Cloud Hosting SME
About The Position
The Cloud Hosting SME is the technical lead for designing, building, and operating secure, reliable, and cost-effective hybrid/multi-cloud platforms for mission systems. You will own the enterprise design patterns, landing zones, identity and network baselines, observability, automation, and disaster recovery that let teams deploy quickly and safely across AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments. You’ll partner with the engineering and delivery teams on a clear service catalog, and with finance on unit economics and optimization, while leading the product life cycle for hosting platforms that meet federal standards (NIST, RMF, TIC 3.0, Zero Trust) and ATO sustainment. HOW A CLOUD HOSTING SME WILL MAKE AN IMPACT: You will turn current hosting platforms from a collection of projects into a standardized, auditable platform that accelerates delivery and reduces risk. By codifying landing zones and guardrails as reusable templates, you’ll cut environment build times from weeks to minutes and prevent configuration drift. Your identity-centric designs and policy-as-code controls will raise security without slowing teams down, while SRE practices and progressive delivery will reduce incidents and shorten time to restore. You’ll right-size capacity, apply commitments effectively, and tier storage so cost per unit trends down even as usage grows. The result is visible to executives and end users alike: faster launches, higher availability, cleaner audits, and predictable spend. WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED: Education: Bachelor's Degree. In lieu of a degree, an additional four years of related experience required 10+ years in cloud/platform engineering or cloud architecture with hands-on delivery at enterprise scale; at least 3 years leading hybrid/multi-cloud (AWS/Azure) in regulated or federal environments. Demonstrated ownership of secure landing zones, network/identity patterns, and CI/CD/IaC pipelines; track record reducing MTTR, change failure rate, and cost per unit. Experience aligning to NIST SP 800-53/RMF, Zero Trust/TIC 3.0, FedRAMP services, and ATO sustainment, evidence of successful audits or compliance assessments. Proven delivery of container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift) and platform services (databases, messaging, caches) with DR/RTO/RPO objectives. Leadership in multi-vendor/SIAM settings with shared KPIs, cross-domain change coordination, and incident “swarming”.
Requirements
- 10+ years in cloud/platform engineering or cloud architecture with hands-on delivery at enterprise scale; at least 3 years leading hybrid/multi-cloud (AWS/Azure) in regulated or federal environments.
- Demonstrated ownership of secure landing zones, network/identity patterns, and CI/CD/IaC pipelines; track record reducing MTTR, change failure rate, and cost per unit.
- Experience aligning to NIST SP 800-53/RMF, Zero Trust/TIC 3.0, FedRAMP services, and ATO sustainment, evidence of successful audits or compliance assessments.
- Proven delivery of container platforms (Kubernetes/OpenShift) and platform services (databases, messaging, caches) with DR/RTO/RPO objectives.
- Leadership in multi-vendor/SIAM settings with shared KPIs, cross-domain change coordination, and incident “swarming”.
Nice To Haves
- AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
- Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- VMware Certified Professional / Advanced Professional
- CKA/CKAD or OpenShift Administrator
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate / Authoring and Operations Professional
Benefits
- Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
- 401K with company match
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you build your skills and own your career
- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and 10 company-paid holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
