Cloud Engineer Architect

Koniag Government Services•Washington, DC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Koniag Technology Solutions, Inc., a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking an experienced, customer-oriented Cloud Engineer/Architect to support the company and a government customer in Washington, DC. This position is for a future new business opportunity and supports a large-scale federal enterprise cloud environment serving more than 10,000 users. The role requires a Secret security clearance and involves designing, engineering, administering, and continuously enhancing secure, scalable cloud solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be substituted.
At least 4 years of progressive experience administering, designing, and engineering cloud solutions.
Valid driver's license.
Secret DoD clearance required; ability to maintain a valid Top Secret DoD clearance throughout employment.
Fundamental knowledge of cloud technology and enterprise IT systems.
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills and the ability to exercise mature, independent judgment.
Experience deploying resources and running workloads in AWS and/or Microsoft Azure.
Ability to explain technical requirements and concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and guidance.
Experience planning and implementing operating system and software upgrades.
Fundamental knowledge of and experience working in a DevOps-centric environment.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation tools, code promotion processes, and related methodologies.
Experience with scripting languages such as Python, JSON, or YAML.
Experience deploying infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM templates, Chef, Terraform, or other automation tools.

Nice To Haves

AWS Associate- or Professional-level certification, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect, Developer, DevOps Engineer, or similar certification.
Experience supporting federal government or DoD cloud environments.
Familiarity with the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG) and Zero Trust architecture principles.
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with cloud security hardening, STIG compliance, and vulnerability remediation.
Experience supporting hybrid on-premises and cloud environments, with a focus on cost and capacity optimization.

Responsibilities

Participate in technical project review meetings to ensure designs meet operational requirements and infrastructure and security standards.
Provision and maintain cloud network, storage, and compute resources for an enterprise environment.
Automate migrations to cloud environments and identify appropriate cloud counterparts for on-premises technologies.
Design and implement Infrastructure as Code solutions for repeatable, scalable deployments.
Follow incident, problem, and change management procedures and execute ticket-based requests with little or no additional oversight.
Support CI/CD pipeline design, automation, and code promotion across development environments.
Monitor and optimize cloud resource performance, cost, and capacity.
Collaborate with technical teams to translate operational requirements into secure, scalable cloud architectures.
Maintain and enhance system documentation, configuration standards, and operational runbooks.
Deliver results with a focus on quality and meeting deadlines.