Cloud Engineer 808

Freedom Technology Solutions Group•Annapolis Junction, MD

About The Position

Freedom is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support a Prime Contract serving the Government's Corporate Management Services (CMS) organization. The role focuses on designing, modernizing, securing, and sustaining enterprise applications and platforms across secure environments. The engineer will work alongside professionals in software engineering, cloud computing, DevSecOps, systems engineering, user experience, and enterprise platforms to modernize legacy systems, automate business processes, integrate commercial technologies, and deliver solutions that improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance user experience. The Cloud Engineer assesses existing capabilities and plans transitions of applications and capabilities into cloud environments. The role includes analyzing migration and transformation requirements, coordinating operational activities with System Administrators, applying automation and configuration management, managing patches and upgrades, and developing and deploying application and infrastructure changes in cloud environments. The engineer helps optimize performance, reliability, automation, and resource utilization.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Bachelor's degree in IT and six years of experience in software development/engineering, or four additional years of software development experience in lieu of a degree.
Four years of experience with cloud technologies.
Experience managing and optimizing DevOps practices within a project or organization.
In-depth understanding of DevOps principles, tools, and methodologies, with a focus on efficiency and continuous improvement.
Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams and foster collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
Experience with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) processes for automation.
Experience developing and updating technical documentation.
Experience with agile development methodologies.
Experience with the listed technology stack: AWS, Ansible, Docker, ElasticSearch, Terraform, Jenkins, Linux, Windows, and GitLab.

Nice To Haves

Relevant certifications in DevOps and related technologies.
Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite, including Confluence and Jira.
Experience managing systems hosted in virtual environments such as AWS.

Responsibilities

Assess existing capabilities, identify opportunities to expand DevOps adoption, and develop approaches for transitioning applications and capabilities to cloud environments.
Analyze capabilities to identify data migration, software modification, legal, security, and compliance requirements associated with cloud transformation.
Collaborate with System Administrators to plan, prioritize, and coordinate day-to-day technical activities supporting cloud conversion and system operations.
Use Ansible and other automation and configuration management tools to streamline system administration, deployment, and operational tasks.
Plan, test, and deploy security patches, kernel updates, and software upgrades using established patch and configuration management tools.
Participate in designing, developing, and testing software changes needed to transition capabilities to the cloud, following the selected approach and technical direction.
Develop, test, and coordinate deployment plans for application and infrastructure changes in cloud environments.
Integrate modified capabilities into cloud environments and optimize system performance, reliability, automation, and resource utilization.
Manage and optimize DevOps practices within a project or organization.
Develop and update technical documentation.
Apply agile development methodologies and CI/CD processes for automation.