Cloud Operations Infrastructure Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Arlington, VA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Booz Allen is seeking a lead Cloud Operations Infrastructure Engineer to support the United States Air Force. This role involves overseeing the design, sustainment, and optimization of secure, mission-aligned cloud infrastructure across multiple Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) including AWS, Azure, GCP, or DoW-affiliated managed environments. The lead engineer will guide engineering teams supporting Department of the Air Force (DoW) and Special Access Program (SAP) workloads, ensuring adherence to DoW cybersecurity standards, secure multi-boundary deployment patterns, and the rapid, reliable delivery of mission applications in IL2-IL6, JWICS, or SAP-accredited cloud environments. This position is crucial for transforming how the Department of the Air Force utilizes technology through cloud migration, advanced technology integration, and legacy system modernization. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, possess leadership and mentoring capabilities for cloud engineers working with hybrid, multi-cloud, and tenant-owned architectures in DoW environments, and be responsible for driving cloud operational readiness, incident response, environment hardening, and mission uptime across secure and classified networks. Experience coordinating with cybersecurity teams, Authorizing Officials (AOs), and mission owners to expedite accreditation timelines and meet environment compliance requirements is essential. Expertise in AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle clouds, cloud or network security, containers and Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines across DoW impact levels or classifications is required. Excellent communication skills, the ability to work independently while leading others, and cross-development team collaboration are also necessary. The role requires working in a fast-paced, agile environment while mentoring junior engineers.

Requirements

6+ years of experience supporting secure DoW commercial cloud environments, including IL2–IL6, SAP, or JWICS
5+ years of experience with Cloud-native or network security architecture such as least privilege or IAM, RBAC, or Boundary Protection
5+ years of experience with DevOps for Containerized or Kubernetes production systems, including AWS EKS, Azure AKS Rancher, or RKE
4+ years of experience with CI / CD and developer workflow automation, including Github Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodeStar or CodePipeline
4+ years of experience with IaC, including Terraform, Terragrunt, or Ansible
4+ years of experience with Kubernetes Deployment and GitOps tooling, including Helm, Flux, or Argo CD
2+ years of experience leading cloud operations teams
Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree
Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II Certification, including Security+ Certification, within 60 days of start date

Nice To Haves

6+ years of experience operating, deploying, and developing in scalable cloud environments across AWS, Azure, GCP, or Oracle Cloud
5+ years of experience with networking across hybrid and secure DoW or DoD environments, including NIPR, SIPR, TS, JWICS, and Special Access Program (SAP) enclaves such as FENCES and PLX
Experience developing cloud-native microservices spanning frontend, backend, and data layers and implementing DoD STIGs and CIS Benchmarks to ensure secure system hardening and compliance
Experience troubleshooting complex issues across networking, application layers, and cloud infrastructure in secure environments
Experience with Kubernetes and container-based architectures across multi-classification cloud domains
Knowledge of identity and access management, including SAML, OpenID, and Single Sign-On integrations
Ability to automate cloud provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible
TS/SCI clearance
DoD 8570 IAT Level II or III Certification
Advanced Cloud Certifications such as AWS SA Pro, Azure Architect, or GCP Architect Certification

Responsibilities

Oversee the design, sustainment, and optimization of secure, mission-aligned cloud infrastructure across multiple CSPs, including AWS, Azure, GCP, or DoW-affiliated managed environments.
Lead engineering teams supporting DoW and Special Access Program (SAP) workloads.
Ensure compliance with DoW cybersecurity standards, secure multi-boundary deployment patterns, and rapid, reliable delivery of mission applications in IL2-IL6, JWICS, or SAP-accredited cloud environments.
Drive cloud operational readiness, incident response, environment hardening, and mission uptime across secure and classified networks.
Coordinate with cybersecurity teams, AOs, and mission owners to accelerate accreditation timelines and environment compliance requirements.
Mentor cloud engineers supporting hybrid, multi-cloud, and tenant-owned architecture in DoW environments.
Lead and mentor junior developers to help them grow into tomorrow’s cloud operations leads.