Cloud Engineer

Job Title: Cloud Engineer

Job Type: Contract to Hire

Location: Washington, DC 20024

Job Duration: 1 Year+ Contract to Hire

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and operational support related to IaaS/PaaS services (e.g. compute, storage, networking, security, databases) as well as application modernization and migration efforts within cloud environments

• Perform provisioning and operationalizing of cloud technology and automation solutions at scale; assist with establishing governance for implementing cloud technology solutions; and advising on upskilling the IT workforce on cloud technologies

• Manage the systems, services, and components needed to provide user access, security controls, identity and access management (IAM), spend management, workflows and automations, and integrations for the operation, maintenance, and governance cloud environments

• Work closely with cloud architects and lead cloud engineers to ensure cloud technology deployments align to enterprise designs and standards

• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, orchestration, and automated deployment best practices to support a robust, repeatable, and streamlined cloud infrastructure and application deployment process

• Support FinOps practices by integrating financial alerting and controls into cloud projects

• Actively manage and support solutions responsible for full stack observability, monitoring, and alerting of problems, issues, and abnormalities within the cloud environments and applications

• Administer and support systems within the Enterprise Architecture Directorate including governance platforms and DevSecOps tools

• Provide expert advice on cloud technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies and solutions to ensure that best practices are utilized within cloud environments

• Identify and implement cloud governance strategies, including guardrails, policy enforcement, and cost optimization techniques

• Provide engineering support and guidance on technical projects through collaboration and coordination across directorates with regard to best practices for cloud application development and modernization

Experience Levels

Mid-Level 3-5 years performing Cloud Engineering operations and administration

Senior 5+ years performing Cloud Engineering operations, management, and governance activities

Experience Requirements-

• Degree in Computer Science/Information Management Systems, or equivalent level technical experience

• Demonstrated expertise in AWS Commercial and AWS GovCloud Cloud Service Platforms

• Demonstrated knowledge in IT engineering, infrastructure, security, data management, networking and cloud technologies

• Demonstrated skill in supporting complex and matrix managed projects

• Experience developing documentation, processes, and guidance documents

• Experience performing on enterprise-level information technology projects

• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with elected officials, senior staff, information systems professionals, and non-technical users

• Security: Ability to obtain Public Trust required