The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Security Operations Center (SOC) is a U.S. Government program responsible to prevent, identify, contain and eradicate cyber threats to CBP networks through monitoring, intrusion detection and protective security services to CBP information systems including local area networks/wide area networks (LAN/WAN), commercial Internet connection, public facing websites, wireless, mobile/cellular, various cloud environments, security devices, servers and workstations. The CBP SOC is responsible for the overall security of CBP Enterprise-wide information systems, and collects, investigates, and reports any suspected and confirmed security violations. We are seeking a skilled and motivated Cloud Administrator to join our growing team. Primary Responsibilities: The Cloud Administrator will play a key role in managing, maintaining, optimizing and deploying the organization's cloud infrastructure. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the efficient and secure operation of our cloud-based services, with a focus on performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. You will also be responsible for managing cloud resources, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring best practices are followed to maintain a high level of availability and reliability. The Cloud Administrator will design, develop, deploy, and manage the organizations cloud infrastructure, services, and security applications to ensure that the environment is scalable, reliable, secure, and cost-effective. They will work with various cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and others, and will focus on day-to-day operations of the environment, handling tasks such as provisioning, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing cloud resources and systems. The Cloud Administrator must have a deep understanding and knowledge of various cloud technologies, systems, and platforms (e.g. AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, etc.). Additionally, the Cloud Engineer/Administrator should have understanding of cloud infrastructure management technologies (e.g. CloudFormation, Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, etc.). Candidates must have the ability to script in one more of the following computer languages Python, Bash, Visual Basic or PowerShell. Below are some tools/skills the candidate should have knowledge or experience on: 5-7 years' experience in a Cloud Engineering/Admin role or an equivalent of 3-5 years in Cybersecurity.