Element 84 is looking for experienced DevOps engineers with strong AWS experience to support the Technical Services Support Contract (TSSC) at the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS), a NASA-funded project, located near Sioux Falls, SD.
The candidate must be a creative problem-solver who can respond to evolving development needs in an applied research setting. Applicants must be able to work within a multidisciplinary team of highly skilled Systems Engineers, Software Engineers, and Science staff, to collaborate with multiple data providers and consumers across the vast LP DAAC user community to advance the Land Change Science mission at EROS.
The candidate will work in a fast-paced Agile development environment performing operations, design, and development for the NASA Earthdata Cloud. Earthdata Cloud is a core capability in NASA’s Earth Observing System Data Information System (EOSDIS), which provides end-to-end capabilities for managing NASA’s Earth science data from various sources – satellites, aircraft, field measurements, and other programs. The candidate will ensure adherence to operational agreements and policies (including response times), compliance to program and NASA standards and requirements, leveraging of industry best practices for automation and scalability of assets, and implementation of issue detection and alerts.
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Please submit your information, resume, and cover letter if you are interested in this permanent full-time position. The position is open to remote candidates and those who wish to work onsite in Sioux Falls, SD. Remote candidates are considered if located in VA, DC, MD, PA, UT, NJ, TX, MN, FL, NH, OR, NM, OH, IN, MA, AZ, CO, KS, MI, MT, RI, SD, CA, IL (excluding Chicago), and VT.
This position requires that applicants be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or at any time in the future. Candidate must have three years of continuous residency in the U.S., and be able to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation after hire and to obtain a badge for US government facility access and user accounts.