supporting GitOps, CI/CD, or DevSecOps workflows in production environments • Experience with infrastructure monitoring, logging, system-health analysis, and operational risk identification • Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery, backup and recovery, and platform resiliency • Experience conducting root cause analysis and developing long-term corrective and preventive actions • Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure and deployment issues at a Tier 3 level • Experience creating and reviewing technical design documents, runbooks, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and operational procedures • Experience supporting release-management and rollback processes • Working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and task-management tools such as Jira • Strong customer-facing communication, facilitation, and technical advisory skills • Ability to communicate architectural concepts and operational recommendations to technical teams and customer leadership • Proactive ownership mindset with confidence to identify risks, recommend improvements, and drive issues toward resolution • Candidates must be U.S. Citizens and currently hold or be eligible to obtain and maintain an FAA Public Trust • Google Cloud professional-level certification, Apigee, government or regulated cloud, formal board processes, SRE, modernization, and aviation experience are nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible PTO + all Federal holidays off • Health, dental and vision insurance plans • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • 401k with employer match • Company-sponsored life insurance, short- and long-term disability • Professional development (training, certifications, conferences) • Paid cloud developer accounts • Referral bonuses • HQ office perks (parking / metro reimbursement, nitro coffee & lunches) • Annual social events (540 Week, hackathon, charity golf tournament, etc.) • Access to 540’s Washington Capitals & Nationals tickets