F-35 Cloud Engineer Mid

Role Description

Join HII Mission Technologies (MTC) at the forefront of next‑generation defense innovation. As a Cloud Engineer supporting the F‑35 Joint Program Office (JPO) , you’ll play a pivotal role in modernizing IL5 cloud environments that power fleet readiness, sustainment analytics, and mission-critical data integration across the world’s most advanced fighter platform.

In this hands‑on engineering role, you’ll architect, secure, and scale cloud solutions in AWS GovCloud and Azure Government , shaping how the F‑35 enterprise ingests, transforms, and leverages data. If you’re passionate about secure cloud engineering, automation, and advancing defense technology at the national level, this is an opportunity to directly influence one of the largest sustainment ecosystems in the DoD.

The position is 100% Remote/Telework , location within the DMV metropolitan area is preferred.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain IL5 compliant cloud infrastructure in AWS GovCloud and Azure Government
• Build and optimize Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environments supporting F 35 analytics
• Implement ETL workflows using AWS Glue, Lambda, and structured S3 data layers
• Develop and secure RESTful APIs enabling cross system sustainment data integration
• Apply DoD IL5 Cloud SRG requirements, NIST 800-53, and Zero Trust security principles
• Support cloud scalability and expansion across the F 35 Sustainment Enterprise
• Collaborate with government, contractor, and cybersecurity stakeholders

Qualifications

• 3-8 years direct experience along with Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch)
• Working knowledge of Azure Government environments
• Proficiency in Python for automation and pipeline development
• Experience designing or integrating RESTful APIs
• Experience with automated ETL pipelines and cloud data workflows
• Understanding of IL5 cloud requirements, NIST 800-53, and Zero Trust
• Working knowledge of cloud networking

Requirements

• An active Secret security clearance or higher is required (at the time of application and consideration)
• Needing minimum Secret clearance to access government platforms and databases
• Cloud Engineer I: 0 years experience with Bachelors in related field or High School Diploma or equivalent and 4 years relevant experience.
• Cloud Engineer II: 2 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 0 years experience with Masters in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 6 years relevant experience.
• Cloud Engineer III: 5 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 0 years experience with PhD or in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
• Cloud Engineer IV: 9 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 7 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 4 years relevant experience with PhD in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 13 years relevant experience.
• Cloud Engineer V: 15 years relevant experience with Bachelors in related field; 13 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; 10 years relevant experience with PhD in related field; or High School Diploma or equivalent and 19 years relevant experience.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits such as best-in-class medical, dental and vision plan choices
• Wellness resources
• Employee assistance programs
• Savings Plan Options (401(k))
• Financial planning tools
• Life insurance
• Employee discounts
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Early childhood and post-secondary education scholarships
• Bonus/other non-recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions