Cloud Engineer III (RAS)

PMAT; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PMAT is seeking a seasoned Cloud Engineer III to lead secure cloud architecture initiatives and modernization efforts supporting Navy and Department of War mission capabilities. You will guide cross-functional teams across AWS GovCloud, Azure Gov, on-premises, and edge-to-cloud environments.

You will drive DevSecOps adoption, IaC, and security automation while ensuring compliance with RMF, DoW cloud standards, and Zero Trust. On-site in San Diego with mission-focused stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of secure cloud architectures to support warfighter needs and Navy operations.
• Develop hybrid edge-to-cloud architectures integrating tactical edge nodes and on-premises infrastructure.
• Architect solutions for multi-classification environments with cross-domain considerations and security requirements.
• Lead cloud deployments across GovCloud, Azure Government, on-premises, and containerized environments.
• Implement and optimize DevSecOps pipelines with CI/CD, IaC, security scanning, and automated deployment.

Skills

Cloud Architecture

DevSecOps

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

RMF/DIACAP/CIP

Zero Trust

Security

Cross-domain

Networking

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience

Security+ Certification

Tools

AWS GovCloud

Azure Government

CloudFormation

Terraform

Git-based workflows

OpenShift / Kubernetes tooling

AWS CLI

Job description

At PMAT, we work on mission critical systems that directly support the warfighter, designing, building, and securing modern digital capabilities across cloud, data, and software environments. Our teams tackle complex, real-world challenges where delivery matters more than theory, and innovation is driven by curiosity, collaboration, and purpose.

In this role, you'll contribute to Naval Operational Architecture (NOA), working alongside engineers and operators to deliver resilient, forward-leaning solutions in support of national defense.

About the role:

PMAT is seeking a highly experienced Cloud Engineer III to lead the design, implementation, modernization, and sustainment of secure cloud, hybrid cloud, and edge-to-cloud architectures supporting advanced Navy and DoW mission capabilities. This role focuses on cloud architectures aligned to warfighter needs, distributed maritime operations, multi-classification environments, DevSecOps enablement, and secure platform modernization across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, on-premises, tactical, and on-platform compute environments. The candidate will provide senior-level technical leadership to cross-functional engineering, cybersecurity, operations, and government stakeholders to ensure cloud solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, compliant, and aligned to mission objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of secure cloud architectures that support data-driven mission capabilities, warfighter needs, distributed maritime operations, and Navy operational objectives.
• Develop hybrid edge-to-cloud architectures that integrate tactical edge nodes, on-platform compute, on-premises infrastructure, and cloud environments across operational and enterprise use cases.
• Architect solutions across multi-classification environments, while accounting for cloud-based cross-domain considerations and multi-level security requirements.
• Lead cloud deployments and modernization efforts across AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, on-premises, tactical, and containerized environments by aligning infrastructure, platform, networking, identity, and security requirements.
• Implement and optimize DevSecOps pipelines by integrating CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated security scanning, configuration management, and secure deployment practices.
• Ensure cloud architectures comply with DoW cloud standards, Impact Levels 4, 5, and 6+, Zero Trust principles, RMF requirements, cybersecurity controls, and mission assurance needs.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers, developers, cybersecurity personnel, operators, program leadership, and government stakeholders throughout architecture, implementation, testing, and sustainment activities.
• Support architecture reviews, technical planning, risk identification, trade studies, and stakeholder briefings by translating complex cloud design considerations into clear recommendations and executable actions.

About Us:

PMAT is an innovative small business founded with a passion for developing forward-leaning solutions from exceptional people that increase the mission's capability. We focus on designing and building impactful digital solutions that utilize modern cloud, data, and software concepts. Our passion is working on complex and progressive challenges such as edge platform computing, containerizing legacy platforms, distributed data platforms, or heterogeneous data analysis.

We recruit, retain, and foster a team motivated to pursue passions, investigate new ways of doing things, and embody an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. We believe in being curious about every element of a problem and experiment relentlessly. We foster continuous learning in an environment that encourages positive collaboration and expands our capabilities. We tap into collective intelligence, acknowledging that the most brilliant people may not be in the room. Above all else, we believe that delivering and demonstrating is more potent than a sheet of paper. We are passionate about mission-centric design and delivering effective capabilities to and for the warfighter.

Whether you're an experienced engineer or just beginning your career, you'll work alongside experts who are committed to solving mission-critical problems.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Vast experience in cloud architecture, distributed systems, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, or related technical roles.
• Experience designing, deploying, integrating, or sustaining cloud solutions in AWS, Azure, AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or similar cloud environments.
• Experience developing secure cloud, hybrid cloud, edge-to-cloud, containerized, or enterprise platform architectures.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation, configuration management, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices.
• Familiarity with containerization, Kubernetes, Docker, microservices architectures, and cloud-native application deployment patterns.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, identity, storage, compute, security, monitoring, and infrastructure operations.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams of engineers, operators, cybersecurity personnel, program managers, and government stakeholders in dynamic mission environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain architecture decisions, technical risks, dependencies, and recommendations to technical, operational, and executive audiences.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience supporting Navy warfighting concepts, distributed maritime operations, mission engineering, or associated mission capabilities.
• Experience engineering, deploying, automating, and sustaining infrastructure within AWS GovCloud or Azure Government environments.
• Experience with DoW cloud standards, Impact Levels 4, 5, and 6+, Zero Trust, RMF, cybersecurity compliance, system hardening, STIGs, vulnerability scanning, and patch remediation.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, Security Groups, S3, EBS, EFS, Route 53, IAM policies and roles, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Lambda, ELB, Availability Zones, VPCs, subnets, route tables, endpoints, NACLs, Transit Gateways, VPC peering, AWS Directory Services, AWS Workspaces, and AWS CLI.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools and formats such as Terraform, CloudFormation, YAML, JSON, Git-based workflows, and related automation practices.
• Experience using scripting and programming languages such as Bash, Python, PowerShell, and JavaScript to automate cloud deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, monitoring, and operational tasks.
• Experience with cross-domain solutions, multi-level security architectures, multi-classification environments, or cloud-based cross-domain considerations.
• Experience with data streaming, event-driven architectures, real-time analytics, distributed data platforms, or mission data integration.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform, Amazon EKS, and service mesh environments.
• Experience supporting DoW, IC, Navy, tactical, shipboard, or operational cloud environments.

Education and Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience
• Current Security+ Certificate

Citizenship and Clearance Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship required
• No dual citizenship
• TS/SCI Eligible security clearance required

Location/Address:

• 100% On-site
• San Diego, CA, NAVWAR

Travel & Passport:

• 20%, CONUS and OCONUS

Work Environment:

• PMAT offices as needed. In some cases, work in a government facility may be required. Travel may be required for customer engagement, team coordination, and potentially for business development.

PMAT is an equal-opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive, people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, such as disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.

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