Senior Cloud Engineer

About the Role

We're seeking a Cloud Innovation Solution Engineer to spearhead cloud initiatives for the United States Coast Guard at C5ISC in Alexandria, VA. In this role, you'll architect the cloud infrastructure that powers critical Coast Guard operations, driving innovation that directly impacts national security.

We are seeking a highly capable Senior Cloud Engineer with expertise in AWS, Azure, and UiPath. This individual will be responsible for developing scalable cloud-native solutions, and ensuring best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security. This is a hands-on technical role that requires rolling up your sleeves to architect, code, debug, and mentor.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform
• Create reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for cloud implementations
• Mentor, guide and supervise development teams on cloud-native application design and deployment
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and assess their potential impact on organizational goals
• Drive adoption of DevOps practices, infrastructure as code, and automation frameworks
• Lead large-scale cloud migration projects from planning through execution
• Assess legacy systems and design modernization strategies including containerization and microservices
• Develop migration methodologies and ensure minimal organizational disruption during transitions
• Facilitate customer onboarding and implement a consistent pathway to cloud adoption
• Optimize application performance and reliability in cloud environments
• Design secure cloud architectures implementing zero-trust principles and defense-in-depth strategies
• Ensure compliance with industry standards (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, etc.) and regulatory requirements
• Implement identity and access management solutions and security monitoring frameworks
• Conduct security assessments and remediate vulnerabilities in cloud environments
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, security, and product management
• Present architectural designs and recommendations to executive leadership
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience in an IT-discipline. Experience will be considered in lieu of degree
• Excellent customer service skills, with experience working in a customer-facing position
• Minimum 12+ years of administration experience with cloud-based applications (MS O365, SharePoint, Azure AD, AWS)
• Experience administering Windows Server and related services
• Strong understanding of Active Directory, Azure AD, SAML and the standards, procedures, and processes
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Experience with UiPath, Ansible, AWS console, Elastic, AWS, Azure, Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket and various cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings
• Experience onboarding customer log-data from AWS and Azure to on-premise or cloud-based analysis environments such as Elastic or Splunk
• Ability to obtain an Entry of Duty (EOD) Public Trust
• Perform operational and day-to-day administrative support functions, including troubleshooting issues and support of change and problem management processes
• Support AWS Cloud hosted applications (including deployments, patches, security checks, and maintenance)
• Provide support and troubleshoot AWS deployed applications
• Provide guidance in developing and optimizing administrative processes and procedures
• Work with SMEs and Security Team in defining secure-based cloud architecture
• Create and update standard operating procedures, and operational processes
• Windows Server creation, configuration, upgrade, migration, and patching

Clearance

This position requires candidates to obtain a Public Trust and will accept up to TS/SCI.

Certifications

Candidate must, at a minimum, have one of these certifications: MCSE (Server), Certified AWS SysAdmin, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified Developer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Advanced Networking, AWS Certified Security, Azure Developer Associate, or Azure Solutions Architect.

Pay

$131,300 - $237,350