Cloud DevOps Engineer
About The Position
The Cloud DevOps Engineer supports the Department of War (DoW) Chief Information Officer for Special Access Programs (DoW SAP CIO). The role provides cloud infrastructure engineering and operations support, including provisioning and maintaining cloud provider accounts and services; designing, deploying, and supporting cloud infrastructure and platform services; and building infrastructure-as-code templates and automated deployments. The engineer supports secure integration of customer workloads and connectivity across cloud, customer, and DoW networks, monitors infrastructure and service health, and helps maintain configuration management and operational processes. The position also coordinates with cloud service providers, mission owners, DISA, and cybersecurity teams to enhance cloud operations and ensure compliance with security, risk management, and cloud governance requirements. This is an onsite position in Falls Church, Virginia, with 40 scheduled hours per week and no required travel. A Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required. A bachelor's degree is required, though additional years of experience may be substituted.
Requirements
- 10 or more years of related IT/DoW infrastructure and cloud experience.
- Bachelor's degree; additional years of experience may be substituted.
- Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Cloud infrastructure engineering and administration experience with AWS, Azure, or equivalent cloud service providers.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Knowledge of cloud compute, storage, networking, and virtualization technologies.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Knowledge of cloud networking, VPNs, routing, load balancing, and hybrid cloud architectures.
- Experience with API Gateway and cloud service integration.
- Scripting and automation skills with PowerShell, Python, or Bash.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and performance management tools.
- Knowledge of configuration management and ITSM/CMDB practices.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity and compliance frameworks, including RMF, JSIG, and NIST 800-53.
- Strong troubleshooting, systems integration, and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Cloud certifications; examples listed include AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CISSP, CCSP, and Security+.
Responsibilities
- Provision, configure, and maintain cloud service provider accounts, subscriptions, and services.
- Design, deploy, and support cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and virtual desktop solutions.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and automated deployment processes.
- Implement and support API Gateway, cloud-native, and shared platform services.
- Optimize cloud performance, scalability, availability, and resource utilization based on workload requirements.
- Support onboarding and integration of customer workloads into cloud environments.
- Engineer and maintain secure connectivity between cloud, customer, and DoW network environments.
- Monitor cloud infrastructure, system health, and network interfaces to ensure service continuity.
- Maintain configuration management, change control, and CMDB processes.
- Collaborate with cloud service providers, mission owners, DISA, and cybersecurity teams on cloud operations and service enhancements.
- Ensure compliance with organizational security standards, RMF, JSIG, and cloud governance requirements.
Benefits
- Customizable medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Educational assistance and eLearning.
- Internal mobility team dedicated to employee advancement.
- Rewards and recognition programs.
- Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.
- Full flex work weeks where possible.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
