Cloud Engineer

Client Requirements:

Applicants must be US Citizens and be able to obtain Public Trust clearance.

About the Role

Seeking a Cloud Engineer to help design, secure, and scale modern cloud solutions supporting high-impact federal initiatives. This role will focus on architecting resilient cloud environments, driving modernization efforts, and ensuring cloud security and compliance best practices are embedded throughout the solution lifecycle.

You Will Get To

• Design and implement secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions
• Lead cloud modernization and migration efforts across enterprise environments
• Develop cloud architecture standards and best practices
• Partner with engineering, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity teams to deliver secure cloud solutions
• Ensure compliance with federal security and regulatory requirements
• Support IAM, encryption, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and cloud operations
• Assess technical risks, architecture tradeoffs, resiliency, and performance optimization
• Translate mission and business needs into scalable cloud architectures

Who You Are

• A strategic cloud engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure and modernization challenges
• Strong in both architecture design and cloud security best practices
• Comfortable partnering across engineering, security, compliance, and delivery teams
• A clear communicator who can influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable operating in evolving environments

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 4+ years of professional experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure architecture, or cloud architecture roles
• Deep hands-on experience designing cloud solutions in AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3 preferred) with exposure to Azure, particularly disaster recovery and resiliency planning
• Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, container orchestration, and infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, compute, storage, IAM, security groups, monitoring, and infrastructure design
• Experience with cloud security architecture including IAM, encryption, secrets management, logging, vulnerability management, and secure access controls
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks such as NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, CIS benchmarks, or similar regulated environments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or similar)
• Experience supporting DevSecOps pipelines and CI/CD integrations
• Strong documentation, architecture review, and stakeholder communication skills

Nice to Have

• AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Architect, or similar certifications
• Familiarity with Zero Trust architecture principles
• Experience supporting federal government agencies

Salary

We are committed to offering a competitive salary for this position, with an estimated range of $110,000–$125,000 annually. The final offer may vary based on experience, skills, and other factors.

Full Time Employee Benefits

• Remote Work (Hybrid roles will be specified in the job post)
• Competitive Compensation Package
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) with 4% matching
• Liberal PTO vacation policy
• Generous Annual Continuing Education
• Annual Wellness Budget
• Bonus Incentive Programs (Employee referrals and performance-based rewards)