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Care to elaborate your disapproval?
Google for "cloud to butt extension"
Ha! I figured it was something like that. So a statement concerning the jargon...
Cloud.gov
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#22I'm the product lead on cloud.gov... Thanks for noticing us! There are other Cloud Foundry deployments, but what makes cloud.gov special is the focus on ensuring federal agencies are actually able to use it. Federal compliance for a cloud service provider is a tough bar to clear, and without it most agencies are simply unable to take advantage of capabilities the rest of the world now takes for granted. That in turn…
What sorts of jobs are available there and what's the salary like? I currently do devops at a large Internet content company near Dulles and I've got federal government experience from many years ago.
See: https://pages.18f.gov/joining-18f/
I'll let @bmogilefsky describe the jobs. @18F as a whole hires engineers, designers, product managers, content writers, journalists, folks with non-traditional cross-functional backgrounds, etc.
Salary depends on job grade. See [1] for an explanation of the grades within 18F. Then see the GS pay scale [2] to figure out the pay for your grade in your region.
[1]: https://pages.18f.gov/joining-18f/pay-grades/
[2]: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries...
Re: Cloud.gov
#23I'm the product lead on butt.gov... Thanks for noticing us! There are other butt Foundry deployments, but what makes butt.gov special is the focus on ensuring federal agencies are actually able to use it. Federal compliance for a butt service provider is a tough bar to clear, and without it most agencies are simply unable to take advantage of capabilities the rest of the world now takes for granted. That in turn impe…
I LOL'd... I had the same extension installed, but had to uninstall it when I saw the word constantly as part of my job.
move your mission critical data to my butt!
Re: Cloud.gov
#24I'm the product lead on cloud.gov... Thanks for noticing us! There are other Cloud Foundry deployments, but what makes cloud.gov special is the focus on ensuring federal agencies are actually able to use it. Federal compliance for a cloud service provider is a tough bar to clear, and without it most agencies are simply unable to take advantage of capabilities the rest of the world now takes for granted. That in turn…
What sorts of jobs are available there and what's the salary like? I currently do devops at a large Internet content company near Dulles and I've got federal government experience from many years ago.
We're recruiting actively across many disciplines. 18F employs a huge range of amazing people with diverse histories from both inside and outside of government. Everyone is an impact junkie. Salary is competitive with industry through a special hiring authority although capped at government levels without bonus, stock, etc. There are intangibles that come from actually being able to improve the way government approaches technology and adopts user-centered design, agile culture, and DevOps that are totally unique. https://18f.gsa.gov/join
Re: Cloud.gov
#25This is really cool. 18F has been doing a lot of amazing work, it seems like the possibility of government tech not totally sucking may be on the (somewhat distant) horizon.
:) Thanks! I also work at 18F, but not directly on cloud.gov. Govtech is a huge market, and I wouldn't expect any individual effort to turn the entire ship. Hopefully, though, we can provide a space to experiment and build with modern solutions and practices to make them more "normal."
I'm especially a fan of developing in the open - you can see our commits and issue discussions and keep track of how we're doing as your civil servants. The other thing I love is that all of our work is in the public domain or CC0.
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What sorts of jobs are available there and what's the salary like? I currently do devops at a large Internet content company near Dulles and I've got federal government experience from many years ago.
See: https://pages.18f.gov/joining-18f/ I'll let @bmogilefsky describe the jobs. @18F as a whole hires engineers, designers, product managers, content writers, journalists, folks with non-traditional cross-functional backgrounds, etc. Salary depends on job grade. See [1] for an explanation of the grades within 18F. Then see the GS pay scale [2] to figure out the pay for your grade in your region. [1]: https://pages.1…
Nothing says "we employ the best" like "fixed salary based on tenure and job function"
Re: Cloud.gov
#29I'm the product lead on cloud.gov... Thanks for noticing us! There are other Cloud Foundry deployments, but what makes cloud.gov special is the focus on ensuring federal agencies are actually able to use it. Federal compliance for a cloud service provider is a tough bar to clear, and without it most agencies are simply unable to take advantage of capabilities the rest of the world now takes for granted. That in turn…
Wouldn't deploying cloudfoundry to AWS GovCloud accomplish the same thing? (Sorry, if the question seems too ignorant)
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
See: https://pages.18f.gov/joining-18f/ I'll let @bmogilefsky describe the jobs. @18F as a whole hires engineers, designers, product managers, content writers, journalists, folks with non-traditional cross-functional backgrounds, etc. Salary depends on job grade. See [1] for an explanation of the grades within 18F. Then see the GS pay scale [2] to figure out the pay for your grade in your region. [1]: https://pages.1…
Nothing says "we employ the best" like "fixed salary based on tenure and job function"
18F and other groups in government offer a great potential for impact, but we don't have the same flexibility in compensation policy because of universal federal rules.
Speaking personally, I think there's a lot of room for policy folks to dig into how gov't can better hire and retain skilled talent, but that's not 18F's function.