Cloud Infrastructure Engineer #1868509

Network Designs Inc.•, VA

10d•Remote

About The Position

NDi is seeking a Cloud Engineer to support the FAA Chief Data Office Enterprise Information & Data Integration Program (EIDIP). The Cloud Engineer will design, deploy, operate, and improve secure cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure supporting FAA data, analytics, and application platforms across AWS GovCloud, approved commercial cloud environments, Azure, and hybrid infrastructure.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship is required
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
This position is remote, candidate must reside in one of the following states: AL, AZ, DC, FL, GA, ID, MD, MS, NJ, NC, OK, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV
Occasional travel may be required. Candidates should be able to attend meetings at FAA facilities and other locations throughout the Continental United States (CONUS) as required.
Must be available during Eastern Time (ET) business hours to support program needs and FAA coordination.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field
Must have a minimum 4 years of cloud engineering or similar professional experience
Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure in enterprise or government environments.
Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud or AWS Commercial Cloud, VPC, IAM, Lambda, EKS, and cloud networking.
Strong knowledge of infrastructure automation, operational monitoring, scalability, resiliency, and secure cloud configuration.
Ability to obtain and maintain FAA Contractor Personnel Suitability.
Strong written, verbal, analytical, organizational, troubleshooting, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

FAA or other federal experience and experience working in regulated enterprise environments.
Experience with Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
Relevant cloud or infrastructure certifications.
Familiarity with FAA security, governance, architecture, documentation, and change-management requirements.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and operate secure cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure supporting enterprise data and application platforms.
Build and maintain cloud networking, Virtual Private Clouds, identity and access management, containerized services, serverless services, compute, storage, monitoring, backup, and recovery capabilities.
Develop and sustain infrastructure-as-code and automation that supports repeatable environment configuration, deployment, scaling, and operational management.
Support platform modernization, legacy-to-cloud assessments, migration pilots, cutover planning, resiliency improvements, and cost-efficient cloud operations.
Support cloud security and governance requirements, including patching, vulnerability remediation, logging, monitoring, configuration management, and technical documentation.
Create and maintain architecture diagrams, system documentation, standard operating procedures, runbooks, metrics, and operational artifacts.
Coordinate with platform, application, data, DevOps, architecture, and security teams to resolve incidents, dependencies, and implementation risks.