Cloud Transformation Engineer, CNO Development Environments - Fully Cleared
About The Position
At Intelliforce, our engineers sit at the center of mission, scale, and trust. This role anchors our cloud, DevOps, and systems engineering core competencies and supports one of the most meaningful modernization efforts underway. You will help move critical CNO development environments from legacy infrastructure into a secure, cloud-native backbone while operations continue uninterrupted. Your work directly improves how mission teams build, test, and collaborate, shaping the future of CNO development and national defense outcomes. Schedule and Work Details Location: Emerson Schedule: Full-time, mission-aligned hours Clearance: Active Top Secret Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (required)
Requirements
- Clearance: Active Top Secret Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (required).
- Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline is required. Four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for the degree.
- Twelve or more years of experience designing, operating, or modernizing complex enterprise systems in mission-critical environments.
- Deep systems engineering expertise across legacy and modern enterprise environments.
- Proven production experience architecting and deploying AWS cloud solutions.
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, compute, storage, security controls, and cost tradeoffs.
- Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure modernization and incremental migration strategies.
- Ability to evaluate technical debt, build prioritization frameworks, and articulate ROI to leadership.
- Strong technical communication skills across developers, security teams, consultants, and executives.
- Working knowledge of agency-specific cloud migration constraints, including ATO processes and WANDS environments.
- A service-oriented, collaborative mindset with the ability to deliver iteratively in ambiguous problem spaces.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting CNO missions or operating in high-side environments.
- Prior CNO development experience.
- Familiarity with enclave architectures and restricted environments.
- Experience with cloud cost optimization, FinOps practices, and resource right-sizing.
Responsibilities
- Lead cloud architecture strategy for CNO development environments, defining the roadmap and reusable patterns that enable teams to adopt cloud solutions where they deliver clear value.
- Design high-ROI pilot efforts and create “easy button” templates that accelerate adoption while preserving hybrid flexibility for on-prem systems.
- Architect end-to-end solutions for complex CNE services, including large-scale storage migrations, legacy-to-cloud integration patterns, and secure performance improvements.
- Assess existing infrastructure, document dependencies, evaluate mission impact, and help prioritize modernization based on risk, cost, and user pain points.
- Partner closely with AWS Professional Services and mission stakeholders, validating architectures and ensuring solutions meet the realities of CNE development, testing, and collaboration.
- Modernize workflows and developer experiences, from unified authentication to large dataset access, with a constant focus on making CNO the best place at the agency to build software.
Benefits
- Ample PTO to rest and recharge—plus all federal holidays and your birthday off, just because.
- Multiple medical plan options, including ones with zero deductible or premium for employees.
- Generous 401(k) with immediate vesting—because your future matters now.
- Exciting bonus opportunities, from profit sharing to quarterly awards and President’s Club recognition.
- A culture of collaboration, connection, and fun, with regular team activities that go beyond the work.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
