Senior Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cloud networking engineering and implementation across the enterprise.
• Design, implement, and operate AWS Direct Connect connectivity between government data centers and AWS.
• Engineer routing and security architecture at the internet connection point.
• Support TIC 3.0 migration planning and execution.
• Integrate cloud networking with the existing Cisco ACI fabric and F5 load balancing infrastructure.
• Design, engineer, and implement Software Defined Networking solutions extending to cloud instances.
• Develop and maintain design documentation, and route it through peer review and security approval before implementation.
• Leverage current technologies and best practices to keep the environment secure, resilient, and cost-efficient.

Required Qualifications

• US citizenship, and the ability to pass a five-year CBP background investigation (SF-85P, Public Trust).
• Minimum 5 years of relevant cloud engineering experience.
• Demonstrated AWS experience, including AWS Direct Connect.
• Working knowledge of enterprise network infrastructure — routing, switching, load balancing, firewalls.
• Ability to design hybrid connectivity between on-premises data centers and cloud environments.
• Ability to produce design documentation to a standard that survives peer and security review.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience or knowledge of routing at an Internet Connection Point (ICP).
• A favorable CBP background investigation or DHS High Risk background investigation within the past 4 years.
• Direct TIC 3.0 migration experience.
• AWS certification — Solutions Architect, Advanced Networking, or SysOps.
• Cisco networking certification (CCNA or CCNP).
• Federal cloud compliance experience including FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, or FISMA.
• Data center move or migration experience.
• Prior federal or DHS/CBP program experience.

Salary

$122,500 – $127,500 based on experience

Job Location

Ashburn, Virginia (hybrid)

Company Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan: 4% matching, immediate vesting, no restrictions.
• 3 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO).
• 11 Federal Holidays.
• Long- and short-term Disability coverage.
• Company-sponsored Life Insurance coverage.
• $10,000 signing bonus for candidates with an active CBP BI (payable after 90 days).
• Hiring Referral Bonus.