Cloud Engineer — Army Cloud Infrastructure

Unified Business Technologies Inc; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Unified Business Technologies Inc. seeks a Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize cloud infrastructure supporting Army enterprise systems and mission operations.

Responsibilities include IaC-driven automation, migrations from on-prem, and disaster recovery planning. The role requires experience with AWS/Azure, Linux/Windows, and security compliance aligned with RMF and government standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of systems engineering, cloud administration, or cloud infrastructure engineering.
• Experience deploying and supporting AWS, Azure, or equivalent platforms.
• Experience with IaC tools Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Knowledge of Windows Server and/or Linux administration.
• Experience with virtual machines, cloud networking, storage, and monitoring.
• Familiarity with migration, backup, and disaster recovery workflows.
• Ability to troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and service interruptions.
• Understanding of federal cybersecurity and RMF/government requirements.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, configure, and maintain cloud infrastructure within Army environments.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate deployments.
• Support orchestration, automated provisioning, configuration management, and optimization.
• Migrate existing applications, databases, and workloads from on-premises to cloud.
• Assess dependencies and prepare migration plans.
• Perform data transfers, post-migration testing, and validation.
• Administer cloud-hosted virtual servers, updates, patches, and configs.
• Monitor resource usage, performance, and security advisories.
• Investigate bottlenecks and resolve issues.
• Maintain backups and disaster recovery procedures.
• Support high availability and continuity of operations.
• Collaborate with architects, cybersecurity, and government stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud administration

Infrastructure as Code

Linux admin

Windows admin

Troubleshooting

Security compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Description

We are seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to implement, manage, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure supporting Army enterprise systems and mission operations.

The selected candidate will be responsible for cloud infrastructure deployment, legacy system migrations, infrastructure automation, virtual server administration, performance monitoring, and disaster recovery capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, configure, and maintain cloud infrastructure within approved Army environments.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles to automate and standardize infrastructure deployments.
• Support orchestration, automated provisioning, configuration management, and cloud resource optimization.
• Execute migrations of existing applications, databases, and workloads from on-premises systems into designated cloud environments.
• Assess system dependencies and prepare migration plans.
• Perform data transfers, post-migration testing, and application validation.
• Administer cloud-hosted virtual servers, including operating system updates, patching, and configuration changes.
• Monitor resource utilization, infrastructure performance, system health, and security advisories.
• Investigate performance bottlenecks and resolve technical issues.
• Maintain backup schedules, recovery procedures, and data protection mechanisms.
• Support high availability and continuity of operations.
• Collaborate with architects, cybersecurity personnel, application teams, and government stakeholders.

Requirements

• Approximately 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, cloud administration, or cloud infrastructure engineering.
• Hands‑on experience deploying and supporting AWS, Microsoft Azure, or equivalent enterprise cloud platforms.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Knowledge of Windows Server and/or Linux administration.
• Experience with virtual machines, cloud networking, storage, and infrastructure monitoring.
• Familiarity with cloud migration procedures, backup systems, and disaster recovery.
• Ability to troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and service interruptions.
• Understanding of federal cybersecurity and change management requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Azure Administrator Associate, or comparable certification.
• Experience supporting Army cloud platforms or federal cloud modernization projects.
• Experience with Python, PowerShell, Bash, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps and continuous deployment environments.
• Experience supporting regulated or RMF‑governed systems.

Security:

T‑3 required ; clearance status and onboarding requirements to be verified.