Cloud Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 69,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Professional development

Tuition assistance

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Cloud Engineer to manage and enhance cloud environments, drive continuous improvement, and resolve issues rapidly. You will apply advanced advisory skills and work across AWS and Army integrated cloud systems.

The role requires 2+ years in cloud infra, CI/CD troubleshooting, and enterprise cloud-native development, with a Secret clearance; HS diploma or GED is required. Candidates should be prepared to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure including AWS and related DevOps tools.
• 2+ years troubleshooting CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness.
• Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions.
• Knowledge of provisioning and triaging cloud networking, compute, memory, or storage; OS and VM setup.

Responsibilities

• Manage, administer, support, and enhance cloud environments for continuous improvement.
• Develop innovative solutions to complex problems and mentor team members.
• Work in AWS and Army integrated cloud systems with minimal direction.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD troubleshooting

Enterprise cloud-native

Team collaboration

Active learning

Education

HS diploma or GED

DoD IAT Level II/III Certification

Security+ / GSEC / CISSP (or equivalent)

CCNA-Security / SSCP

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

CloudFormation

GitHub/GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Cloud Engineer

The Opportunity: Manage, administer, support, and enhance cloud environments, ensuring continuous improvement and rapid problem resolution as a Cloud Operations Engineer. Apply advanced advisory skills and extensive technical expertise, including full industry knowledge. Develop innovative solutions to complex problems. Work without considerable direction and mentor and supervise team members. Work in AWS cloud infrastructure as well as the Army's integrated systems within the cloud.

You Have:

• 2+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure, including AWS, networking, storage, memory, compute instances, or tools for DevOps such as automating builds in Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, cloud formation, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing releases across environments
• 2+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues for CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness
• Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions
• Knowledge of provisioning and triaging issues for cloud instance networking, computing, memory, or storage, and setting up servers that the platform is on, including VMs and networks
• Ability to use active learning and analytical thinking within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
• Secret clearance
• HS diploma or GED
• CompTIA Security+, GSEC, CCNA-Security, SSCP, CISSP, or DoD IAT Level II or III Certification

Nice If You Have:

• Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions involving Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Helm, GCP, or Azure
• Experience in GitHub or GitLab CI/CD pipeline procedures
• Knowledge of creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks
• Knowledge of triaging and resolving networking, storage, memory, compute, or other issues related to both open-source and commercial tools in public cloud environments
• DevSecOps Processes, Linux+, CI/CD Pipelines, Cloud Networking, and Cloud Engineering Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or similar Certification

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $69,400.00 to $158,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

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Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership’s expectations and the needs of the role.

Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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