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Cloud Systems Engineer (Secret) (4496)

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18 days ago
Boston, MA, USA +2 moreEntry Level / Mid Level / Senior / Staff+

Base Salary

$103k - $172k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, architect, and optimize secure cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, Google, and Oracle environments.
  • Support client-facing technical engagements and collaborate with customer, vendor, and internal teams.
  • Define and engineer cloud capabilities that satisfy business requirements and service delivery objectives.
  • Lead or support cloud migration strategies and establish development, QA, and production environments across classified and unclassified networks.
  • Implement automation for provisioning, configuration, security, and monitoring using DevOps practices.
  • Integrate cloud services with analytics tools and support enterprise-scale system integration projects.
  • Support infrastructure security design, patching, compliance documentation, governance, and Authority to Operate processes.
  • Develop technical documentation, infrastructure diagrams, cloud migration strategies, and engineering solutions for complex cloud environments.

Requirements

  • Junior-level candidates must have a high school diploma or bachelor's degree and 1–3 years of experience.
  • Mid-level candidates must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent certification plus 4 years of experience.
  • Senior-level candidates must have a bachelor's degree or equivalent certification plus 8 years of experience.
  • SME-level candidates must have a master's degree or equivalent certification plus 16 years of experience.
  • An active Secret security clearance and DoD 8570-compliant CompTIA Security+ certification are required.
  • Experience with cloud architectures, native compute, storage, networking, security, and automation services is required.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, Git, or Ansible and Infrastructure as Code is required.
  • Experience managing environments across multiple enclaves and security domains, cloud security frameworks, continuous monitoring, and system hardening is required.
  • Familiarity with Xacta, eMASS, Authority to Operate processes, RMF, NIST 800-53, STIGs, C4I systems, and Windows operating environments is required.
  • Experience integrating software with IBM Maximo Application Suite, IBM WebSphere, and Red Hat OpenShift on Azure is required.
  • AWS GovCloud, U.S. Air Force cloud program, Zero Trust, DevSecOps, and cloud certification experience are desired.

Benefits

  • Health insurance, paid leave, and retirement benefits are offered.
  • Learning and development opportunities are available.
  • The posting provides a salary range of $103,200–$172,000 USD.
  • The role supports U.S. Air Force cloud programs and may require background investigation and education verification.

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureGitJenkinsKubernetesOpenShiftTerraformWindows

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