DevOps Cloud Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a DevOps Cloud Engineer to join our Cloud Engineering and Operations team, focusing on building, automating, operating, and continuously improving our Microsoft Azure for Government and AWS GovCloud environments. This role supports the development of reusable cloud deployment patterns, CI/CD pipelines, operational tooling, monitoring capabilities, and engineering standards.

The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with infrastructure teams, application teams, security, compliance, and other operational groups to deliver secure, reliable, and highly available cloud services in a regulated enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of cloud landing-zone capabilities, including subscription standards, resource organization, policy enforcement, naming conventions, tagging, and environment baselines.
• Engineer Azure and AWS solutions that meet enterprise security, compliance (CMMC, NIST 800-171), and operational requirements.
• Create reusable CI/CD pipeline templates, IaC modules, and deployment workflows for common Azure patterns.
• Develop automation, tools, and capabilities that help teams secure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Azure workloads.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise cybersecurity requirements, cloud-governance standards, and compliance frameworks.
• Provide engineering support to application teams deploying IT-based solutions into Azure Government.
• Deliver technical leadership for continuous improvement, root-cause analysis, and incident response.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement secure-by-default patterns for identity, network access, encryption, logging, and monitoring.
• Partner with application owners to transition workloads from design through deployment and into ongoing operations.
• Guide teams in understanding cloud standards, deployment patterns, security requirements, and operational responsibilities.
• Develop documentation, reference architectures, templates, and self-service capabilities.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience with an MS, 8+ years with a BS, 10+ years with an AA, or 12+ years with a high school diploma.
• Extensive experience working with cloud services in Microsoft Azure or AWS.
• Expertise in architecting CI/CD pipelines using Git-based tools and in building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, Bicep, or similar technologies.
• Prior experience working in a regulated enterprise environment such as government, defense, aerospace, financial services, or healthcare.
• Working knowledge of automation and scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell.
• Experience with Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CMMC, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, or similar compliance frameworks.
• Azure or AWS Certifications including Azure Solution Architect Expert, Azure Administrator Associate, DevOps Engineer, AWS Solution Architect Professional, AWS CloudOps Engineer, AWS Developer, or other related certifications.

Pay

Full-Time Salary Range: $132,962 – $226,035. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications such as skills, education, and experience.

Benefits

Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health savings accounts.
• A 401(k) savings plan.
• Disability coverage and life and accident insurance.
• Employee assistance program and a legal plan.
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and applicable federal and state sick leave.
• Company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary awards.
• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance.
• Other incentives may be available based on position level and job specifics.