Cloud Application Engineer
About The Position
Redhawk Federal has an immediate opening for an experienced Cloud Application Engineer supporting the Library of Congress. The position is remote, but candidates must live near Washington, D.C., or within a reasonable commuting distance to attend meetings when needed. The Engineer provides cloud engineering services to design, deploy, administer, and maintain secure, scalable cloud environments and enterprise applications supporting mission operations and digital transformation. The work includes managing cloud-based development environments on Amazon WorkSpaces and Microsoft Windows 365 Cloud PC; administering Microsoft SQL Server; operating and maintaining Atlassian Jira and Confluence; deploying applications on AWS and Azure; using Infrastructure as Code; and applying secure development practices. The role also supports enterprise applications on these platforms, including integration of artificial intelligence capabilities. The Engineer serves as technical lead for cloud-hosted web applications, APIs, AI-enabled services, and enterprise automation. The role collaborates with cybersecurity, cloud engineering, infrastructure, networking, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient, highly available solutions that meet federal cybersecurity and operational requirements. The two primary application environments are cloud-based development environments and Microsoft SQL Server, including database administration.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field.
- Five to eight years developing enterprise web applications and cloud-native solutions; candidates with more experience may qualify, but dates must demonstrate at least five years.
- Microsoft SQL Server administration, including installation and configuration, security, backup and recovery, performance tuning, and patching.
- Experience designing, deploying, and managing cloud development environments on Amazon WorkSpaces or Windows 365 Cloud PC; the listed position tasks require both environments.
- Experience with AWS services and serverless architectures, as well as Microsoft Azure services.
- Atlassian Jira and Confluence administration, including user and permission management, workflow configuration, and system upgrades.
- Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, and Docker.
- Experience with DevSecOps pipelines and secure software development.
- Knowledge of federal cybersecurity frameworks and cloud compliance.
- U.S. citizenship.
Nice To Haves
- Kubernetes experience.
- Experience with both Amazon WorkSpaces and Windows 365 Cloud PC.
- Concrete experience with FedRAMP, NIST SP 800-53, or similar federal cybersecurity and cloud compliance work.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, configure, and maintain Microsoft Azure development environments using Windows 365 Cloud PC (Windows 11), including image management, user provisioning, access controls, and developer tooling.
- Design, deploy, configure, and maintain Amazon WorkSpaces development environments, including bundle and image management, user provisioning, directory integration, and developer tooling.
- Administer Microsoft SQL Server instances, including installation and configuration, security and access management, backup and recovery, performance tuning, monitoring, and patching.
- Integrate enterprise applications with Microsoft 365, AWS, and third-party services.
- Support cloud infrastructure deployment and configuration using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK, in coordination with the cloud engineering team.
- Operate, maintain, and administer Atlassian Jira and Confluence environments, including user and access management, project and workflow configuration, upgrades and patching, backup and recovery, performance monitoring, and integration with other enterprise tools.
- Serve as technical lead for cloud-hosted web applications, APIs, AI-enabled services, and enterprise automation.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity, cloud engineering, infrastructure, networking, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, resilient, highly available solutions meeting federal cybersecurity and operational requirements.
- Support enterprise applications running on the described platforms, including integration of artificial intelligence capabilities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
