Junior Cloud Engineer
About The Position
MANTECH is seeking a motivated, career- and customer-oriented Junior Cloud Engineer to join its team in Springfield, Virginia. The role supports Microsoft Azure customers and contributes to systems engineering and systems administration for Azure, ITSM, Sentris, and Sentris-integrated solutions. The engineer assists with technical design and implementation using Agile methodologies, including Scrum, and helps plan, schedule, and update program activities. The position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and compliance with DoD 8140.03; the employee must possess or obtain an approved baseline credential matching the DoD 8140 Work Role System Administrator (451) within six months of hire.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 1 year of related technical experience; an additional year of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
- Demonstrated knowledge of systems engineering lifecycle phases and Microsoft Azure.
- Ability to systematically diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve infrastructure, cloud, and application-level technical errors under tight timelines.
- Must possess, or be able to obtain within 6 months of hire, an approved baseline credential matching DoD 8140 Work Role System Administrator (451), in compliance with DoD 8140.03.
- Must have a current and active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience implementing AI-driven services or API-integrated cloud solutions, such as Azure OpenAI, RESTful APIs, or API management tools.
- Experience with incident management frameworks such as ITIL for SLA-driven ticketing, escalation paths, and zero-day technical errors.
- Experience identifying and performing schedule risk analysis.
- Experience establishing and maintaining schedule templates, processes, and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Support Microsoft Azure customers by executing project tasks and activities, supervising work completion, performing quality reviews, and reporting progress.
- Work with a team to deliver systems engineering and systems administration for Azure, ITSM, Sentris, and Sentris-integrated solutions.
- Assist with technical design and implementation using Agile methodologies such as Scrum.
- Plan, schedule, and update program activities in tools such as MS Project and ADO.
- Identify high-risk areas and present recommendations to management.
- Build and maintain influential relationships with key client personnel.
- Coordinate root-cause analysis for complex technical errors within Azure and integrated environments.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Retirement and savings
- Learning and development opportunities
- Wellness programs
- Other optional benefit elections, dependent upon position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
