Cloud Engineer (Remote) (Cloud Engineer 2) 30021

HII's Mission Technologies division•Fairfax, VA

2d•$78,406 - $90,000•Remote

About The Position

HII Mission Technologies is seeking a motivated and experienced Cloud Engineer to join our IT Engineering team. In this role, you will contribute to tool and capability recommendations by assessing our current cloud environment and design strategy. You’ll collaborate closely with our cloud architect to design, secure, and automate cloud solutions that support our enterprise needs. This is a full-time REMOTE position that can be performed anywhere in the US.

Requirements

2 years relevant experience with Bachelors in computer engineering or related field; 0 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 6 years relevant experience.
Previous experience and proficiency working with remote teams
Previous experience and proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts (Terraform)
Previous experience and proficiency with automated configuration management and compliance (Ansible Automation Platform, Salt)
Previous experience and proficiency with AWS and Azure cloud service providers
Previous experience and proficiency with at least one scripting/programming language (Bash, PowerShell, Python)
Previous experience and proficiency with version control systems (Git)
Previous experience and proficiency with Windows Server, RHEL and Ubuntu
Previous experience working with an agile team
Previous experience working with Identity Management Systems (Active Directory, Okta, Entra, IAM)
Previous experience with containerization (Docker, Podman)
Previous experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tooling
Understanding of NIST 800-171 & CMMC

Nice To Haves

Certifications in Azure and/or AWS are a plus.
In-depth knowledge of Atlassian suite considered a plus (Jira, Confluence)
In-depth knowledge of Gitlab considered a plus
In-depth knowledge of cloud networking
Experience with Palo Alto NGFW
Experience with Splunk SIEM
Experience with Tenable
Experience with container orchestration systems also a plus (Kubernetes)

Responsibilities

Builds, designs, implements and refines AWS GovCloud and Azure GCC-H architectures and provides prescriptive guidance across the network and security.
Collaborates with functional business units to drive business solutions and direction, to lead early scoping definition and to identify critical dependencies and requirements.
Identifies and mitigates technological and operational risks and develops solutions to support processes.
Develops and documents architecture for integration and implementation of cloud systems.
Understands and determines sizing, capacity planning and requirements for infrastructure, network, and security in the cloud.
Guides the successful completion of major programs or initiatives and may function in a project leadership role.
Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
Provide world class customer support for both IaaS and SaaS HII Mission Tech consumers.
Participate in the technology strategy, vision, requirements, and solutions for enterprise cloud initiatives.
Employ a security first approach to all cloud development and minimalize risk while providing highly complex cloud technology solutions that meets company, program and customer compliance requirements (e.g. CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, SOX).
Conduct research and develop Proof of Concepts (POCs) of new technologies to determine best fit in the HII IT Engineering environment.
Optimize HII Mission Tech architecture and operations by evaluating and analyzing multiple complex data sources associated with systems, performance, issues, cost and compliance to improve overall services and capabilities.
Stay abreast of emerging cloud technologies and capabilities and provide recommendations to management and customers.
Work in an Agile SDLC and collaborate with remote teams to implement Continuous Delivery of HII Mission Tech tooling and automation scripts.