Cloud Engineer
NV5
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Design, deploy, and maintain secure cloud environments in AWS and Azure, ensuring compliance with DoD cloud security frameworks and best practices.
- Configure IAM solutions, enforce RBAC, and manage cloud security groups and firewalls.
- Optimize cloud networking configurations, including VPC peering, VPNs, and cross-domain connectivity to ensure secure and efficient cloud operations.
- Support development of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using TerraForm, CloudFormation, or ARM templates to automate secure cloud deployments.
- Track and report Kubernetes and other workload-specific cloud resource usage using GovCloud-native observability tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, Cost Explorer).
- Reconcile prepay or reservation usage against actual consumption and provide monthly reports on compute, storage allocation, tagging compliance, and projected costs.
- Advise the Government on workload placement and optimization strategies across IL2, IL4, and IL5 environments to reduce cost while maintaining performance and security compliance.
- Provision and maintain IL2, IL4, and IL5 GovCloud infrastructure using native Azure and/or AWS tools.
- Implement cloud-native services for monitoring, cost tracking, and compliance automation to support scalability, security, and chargeback alignment.
- Provision and manage shared container environment and storage, ensuring secure, efficient resource allocation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or five (5) years of equivalent experience in cloud engineering.
- Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and managing AWS and Azure cloud environments with a focus on security, automation, and scalability.
- Proficiency with IAM, RBAC, Zero Trust Architecture, and cloud networking configurations such as VPC peering, subnets, VPNs and security groups.
- Demonstrated proficiency in IaC tools like TerraForm, CloudFormation, or ARM templates, ensuring secure and scalable deployments.
- Experience supporting ATO processes, including SSP, SAR, and POA&M, and maintaining compliance with DoD governance frameworks and NIST requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with cybersecurity teams in implementing security controls IAW FedRAMP, RMF, and DoD IL4/IL5 security mandates, while optimizing cloud resource allocation for efficiency.
- Ability to manage and prioritize complex project tasks.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Professional Cloud Architect preferred.
- Portuguese or Spanish language skills preferred.
- Experience with government IT programs and environments.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, life insurance
- FTO (Flexible Time Off)
- 401(k) and professional development/advancement opportunities
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Hard skills
AWSAzureIAMRBACVPC peeringVPNInfrastructure-as-CodeTerraFormCloudFormationARM templates
Soft skills
collaborationproject managementprioritization
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect AssociateMicrosoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect ExpertGoogle Professional Cloud Architect