Cloud Engineer II

BVG & Company • Albuquerque, NM

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer II to join our team supporting the NEST Communication Program. This role will support the design, implementation, security, automation, and sustainment of cloud and hybrid network infrastructure supporting Department of Energy Nuclear Emergency Support Team Operations. The ideal candidate combines strong Microsoft Azure engineering skills with cloud networking, cybersecurity, systems administration, and previous government systems experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 6+ years of experience in cloud engineering, network engineering, systems administration, cybersecurity, or related information technology disciplines.
• Three or more years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience, including at least two years supporting Microsoft Azure.
• Demonstrated integrity, teamwork, technical judgement, professional communication, and commitment to mission success.
• Experience supporting Azure Government, federal cloud environments, or classified information systems.
• Experience supporting Department of Energy, NNSA, national laboratory, Department of Defense, intelligence community, or other national-security missions.
• Strong knowledge and working background of TCP/IP, subnetting, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPNs, firewalls, network segmentation, and secure remote connectivity.
• Experience with Microsoft Entra ID, role-based access control, managed identities, privileged access, and least-privilege principles.
• Current and active DOE Q Clearance/Top Secret Clearance with the ability to acquire an SCI.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate — AZ-104.
• CompTIA Security+ or an equivalent cybersecurity certification.
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate or comparable Infrastructure as Code certification.

Nice To Haves

• An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree requirement.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate — AZ-700.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert — AZ-305.
• ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional — CCSP.
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional — CISSP.
• Cisco CCNA or CCNP.
• ITIL Foundation.
• AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator certification where multicloud experience is relevant.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation, security, automation, and sustainment of cloud and hybrid network infrastructure.
• Support Department of Energy Nuclear Emergency Support Team Operations.
• Design resilient cloud architectures using redundancy, availability zones, automated recovery, backups, and tested disaster-recovery procedures.
• Administer Azure virtual machines, storage, virtual networks, network security groups, load balancers, firewalls, VPN gateways, monitoring, backup, and recovery services.
• Integrate Azure environments with on-premises data centers, Active Directory, enterprise networks, and remote operating locations.
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Git, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare
• Company paid dental
• Vision and life insurance
• Discretionary performance bonuses
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) program, including 11 holidays, vacation and sick pay
• 401(k) plan with a 5% company match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level