Cloud Platform Engineer
About The Position
Everforth ECS is seeking a remote Cloud Platform Engineer to join a growing Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, and AI/ML team supporting a government multi-cloud environment with 50+ customer tenants. The role supports development, design, modernization, and rapid development of cloud solutions in Azure and AWS GovCloud. The engineer will work with complex, mission-critical systems and support development and infrastructure teams, helping ensure cloud solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with business objectives. The position involves designing and implementing cloud and hybrid solutions, developing proofs of concept and MVPs, establishing cloud architecture standards and security guidelines, provisioning and monitoring cloud services, and improving GitLab CI/CD pipelines. The engineer will also support serverless technologies and cloud storage, maintain compliance with ATO requirements and NIST/FedRAMP frameworks, implement security controls, assess risks, optimize performance and costs, and lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis. The stated salary range is $130,000–$140,000. The posting refers to general benefits and links to the company's benefits page but does not list specific benefits.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Ability to obtain a DHS Public Trust Security Clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 5 years of related cloud engineering experience.
- Experience supporting Microsoft Azure GovCloud and AWS GovCloud environments and solutions.
- Expertise in leading and collaborating with technical teams with diverse IT skill sets.
- Highly developed interpersonal and oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally and effectively with diverse stakeholders.
- An active Azure or AWS certification.
Responsibilities
- Provide subject matter expertise and best practices for designing cloud-based and hybrid solutions.
- Consult on, design, and implement complex solutions using Microsoft Azure and AWS GovCloud services, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.
- Develop proofs of concept and MVPs using Azure and AWS services to solve current challenges.
- Develop and maintain cloud architecture standards, best practices, and security guidelines for cloud adoption and migration.
- Provision and manage Azure and AWS cloud services and systems, and set up monitoring.
- Build and improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate application and infrastructure deployments.
- Support deployment of cloud technologies and components, including Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Amazon EC2, and Amazon EKS.
- Work with Azure and AWS data storage services, including Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Files, Amazon S3, and Amazon EBS.
- Support the design of secure cloud architectures that meet ATO requirements and NIST/FedRAMP security frameworks.
- Implement cloud security best practices, including identity and access management, network security, and data encryption.
- Conduct risk assessments and audits to identify and address cloud-environment vulnerabilities.
- Continuously monitor and optimize cloud-solution performance and cost-efficiency.
- Lead troubleshooting of complex issues, minimize organizational impact, and drive root-cause analysis.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
