Cloud Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Description

The company is a global technology and professional services firm serving U.S. government, defense and intelligence customers, with about 26,000 staff across 50+ countries.

This Cloud Engineer role supports a cyber security customer's mission, securing sensitive national infrastructure while working directly with that customer.

The position is an enterprise IT role in IT Infrastructure and Operations, requiring a Top Secret SCI clearance with a polygraph, held currently.

Responsibilities

• Build and run cloud workloads on AWS GovCloud, including containerized applications.
• Work closely with the customer to shape and secure their infrastructure.
• Configure cloud networking and security resources such as VPCs, subnets and PrivateLink, or commercial equivalents.
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes workloads, using rolling updates and blue-green deployments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Arts or Science, or an equivalent mix of education, technical certification, training or work experience.
• 8+ years of cloud engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EC2, EKS, S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch and IAM.
• Hands-on experience with Azure services such as VMs, Blob Storage, Functions, AKS and Microsoft Entra.
• Understanding of Kubernetes architecture, components and ecosystem tools such as Helm and kube-state metrics.
• Experience with Docker, including writing Dockerfiles, managing images and orchestrating containers.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Java or TypeScript, plus scripting in Bash, PowerShell or Perl.
• Understanding of networking concepts such as TCP/IP, DNS and load balancing.
• Knowledge of security practices and compliance frameworks such as NIST and FIPS, and tools such as AWS IAM, Microsoft Entra or Kubernetes RBAC.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD or CircleCI, and automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Nice to have: experience with commercial cloud AI services such as SageMaker, Bedrock or Microsoft Foundry.
• Nice to have: CKAD or CKA Kubernetes certification.
• US citizenship is required. Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Conditions

Onsite role at the customer site in Herndon, Virginia, 40 hours per week.

No travel is required.

The likely salary range is $191,250 to $258,750, set by experience, location and possibly contract terms, and may fall outside this range.

Identity verification is required during hiring, using biometrics and AI, and interviews are on camera.

Equal opportunity employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• Medical plans, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• 401(k) with pre-tax and post-tax contributions up to IRS limits and a company match.
• Paid time off including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel accident insurance, provided or available.
• Flex work weeks where possible.
• An AI-powered career tool that suggests career steps and learning, and an internal mobility team to help you reach your goals.