3 days ago
Columbia, SC, USASenior
Base Salary
$105k - $170k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, optimize, and manage cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and hybrid environments for multiple clients.
- Translate client business requirements into scalable, cost-effective, repeatable cloud solutions while advising on modernization, security, compliance, and cost savings.
- Lead client onboarding and cloud migration projects with minimal disruption and adherence to security and compliance requirements.
- Monitor cloud environments, troubleshoot issues, respond to incidents, and manage escalations with NOC and Service Desk teams under contractual SLAs.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code templates, deployment pipelines, and automation scripts.
- Maintain client architecture documentation, diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
- Assist with technical pre-sales activities, including scoping, effort estimation, and proposal development.
- Implement and manage secure multi-tenant cloud environments with resource separation, cost tracking, and compliance controls.
- Contribute to managed-services process and cloud-management framework improvements and mentor technical teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting cloud infrastructure in a managed-services, MSP, or consulting environment.
- Deep expertise with at least one of AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or GCP; multi-cloud or hybrid experience is preferred.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation, Oracle Resource Manager, or Ansible.
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity and access management, security best practices, and monitoring.
- Experience with automation, deployment pipelines, and containerization using Kubernetes, Docker, or comparable technologies.
- Experience with ITIL, service-management frameworks, and MSP-specific tools such as ServiceNow.
- Strong interpersonal, client communication, project management, strategic thinking, and technical-team mentoring skills.
- Industry certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect, or CISSP are preferred.
- Familiarity with Zero Trust Architecture, TIC 3.0, security controls, and AI/ML tooling such as Bedrock, SageMaker, Comprehend, Lex, Azure OpenAI, or Gemini.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-client, SLA-driven environment.
Benefits
- Health insurance, paid leave, and retirement benefits.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Remote position with possible periodic travel to customer facilities.
- Candidate must be within commuting distance of Columbia, South Carolina.
- The selected applicant may be subject to a background investigation and/or education verification.
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About SMX
SMX provides cloud, cyber, data analytics, and C5ISR engineering services to U.S. federal agencies and commercial enterprises, delivering systems integration and managed solutions. The company operates from Hollywood, Maryland, and was formed by unifying several legacy firms (including Smartronix, Datastrong, and Creoal) under the SMX name in 2021; it is backed by OceanSound Partners. Customers span the Department of Defense, civilian public sector, and Fortune 1000 organizations.