Senior Cloud Engineer - On-Site

Applied Information Sciences • Lorton, VA

7d • $121,000 - $182,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Why AIS? When you join AIS, you’re joining a mission-driven team that’s passionate about making a difference. You’ll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success. Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements. Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth. Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued. Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities. What are we looking for? At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles. Working@AIS At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Lead Infrastructure Engineer. Core Knowledge & Skills: Aligns infrastructure strategy to business goals, leads large projects, applies compliance frameworks, designs high availability/disaster recovery and performance optimization patterns, and shapes deployment pipeline design. Work & Complexity: Directs cross-team programs, performs advanced tuning, implements high availability/failover architectures, leads audits, plans growth, and manages budgets. Quality & Independence: Delivers high-quality outcomes, sets team standards, introduces innovative solutions, and makes high-impact decisions. Teamwork & Communication: Leads the engineering team, develops talent, resolves conflicts, and communicates effectively with senior leadership and stakeholders. Consulting & Engagement: Provides high-level consulting to leadership, builds roadmaps, negotiates vendor contracts, and sponsors innovation initiatives. As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Senior Cloud Engineer - On-Site. Senior Cloud Engineer – Shape the Future of Cloud Innovation Are you ready to take your cloud engineering expertise to the next level? As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you’ll work with cutting-edge cloud and data technologies to streamline mission-critical services. Join a team of forward-thinking professionals who push boundaries and deliver solutions that make a real impact. This is an opportunity to be part of a high-impact, client-facing team in Lorton, VA, working directly with mission-critical operations. If you thrive in collaborative environments, embrace problem-solving, and want to shape the future of cloud technology, this role is for you!

Requirements

• Must have and maintain an active Top-Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (TS/SCI)
• Employment is contingent upon the candidate renewing or obtaining the CompTIA Security+ certification (or higher-level security credential) within the first 30 days of onboarding and renewing or obtaining the Microsoft AZ-104 certification within 90 days of joining the program.
• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent industry work experience)
• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience
• As a condition of employment, the candidate must acquire a CompTIA Security+ (or higher level security certification) within the first 30 days of hire
• Experience with Kubernetes – Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a plus
• Azure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and strong DevSecOps experience (Bicep, ARM, PowerShell, CLI)
• Experience in one, or more, of the following: Cloud technologies, data and AI, security, business application design and implementation
• Ability to self-manage for maintenance of workloads and ensuring appropriate support of all systems/applications/workloads existing within the enclave (operational boundary)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Cross Domain Solutions – Azure Data Transfer (ADT) is a plus
• Certifications in Microsoft products, including Azure and Windows
• Familiarity with C4 networks / operating environments and SAP networks / operating environments preferred
• Experience supporting enterprise systems and applications such as VDI, database systems, web servers, etc.
• Strong understanding of networking principles like IP addressing, firewall rules, and routing.
• Experience implementing secure and scalable hybrid cloud architectures
• Experience with agile development tooling and practices.
• Direct customer relationship management, supporting prioritizations and workload management.

Responsibilities

• Perform the Enclave Administrator (EA) role on behalf of the Customer, including deployment and maintenance of Mission Enclave infrastructure and all application-related responsibilities on Mission Enclave environment.
• System health monitoring include Azure Solution System Health, Program Application availability, and Capacity Management.
• Operational System Management (trouble tickets) – input, re-route, field, and escalate as appropriate.
• Conduct appropriate troubleshooting and remediation activities to include coordinating with System Owners, Product Team, and Migration Team for issues and coordinating with the appropriate team and/or personnel.
• Participate in planning sessions, and technical presentations, with customer project leads and staff.
• Analyze technical requirements and develop effective solutions.
• Complete regular maintenance on all systems / applications. This includes regular patching and vulnerability remediation and addressing end of service/end of life replacements.
• Complete approved configuration updates/changes and escalate where required if high-level architectural updates are needed.
• Sets up and delegates application-related responsibilities to Customer Mission Applications Administrator (MAA) role, which we provide to our Customer and their Mission Partners so they can administer applications within their enclave.
• Work closely with Customer as shared technical lead.
• Enable development, analysis, and deployment to be delivered on schedule and in line with Customer requirements.

Benefits

• Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What This Job Offers

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