Sr. Cloud Engineer

Oteemo, Inc • College Park, MD

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About The Position

We are seeking a Cloud Administrator and DevSecOps Engineer to join our team of hands-on engineering consultants, supporting customer development, test, and production environments. This role primarily provides DevSecOps and system administration expertise, leadership, guidance, and hands-on tasking and support for large system-of-systems software deployments and infrastructure in Microsoft Azure. You'll work across system administration, networking, CI/CD pipeline administration, security tooling, and Kubernetes cluster operations to keep customer environments running reliably and securely.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience as a systems administrator in Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, and Linux.
• Experience with Kubernetes (AKS, GKE, EKS, RKE2, K3D, OpenShift, etc.), with AKS preferred.
• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and Linux administration.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Chef; Terraform preferred).
• Experience with Bash and Python scripting for automation.
• Hands-on experience automating development and infrastructure tasking.
• Hands-on experience implementing and integrating security tooling into the operational stack.
• Must have one of the following: Security+ CE, CySA+, GSEC, CCNA Security.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building and deploying container images with Docker, Podman, or Helm.
• Hands-on experience with service catalog self-service automation.
• Experience using AI for automation.
• Proof of completed training or coursework in one of the following: Linux+, Red Hat, or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Proof of completed training in Microsoft Azure covering both AZ-104 and AZ-305.

Responsibilities

• Perform system administration and networking across Microsoft Azure environments.
• Administer CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, including pipeline and security tooling.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and scanning across infrastructure.
• Administer Kubernetes clusters, including AKS and on-prem K8s.
• Build and maintain testing infrastructure, including machine and container images.
• Perform upgrades and ongoing maintenance of system infrastructure and tooling.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed