Senior Cloud Engineer
On-site · Arlington, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Senior Cloud Engineer to design, build, and manage cloud infrastructure and platform services across Google Cloud environments, implement and maintain containerized workloads, develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar, build and support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows, collaborate with architects and engineers to design scalable, secure, and resilient systems, support ingestion/processing/storage of high-volume time-series data, monitor performance, troubleshoot, and optimize reliability and cost, implement cloud networking, security controls, and IAM, enable system integrations, document runbooks and designs, and work with delivery teams to meet mission needs. Onsite work in Patrick SFB, FL or Arlington, VA with travel up to 25%; candidate must be a U.S. Citizen with active DoW TS/SCI eligibility; Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field preferred.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps roles
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or similar cloud environments (AWS, Azure)
- Strong experience with containerized environments
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Deployment Manager, or similar)
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining high-performance data processing systems
- Experience operating a high-security and/or highly regulated cloud environment
- Knowledge of Event-Driven or Asynchronous architectural patterns
- Experience implementing identity, and access management (IAM) concepts for cross-functional teams
- Experience implementing Zero-Trust concepts
- Strong understanding of cloud networking
- Experience working with distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
- Experience troubleshooting and supporting production systems
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
- Experience supporting U.S. Federal Government programs, particularly DoW environments
Additional Requirements
- Citizenship & Clearance Requirement: U.S. Citizens with an active DoW clearance with TS/SCI eligibility
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