Cloud Engineer
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Provide guidance across data, compute, storage, network, virtualization, containerization, and security to transform the organization toward DevSecOps, CI/CD, and Agile methodologies. Develop architecture for cloud environments and promote DevOps engineering principles throughout the portfolio. Assess cloud architectures for scalability, security, resilience, and mission alignment while evaluating analytics to recommend improvements and optimization. Use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative technical solutions, driving data-driven decisions. Provide technical advisory to leadership, engineers, and cybersecurity SMEs to ensure cloud solutions are secure, interoperable, and compliant with engineering, cybersecurity, and program requirements. Work in an office setting from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. (Central Time) with potential for additional hours. Maintain a constant state of mental alertness and situational awareness.
Required Qualifications
- A Bachelor's degree or seven years of equivalent experience
- 15–20 years of technical infrastructure and/or systems engineering experience
- Seven years of experience in all aspects of cloud computing (compute, storage, platforms, data, and security)
- Proven track record in implementing large-scale cloud environments
- Hands-on experience in cloud computing-based services architecture, technical design, and implementations, including IaaS and PaaS
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must have or be able to attain a SECRET security clearance
- Deep knowledge of AWS, Azure, Oracle, or Google Cloud, with experience in large-scale deployments
- Strong knowledge of cloud cost optimization techniques
- Experience in one or more automation languages (CLI, Python, Ruby, PowerShell)
- Strong knowledge of Direct Connect, Private Link, VPN, and other public cloud connectivity solutions
- Thorough understanding of infrastructure automation, CI/CD, networking, storage, and cloud-based delivery models
- Strong knowledge of networking and web standards such as DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, HTTP, web security, and firewalls
- Highly experienced in autoscaling, load balancing, and disaster recovery (DR) cloud computing models
- Experience with SSO/Federation
- Working knowledge of configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet, and Ansible)
- Thorough understanding of cloud-native, vendor-agnostic, and cloud-ready application development
- Thorough understanding of cloud governance
- Strong working knowledge of cloud monitoring tools, application performance monitoring tools, and operational dashboarding
- Must pass a pre-employment drug screening
- Must have acceptable background check results
- Must obtain and maintain the appropriate clearance levels required
- Must be able to obtain access to military installations
Desired Qualifications
- Agile development experience
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