Cloud Engineer (6851)

metrostarsystems; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MetroStar Systems in Reston, VA seeks a Cloud Engineer to design, implement, operate, and secure AWS cloud environments supporting classified government missions. You will work across infrastructure, automation, security, operations, and architecture to deliver reliable cloud services.

You will contribute at levels I-III, with responsibilities scaling to architecture leadership, complex decisions, and mentoring.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with a current CI Poly.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, supporting, or troubleshooting cloud infrastructure.
• Strong AWS experience, including services such as EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, and CloudFormation.
• Experience supporting AWS GovCloud, classified AWS environments, or other secure government cloud environments.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Experience implementing cloud security controls and working within established security and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, operate, and maintain secure AWS cloud infrastructure in classified government environments.
• Support cloud services across IaaS and PaaS environments.
• Work with AWS services such as EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, CloudFormation, and related cloud technologies.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Automate deployment, configuration, monitoring, and routine cloud-management activities using scripting and automation tools.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure and application performance using approved monitoring tools.
• Manage and respond to cloud operations tickets, incidents, and service requests with SLAs.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, access, networking, and service issues in complex environments.
• Support incident response by identifying issues and escalating complex problems when necessary.
• Implement and maintain cloud security controls and governance, RMF requirements, and compliance evidence.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

AWS cloud engineering

Automation & scripting

Incident management

Security compliance

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS GovCloud

EKS

Job description

As a Cloud Engineer , you will support the design, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of secure AWS cloud environments supporting critical government missions. You will work across cloud infrastructure, automation, security, operations, and architecture to help deliver reliable and scalable cloud services.

Depending on experience and technical depth, this position may be filled at the Cloud Engineer I, II, or III level. Responsibilities will scale based on level, with more senior engineers taking greater ownership of architecture, complex engineering decisions, automation, technical leadership, and mentoring.

Work is 5 days onsite in a SCIF in Reston, VA.

We know that you can't have great technology services without amazing people. At MetroStar, we are obsessed with our people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers.

What you’ll do:

• Design, deploy, configure, operate, and maintain secure AWS cloud infrastructure in classified government environments.
• Support cloud services across infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environments.
• Work with AWS services such as EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, CloudFormation, and related cloud technologies.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Automate deployment, configuration, monitoring, and routine cloud-management activities using scripting and automation tools.
• Monitor cloud infrastructure and application performance using approved monitoring and application performance monitoring tools.
• Manage and respond to cloud operations tickets, incidents, and service requests, ensuring issues are documented, prioritized, communicated, and resolved within established service-level expectations.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, access, networking, application, and service issues in complex environments.
• Support incident response activities by identifying issues, documenting actions, escalating complex problems when necessary, and helping restore services.
• Implement and maintain cloud security controls, including IAM, SSO, federation, security baselines, account-auditing policies, and other required controls.
• Support cloud governance, compliance, risk-management, and architecture-review activities in accordance with applicable government security requirements.
• Secure and harden Linux and Windows cloud systems and images in accordance with applicable security baselines and RMF requirements.
• Create, manage, maintain, and harden Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and other cloud-based operating system images.
• Support cloud environments operating across multiple classification domains, including IL5 and IL6+ environments.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and engineering teams to define requirements and implement scalable cloud solutions.
• Support containerized and cloud-native environments using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS.
• Support microservices, serverless computing, and other modern cloud architecture patterns.
• Gather technical information and contribute to risk assessments, architecture reviews, compliance evidence, and remediation activities.
• Maintain technical and operational documentation, including troubleshooting guides, operating procedures, architecture documentation, and recurring issue trends.
• Communicate technical issues, recommendations, and solutions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay current on AWS services, cloud technologies, security requirements, and emerging engineering practices.
• Participate in team knowledge sharing and contribute to the continuous improvement of cloud engineering and operational processes.
• At more senior levels, provide architecture guidance, lead complex engineering efforts, review technical solutions, mentor junior engineers, and help establish cloud engineering best practices.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with a current CI Poly.
• Relevant cloud, systems, infrastructure, or engineering experience appropriate to the level for which you are being considered.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, supporting, or troubleshooting cloud infrastructure.
• Strong AWS experience, including services such as EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, and CloudFormation.
• Experience supporting AWS GovCloud, classified AWS environments, or other secure government cloud environments.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Experience implementing cloud security controls and working within established security and compliance requirements.
• Experience with IAM, authentication, authorization, SSO, federation, or similar enterprise identity technologies.
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