Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Atlas Technologies • Alexandria, VA

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About The Position

Atlas Tech is seeking a senior, hands-on Cloud Engineer with an enterprise-architecture mindset to help transition and operate critical data workloads on an automated, resilient, and secure AWS GovCloud infrastructure-as-code platform. The role owns production solutions and communicates designs and plans to developers, cybersecurity teams, and senior leaders through diagrams, presentations, and documentation. It requires broad expertise in cloud services and underlying compute and networking concepts, with code-first deployments and strong command-line and scripting skills.

The engineer designs and builds cloud infrastructure using code-first and DevSecOps principles, administers cloud-hosted compute platforms, and leads technical troubleshooting of complex incidents. The role also integrates enterprise services, creates architecture and cybersecurity artifacts, briefs leaders on options and risks, supports roadmaps and business cases, incorporates security and RMF/ATO requirements, and mentors engineers while helping establish technical standards.

Requirements

• Active Secret clearance or eligibility.
• Deep, hands-on experience building and operating production infrastructure on AWS or Azure.
• Strong IT fundamentals, including TCP/IP, the OSI model, HTTP, LDAP, DNS, TLS/PKI and certificate management, load balancing, reverse proxies, Linux administration and engineering, limited Windows administration, backup, high availability, disaster recovery, multifactor authentication, OIDC, and OAuth2.
• Ability to explain both the rationale behind technical decisions and how the solutions work.
• Comfort writing code in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or CDK/TypeScript, alongside infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience integrating enterprise capabilities from multiple vendors, including virtualization, software-defined networking, VDI and VPN, security monitoring, and server and desktop OS management.
• Clear written and verbal communication with audiences ranging from engineers to senior leaders.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize according to mission impact.
• 10+ years of hands-on infrastructure, systems, or virtual datacenter engineering experience, or a bachelor's degree in a technical field plus 6+ years of experience.
• DoD 8140 qualification, including Security+ CE, or ability to obtain it within 6 months of hire.
• Professional-level relevant certification, such as AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or RHCE, or demonstrated equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS GovCloud or Azure Government.
• DoD experience, including classified networks, DDIL, or SATCOM environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise architecture such as DoDAF or TOGAF, and experience delivering artifacts to enterprise architecture and cybersecurity audiences.
• Experience with DevOps toolchains such as Git, CodePipeline, Ansible, Jenkins, Artifactory, Harbor, and Selenium.
• CISSP certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design AWS GovCloud infrastructure for compute, network, and data services, with attention to security, cost, availability, and operability.
• Build cloud designs using code-first and DevSecOps principles.
• Write and review infrastructure-as-code, automation, and CI/CD pipelines, primarily using CloudFormation.
• Administer and automate cloud-hosted compute platforms, including RHEL, containers, and standalone Windows instances, to support performant application delivery.
• Prototype and validate technical approaches in code before recommending them.
• Provide technical leadership during difficult tier 4+ outages and incidents, troubleshooting from application behavior through logs, CloudWatch, DNS, TLS, routing, and packet captures.
• Work with enterprise and cross-cloud services to ensure designs meet enterprise requirements.
• Produce engineering diagrams, DoDAF views, and cybersecurity documentation.
• Brief senior leaders on technical options, risks, and recommendations in plain language.
• Contribute to roadmaps and business cases for major technology shifts.
• Partner with cybersecurity and accreditation teams to incorporate security and RMF/ATO requirements into designs.
• Review existing environments and develop dashboards to support data-driven improvements in reliability, security, cost, and automation.
• Mentor engineers and help establish technical standards for the team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Generous benefits package.
• Opportunity to make a positive impact in the community.
• Commitment to mentoring employees and providing educational paths for personal and professional growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior