Cloud Platform Engineer
About The Position
Everforth ECS is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to join a growing Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, and AI/ML team supporting a government multi-cloud environment with more than 50 customer tenants. The engineer will support development, design, modernization, and rapid development of cloud solutions in Azure and AWS GovCloud. This role supports development and infrastructure teams and helps ensure cloud solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with business objectives. The successful candidate will be comfortable working with complex, mission-critical systems and bring technical depth in Azure and AWS GovCloud services, along with adaptability to help shape the modernization journey. The position involves designing and implementing cloud and hybrid solutions, developing proofs of concept and MVPs, maintaining cloud architecture standards and security guidelines, provisioning and monitoring cloud services, and improving GitLab CI/CD pipelines. The engineer will also help design secure architectures that meet ATO requirements and NIST/FedRAMP frameworks, assess and address risks, optimize performance and cost efficiency, and lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis. The role is remote. U.S. citizenship is required, as is the ability to obtain a DHS Public Trust Security Clearance. The salary range is $130,000–$140,000. The posting references a general description of benefits but does not detail specific benefits.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 5 years of related cloud engineering experience.
- Experience supporting Microsoft Azure GovCloud and AWS GovCloud environments and solutions.
- Expertise leading and collaborating with technical teams with diverse IT skill sets.
- Highly developed interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively and professionally with diverse stakeholders.
- Active Azure or AWS certification.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Ability to obtain a DHS Public Trust Security Clearance.
Responsibilities
- Provide subject matter expertise and apply best practices to the design of cloud-based and hybrid solutions.
- Consult on, design, and implement complex cloud 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 address current challenges.
- Develop and maintain cloud architecture standards, best practices, and security guidelines for cloud adoption and migration.
- Provision, manage, and configure monitoring for Azure and AWS cloud services and systems.
- Build and improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate application and infrastructure deployments.
- Support deployment of cloud serverless technologies and components, including Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Amazon EC2, and Amazon EKS.
- Support the design of secure cloud architecture that maintains compliance with 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 vulnerabilities in the cloud environment.
- Monitor and optimize cloud solution performance and cost-efficiency.
- Lead troubleshooting of complex issues, minimize organizational impact, and drive root-cause analysis.
- Collaborate with technical teams with diverse IT skill sets and interact professionally with diverse stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
