Senior Engineer, Cloud (Grade P11)
About The Position
The Senior Cloud Engineer will play a critical role in designing, developing, and deploying cloud-native solutions supporting mission-critical government programs, including the PTS-G initiative. Working across Microsoft and Amazon Government Cloud environments, this role combines software engineering, infrastructure automation, and systems integration to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient capabilities. The successful candidate will collaborate across engineering disciplines to translate customer requirements into modern cloud architectures spanning hybrid, on-premise, and cloud-hosted environments. This position requires deep experience with automation, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and containerized applications while supporting the evolution of next-generation operational platforms. The ideal engineer brings both strong technical execution and the ability to mentor peers, influence architectural decisions, and help drive engineering excellence across the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline with a minimum of 5 years of experience
- Five or more years of experience with Azure or AWS cloud development using Golang, Python, .NET Core, or similar technologies
- Five or more years of experience designing relational and/or time-series database architectures
- Strong understanding of modern technologies, software design principles, and software development lifecycle methodologies
- Hands-on experience with Azure and hybrid-cloud environments
- Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
- Extensive infrastructure-as-code experience utilizing Terraform and Ansible, including development of custom modules and support of large-scale codebases
- Strong understanding of containers and container orchestration technologies
- Knowledge of security standards, controls, and secure development practices
- Ability to design and deliver solutions across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise infrastructures based on program requirements
Nice To Haves
- Active Secret clearance or the ability and willingness to obtain one preferred
- Exposure to Network Management Systems such as ScienceLogic SL1 preferred
- Experience with streaming data architectures or message queuing technologies preferred
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized application environments preferred
- Experience within the SATCOM industry preferred
- Experience supporting Federal Government and DoD programs preferred
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, analyze, document, and support testing of products, systems, and subsystems
- Complete technical projects independently while mentoring and coaching other engineers
- Communicate effectively with program management, engineering teams, and customers as required
- Develop and maintain component specifications, subsystem documentation, and material requirements
- Coordinate technical activities and progress with engineering leadership, technical staff, and support personnel
- Support, communicate, reinforce, and defend the mission, values, and culture of the organization
- Partner with engineering and operations teams to define solution architectures supporting hybrid, on-premise, and cloud-native applications
- Build Terraform scripts to automate deployment of services, applications, and infrastructure updates across cloud and on-premise environments
- Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitLab
- Define and document deployment standards and operational procedures for Azure, hybrid, and on-premise environments
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
