Cloud Engineer

Omni Federal; Maryland; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

Innovative approach

People over process

Job summary

Omni Federal is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to support the DCSA Portfolio Acquisition Executive managed service provider. This role requires an active Top Secret clearance and hands-on experience in hybrid multi-cloud environments (primarily AWS GovCloud with Azure supporting).

You will own daily INC tickets, troubleshoot routing and resource pointing issues, and work directly with application teams to resolve cloud dependencies.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance required.
• ≥2 years of related cloud engineering experience.
• Hands-on AWS GovCloud and Azure knowledge.
• Strong Linux experience (RHEL/Amazon Linux).
• Experience managing INC tickets and SLAs.
• Familiarity with GitLab, ServiceNow, Jira.

Responsibilities

• Own daily INC tickets and resolve cloud issues.
• Troubleshoot routing, DNS, and access problems.
• Collaborate with application teams to resolve cloud dependencies.
• Support hybrid multi-cloud deployments and improvements.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Linux admin

Incident management

Networking troubleshooting

Multi-cloud (AWS GovCloud, Azure)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

GitLab

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Engineer

Location: Remote + Quarterly Travel

Security Clearance: Active Top Secret

We question. We listen. We adapt.

Be honest. Be pragmatic.

Omni Federal, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Washington, DC, is a highly specialized software solutions provider with a robust presence in key locations across the United States, including Boston, MA, Colorado Springs, CO, San Antonio, TX, and St. Louis, MO. Born out of the Department of Defense's software factory ecosystem, Omni has rapidly distinguished itself by delivering both mission-critical and enterprise solutions that enhance the technological capabilities of the federal government. With a focus on areas such as Command and Control, Cybersecurity, Space, Geospatial, and Modeling & Simulation, Omni leverages cutting‑edge commercial technology tailored to government objectives, improving mission performance and delivering transformative outcomes for the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and their end‑users. The company's innovative approach is backed by its Omni Labs and SBIR Innovation centers, where they develop advanced platforms and tools indata mesh, secure connectivity, and intelligent automation.

Why Omni?

• Environment of Autonomy
• Innovative Commercial Approach
• People over process

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to support our Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) managed service provider contract. This role requires a top-secret security-cleared professional who combines deep technical knowledge of cloud engineering and incident ticket queue management. The ideal candidate will excel in hybrid and multi-cloud environments (primarily AWS GovCloud, with supporting Azure infrastructure), taking ownership of daily INC tickets and effectively troubleshooting problems ranging from routing and resource pointing errors to OS-level and platform integration issues, acting as a direct support resource to help application teams resolve cloud dependencies.

Requirements:

• Active Top Secret clearance (required)
• Must be eligible for DCSA Personnel Assurance Program enrollment
• CompTIA Security+ (DoD 8570 IAT Level II minimum)
• Bachelor’s Degree
• 2+ years of relative experience
• Hands-on experience supporting and troubleshooting enterprise workloads in an AWS GovCloud environment.
• Strong Linux system administration and troubleshooting capabilities (e.g., RHEL, Amazon Linux) to assist application teams with server access, environment configurations, and log analysis.
• Experience managing daily incident (INC) ticket queues and resolving service requests within established SLAs.
• Demonstrated ability to diagnose cloud networking and access issues, including routing tables, security groups, subnets, and DNS/resource pointing.
• Familiarity with GitLab for troubleshooting build runner connectivity, repository access, and pipeline deployment failures.
• Proficiency with ticketing and collaboration platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira).

Nice to Have:

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure / Azure Government environments and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Experience administering Microsoft server products and directory services (e.g., Windows Server, Active Directory / Microsoft Entra ID).
• AWS or Azure certifications (e.g., AWS SysOps Administrator, Solutions Architect, or Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate).
• Experience supporting DCSA or broader DoD enterprise environments.

Our team is always hungry for more – more knowledge, more problem solving, more growth, more innovation, and, ultimately, customer success. This hunger and hustle fuel our determination to excel in everything we do. It’s not just about meeting established goals; it’s about exceeding them. We take immense pride in applying our expertise in cutting‑edge technologies and our ability to adapt to emerging trends directly to the users in the field, as our nation’s protectors deserve nothing less.

Omni Federal is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Omni Federal is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities