Cloud Engineer

Rapid Cycle Solutions, LLC • Chantilly, VA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Rapid Cycle Solutions LLC (RCS) is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support its National Intelligence program and the Cloud Investment Multi-Cloud Management (CIMM) team. The role contributes to the Intelligence Community’s multi-cloud initiative and supports the development of cloud technologies and architecture for the IC. The Cloud Engineer advises Government IT teams on designing and building single- or multi-cloud computing architecture solutions that meet mission requirements, and helps develop future technology and architectural advancements supporting the Government’s architectural strategy, cloud migration, and ongoing evolution. The position is on-site in Chantilly, Virginia, and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph and U.S. citizenship.

The Cloud Engineer will advise senior business and technical personnel, educate Government customers on appropriate cloud services, and support a service-provider-authorized multi-cloud architecture and knowledge database. The role focuses on evolving architecture to meet changing IC mission needs while optimizing cost, consumption, and performance across cloud service providers. It also involves developing a baseline multi-cloud architecture methodology and framework for the C2E ecosystem, maintaining enterprise architecture artifacts, designing solutions in accordance with applicable policies and standards, and addressing ill-defined requirements with creative solutions. The position may include providing technical guidance for customer multi-cloud work statements and assessing the impact of proposed scope changes on future architectures.

Candidates must have experience supporting or deploying AI/ML workloads in cloud environments, including integrating AI/ML services into cloud architectures. The role also requires substantial cloud or hybrid-environment experience and relevant education and experience, or additional experience in lieu of a degree. RCS offers competitive compensation packages, benefits, and learning and development opportunities; compensation depends on individual circumstances and other business and organizational factors.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree and at least nine years of experience; master’s degree and at least seven years; or PhD/JD and at least four years. Four additional years of experience may be used in lieu of a degree for the stated cloud/hybrid experience requirement.
• Experience supporting or deploying AI/ML workloads in cloud environments.
• Experience integrating AI/ML services within cloud architectures, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• At least five years of experience in a cloud and/or hybrid environment.
• At least five years of demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services; cloud solution design and deployment; large-scale data architecture, data modeling, database design, and information systems implementation; or enterprise data strategy, governance, stewardship, standards, and metadata management.
• Ability to translate requirements into end-to-end designs for systems with multiple interfaces and data repositories.
• Strong customer service and teaming skills, with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and with cloud service providers.
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification.
• Cloud-related certification, such as DevOps, Security, and/or ML.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications from Azure, OCI, GCP, or IBM cloud providers.
• Experience as a cloud-agnostic architect.
• Strong analysis and quality assessment skills.
• Experience with successful full-lifecycle cloud development projects.
• Experience with Linux and Microsoft Windows operating system distributions.
• Experience with SQL and databases.
• Experience migrating custom-built and enterprise applications between on-premises environments and the cloud.
• Experience debugging performance and technical issues.
• Experience building and deploying cloud systems using CI/CD frameworks and infrastructure automation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to explain technical issues clearly and accurately to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and support AI/ML solutions in the cloud, including data pipelines, model hosting, and integration with application services.
• Advise senior business and technical personnel on robust, scalable cloud architectures that meet or exceed mission requirements.
• Educate Government customers about cloud services appropriate to their mission requirements and provide cloud-agnostic guidance.
• Advise on maintaining and evolving the future-state service-provider-authorized multi-cloud architecture and knowledge database to address changing IC mission needs.
• Help optimize cost, consumption, and performance across Cloud Service Providers.
• Develop a baseline multi-cloud architecture methodology and framework for implementation within the C2E multi-cloud ecosystem.
• Support development and maintenance of enterprise data models, data dictionaries, data maps, and other architecture artifacts.
• Design cloud solutions in alignment with applicable policies, standards, and practices.
• Develop creative and innovative architectural solutions for ill-defined requirements.
• Review and assess the impact of proposed scope changes to future architectures.
• As needed, provide cloud-agnostic technical guidance in formulating customer multi-cloud work statements.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages.
• Benefits (specific benefits are not listed in the posting).
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Referral bonus after a successful hire, paid 90 days after the new hire’s start date; amounts vary and are provided as a gift certificate.

What This Job Offers

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